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Typical cabinet/violin maker Italian workbench; most probably beginning of the XX century

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The bench is 6' long (excluding the tail vice), 25-1/2" wide, and 31" tall. Here it sits on raiser blocks to accommodate my father's preferences

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Splayed back legs

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Top plank and front apron attached to side apron with double through tenons

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Splayed back legs

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Top is made of a single board encased within thick aprons. Surprisingly, there is no planing stop.

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Leg vice originally used a wooden screw which was later replaced with a metal screw and a square wooden cap was added to the vice jaw to reduce the size of the whole

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The bottom of the front vice jaw is nicely shaped

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The bottom of the front vice jaw is nicely shaped

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Tool tray

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A narrow board is glued along the bottom of the top board to thicken it up around the dog holes

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Only the first 4 inches of the top are full thickness

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The front vice guide sits above and to the side of the rail

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A big tool drawer hangs below the top

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At the bottom of the drawer there is a handle (the bottom of the drawer is flush to the sides and front

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Half-blind dovetails for the drawer front

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Drawer partitions

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The drawer bottom is flush to the sides and rabbeted into them

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Simple drawer handle