a bench by any other name

here's how i ended up with this beauty.  i went to jeweler's school in san francisco over 6 years ago and have worked professionally since then.  i never had a space of my own to work (outside of my place of employment) and always knew i would eventually need one.  i had been looking into what it would take to build a jeweler's bench and was talking about it with my father-in-law since he is a carpenter by hobby and a pretty darn good one.  i think i said something like, "mason, if i were to build a bench, what kind of wood would you suggest?"  he immediately got all worked up about it and literally two days later- TWO DAYS later- i got a phone call from him saying that he was half-finished.  now the joke with my family is, "so mason, if you were going to build a china cabinet cradle sailboat, what kind of wood would you suggest?"

now all i need is a spaceheater.  and about 3 bajillion tools.