Tom DiBiasio
11-28-2016, 8:18 AM
Hi All
I am well on my way to building the FWW new fangled workbench and ran into a little confusion. I completed the base and joinery for the bench top, I am now working on the vertical rails that go on both side of the clamp well. In the plans there is a diagram of the holes that the front vice goes into with the following description: "holes for front clamp pipes on 6 in. centers 1in. dia, 3/4 in. up from bottom edge". So based on this description I drew a pencil line 3/4" up from bottom edge of the rails and then with a compass I measured and drew a 1" circle (1/2" radius) so that the bottom of the one inch hole would be on the 3/4' line from the bottom edge of the rail. From the center point of the circle I drew a new reference line and used this to mark out the 6" on center for all the holes. After clamping both rails together I drilled all the holes along the rails on my drill press. After completing this operation, and cleaning up the mess, I set the rails on the base and test fit the front vise, to my surprise the 1/2" bars when inserted in the holes are now hitting the bottom edge of the bench top after clearing the back rail.... I guess that I have misinterpreted the plans some how but before milling all new rails I thought to ask advice from someone who has built this workbench to help determine the error of my ways.... the only thing that I can think of changing is to measure up the 3/4" and use this as the CENTER line for the 1" diameter holes, however if I do this it will only leave about 1/4" between the bottom of the holes and bottom edge of the rails.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me so that I dont end up remilling and making another mistake.
TomD
I am well on my way to building the FWW new fangled workbench and ran into a little confusion. I completed the base and joinery for the bench top, I am now working on the vertical rails that go on both side of the clamp well. In the plans there is a diagram of the holes that the front vice goes into with the following description: "holes for front clamp pipes on 6 in. centers 1in. dia, 3/4 in. up from bottom edge". So based on this description I drew a pencil line 3/4" up from bottom edge of the rails and then with a compass I measured and drew a 1" circle (1/2" radius) so that the bottom of the one inch hole would be on the 3/4' line from the bottom edge of the rail. From the center point of the circle I drew a new reference line and used this to mark out the 6" on center for all the holes. After clamping both rails together I drilled all the holes along the rails on my drill press. After completing this operation, and cleaning up the mess, I set the rails on the base and test fit the front vise, to my surprise the 1/2" bars when inserted in the holes are now hitting the bottom edge of the bench top after clearing the back rail.... I guess that I have misinterpreted the plans some how but before milling all new rails I thought to ask advice from someone who has built this workbench to help determine the error of my ways.... the only thing that I can think of changing is to measure up the 3/4" and use this as the CENTER line for the 1" diameter holes, however if I do this it will only leave about 1/4" between the bottom of the holes and bottom edge of the rails.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me so that I dont end up remilling and making another mistake.
TomD