Keith Mathewson
12-15-2015, 8:24 PM
Yesterday I took possession of a set of odd numbered hollows and rounds from MS Bickford.
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Determined that the time had come to build a proper sticking board instead of the usual cobbled together arrangement I've been using I milled up a couple of different thickness boards and mortised slots in them to accommodate an adjustable reveal. Placing the various bits on the bench trying to get the layout correct I used a couple of holdfasts to keep things from moving while everything was marked, I was pondering what stops to use on the ends. I wanted something which could hold the work from both directions in case of grain direction change. What I needed was something like the row of dogs and the wagon wheel stop incorporated into a sticking board. Then it hit me, the bench and the holdfasts WERE the sticking board. I was so fixated on the sticking board as an appliance that I never saw the solution was much more simple and right in front of me.
327234327235
Determined that the time had come to build a proper sticking board instead of the usual cobbled together arrangement I've been using I milled up a couple of different thickness boards and mortised slots in them to accommodate an adjustable reveal. Placing the various bits on the bench trying to get the layout correct I used a couple of holdfasts to keep things from moving while everything was marked, I was pondering what stops to use on the ends. I wanted something which could hold the work from both directions in case of grain direction change. What I needed was something like the row of dogs and the wagon wheel stop incorporated into a sticking board. Then it hit me, the bench and the holdfasts WERE the sticking board. I was so fixated on the sticking board as an appliance that I never saw the solution was much more simple and right in front of me.