I have finally gotten to the point of building a real work bench. Trying to plane on a MFT table just does not work! The plan is a Roubo style bench and I;m using Ash because it is the cheapest hardwood I can find and some old walnut that is not really suitable for good furniture due to cracks and holes. I decided just to buy vise screws and make the rest of the vises. For the leg vise, I'm using poppo's St. Peter's cross design with some slight mods, and a wagon vise of my own design. Here are some in process pictures
. Cutting the side of the bench Making dowels using a technique danmart77 taught me
Pattern routing the side design Legs laid out with mortises complete
Boring the hole for the pin to hold the X braces The finished mortise for the X brace
Side being glued up Part time helper!
For those of you already commenting "Gee it's only a workbench", you are right. However, since I'm the only one who will see all the mistakes in this, I'm using the project to try a number of new techniques: inlays, stringing, flame finished areas, and so forth. If they flop, it's not a big deal. It is also incredible the amount of knowledge gathered from people on this forum to try new things. I've mentioned poppop's vises, danmart's dowels, but also Matt's inlays and stringing. I'm also using a Hammer saw that I would not have except for a demo at Phil's to see his.
. Cutting the side of the bench Making dowels using a technique danmart77 taught me
Pattern routing the side design Legs laid out with mortises complete
Boring the hole for the pin to hold the X braces The finished mortise for the X brace
Side being glued up Part time helper!
For those of you already commenting "Gee it's only a workbench", you are right. However, since I'm the only one who will see all the mistakes in this, I'm using the project to try a number of new techniques: inlays, stringing, flame finished areas, and so forth. If they flop, it's not a big deal. It is also incredible the amount of knowledge gathered from people on this forum to try new things. I've mentioned poppop's vises, danmart's dowels, but also Matt's inlays and stringing. I'm also using a Hammer saw that I would not have except for a demo at Phil's to see his.
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