Let's see them!

[Joe A Faulkner]

My 14 year old completed a night stand for this year's 4H project. Most of the joiner was done using hand tools (my tools, my bench). In addition to half-blind, hand-cut dovetails, this piece featured web-framed dust panels beneath the drawers and 30 hand-chopped mortises.

[Mel Fulks]

Joe, fine work there. I'm betting his interest continues. Congratulations to you both.

[James Pallas]

Joe, That is very nicely done. Must have a good teacher and must be very skilled at 14 years.
Jim

[David Ragan]

Here's my two benches; Not much to say, except they are unusually neat.

The maple one (the top looks rather thin, right?) was just resurfaced, and the other (my first) bench I made of spare flooring was full of junk till yesterday-looks more like a counter now.

There is a third bench in lumber area-I made it years ago before WW started. It's a horizontal surface to cut down sheet goods.

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[David Ragan]

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This is using a plane on thin stock. A person asked about this so this was a demonstration of my technique for holding and working thin pieces.

jtk

Look like you killing it w that plane, but what is yer thin stock butted against?

[Jim Koepke]

Look like you killing it w that plane, but what is yer thin stock butted against?

A wooden bench dog. The picture was cropped for the first post. Then in post #12 the full image was posted. The dog is kind of hard to see, so here it is with and arrow pointing at the dog:

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As for killing it my planing started out slow and cautious, but at the end it picked up a little speed. There is a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsa0bdnW14U&t=

In the still shot it looks like fast movement because of the slow shutter speed in low light.

jtk

[Chuck Nickerson]

Well, I'll post more down the line

Regards from Perth

Derek

Derek, I have heel shaves in seven different sweeps (including a #12) so I'm really looking forward to this.

[steven c newman]

A Long Time Ago...in a Pole Barn far away....
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With a top made of Ash, sitting on 6 x6 Sycamore legs..."Chop" was even "rived" from one of the beams of Sycamore (still used, on my latest bench BTW) Aprons were from an old waterbed frame.

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Back then...I could work from both sides of the bench....
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And, it was better than using the top of my #113 Tablesaw....
The old bench still lives on, in another Pole Barn Shop ( where I sometimes go to buy a bit of hardwood)
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Now serves as a bench for an old Sears lathe....

[Bob Leistner]

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[Eric R. Smith]

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[glenn bradley]

Accessories for the dog . . .

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[Phil Mueller]

In the process of fine tuning a curved rail.

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One down, one to go.

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[Jeff Zihlman]

Because of Steven's Goblin King quote.

On the bench in the background is the lid from the family trunk that came over from Sweden. In the foreground is some walnut from a deadfall on the farm...and some of my daughter's painting supplies.

[Rick Malakoff]

Inside bench kind of small less than 2'x4' and keeps me from making anything too big.

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Outside bench, second top, I used 2''x8'' KD pre-primed fascia board need something water resistant other than the tarp and I'm going to enclose the base with 1''x8'' ship lap on the 3 sides to the weather.
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Rick

[Carl Baker]

Nice Steven! Covered in dust and up to your knees in shavings... thats what they are supposed to look like!


Here are a couple of pictures of my boys and my dad working on some "windows" for a built in cabinet. Had the boys working on chopping out bridle joints for the frames and then the assembly line work of mitred glass stops...