Matthew Wright
02-27-2010, 9:47 AM
Anyone else work in a messy garage? :)
I thought it would be very smart to laminate the sides and legs so the tenons and mortises would be "easy." Of course, when I glued up the third piece on each side, I did not think to put a block or something in the hole and, surprise, they wouldn't fit.
I practiced my paring with chisels - - so that now it looks like I made each tenon by gnawing it with my own teeth. But they fit - - sort of. It's tight, no need to glue at present.
The plan is to affix a solid core door atop this frame (you can see a corner of it in the pic, currently resting on saw horses. I also have a nice old Wilton vise I'm going to mount on the bench... that was sort of the point of building the bench.
I first intended to put it in the traditional front vise position, but that will require cutting into the side more effectively than I'm able. I've considered using it as an end vise, but set in to the middle of the bench so there's no side-cutting involved. Not sure.
I'm also going to have to figure out how to cut the legs to height and level. I think I will probably try to mark them when the bench is turned upside down to affix the top. Not sure if I will then attempt to cut them flush with a hand saw, or if I will try to remove them and cut them on the table saw.
So anyway. You were all very helpful in a previous post when I was cutting the dados/mortises at the top. This is an update to show some slow progress.
Because we can't all make Chris S.'s Roubo. At least not yet.
I thought it would be very smart to laminate the sides and legs so the tenons and mortises would be "easy." Of course, when I glued up the third piece on each side, I did not think to put a block or something in the hole and, surprise, they wouldn't fit.
I practiced my paring with chisels - - so that now it looks like I made each tenon by gnawing it with my own teeth. But they fit - - sort of. It's tight, no need to glue at present.
The plan is to affix a solid core door atop this frame (you can see a corner of it in the pic, currently resting on saw horses. I also have a nice old Wilton vise I'm going to mount on the bench... that was sort of the point of building the bench.
I first intended to put it in the traditional front vise position, but that will require cutting into the side more effectively than I'm able. I've considered using it as an end vise, but set in to the middle of the bench so there's no side-cutting involved. Not sure.
I'm also going to have to figure out how to cut the legs to height and level. I think I will probably try to mark them when the bench is turned upside down to affix the top. Not sure if I will then attempt to cut them flush with a hand saw, or if I will try to remove them and cut them on the table saw.
So anyway. You were all very helpful in a previous post when I was cutting the dados/mortises at the top. This is an update to show some slow progress.
Because we can't all make Chris S.'s Roubo. At least not yet.