Jessica Pierce-LaRose
04-13-2012, 9:48 PM
I think the real answer is going to be just to work on my new bench for a while and figure out where I'd like to have things stay steady, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for placement of holdfast holes? Searching found me more threads about where to place dogholes (which aren't moving now) rather than holdfasts.
My first thought for a good place would be something towards the right end of the bench, a little forward from center, (exact location determined more by the holdfast length than anything else, I guess) to help secure work over the front right leg where it seems like I'm more apt to do most of my mortising. At least, that's where I did my mortising while working on the bench when it was a a top sitting on my sawhorses. (The best part of a bench? Having my sawhorse back.)
My first thought for a good place would be something towards the right end of the bench, a little forward from center, (exact location determined more by the holdfast length than anything else, I guess) to help secure work over the front right leg where it seems like I'm more apt to do most of my mortising. At least, that's where I did my mortising while working on the bench when it was a a top sitting on my sawhorses. (The best part of a bench? Having my sawhorse back.)