Hey Alan, haven't seen you around here in a while. Glad to see you back. That bench looks like it will be indestructible! I guess your router didn't like hogging out all that Maple for the Emmert!
Alan, I don't see how you can use "tossing" in the same sentence with that bench. It doesn't look very "tossable" (unless you're a LOT bigger than I think you are). It looks seriously beefy and stout.
Just kidding of course, but a Patternmakers vice has been along standing wish for me. I do to much small, detailed work to be without one,and yet somehow I forge ahead.
That's one heck of a bench! Basic stand design is the same as mine, but that's where the similarity ends. Maple, great workmanship, and the vises are a dream unfulfilled in my shop! Very nice!
I enjoyed the pics, especially the mortise messup and the router carnage...