John Stankus
07-10-2019, 3:49 PM
I have been finally working on the legs of my workbench build (my projects move in geologic time...start of the top was three or four years ago :o )
Two questions
1. I have the bench bolts from Lee Valley, but am not sure on laying it out. I have been assuming that the hole for the cross dowel nut is cut for the bolt to have the full set of threads engaged at nominal spacing. Legs are 3 x 3, so this would put the center of the cross dowel nut 2 1/2 inch from the edge of the stretcher. (Lee Valley bolts are 6 inch long with 1 inch diameter cross dowel nut. I assume that I also need to cut some clearance on the other side of the cross dowel nut for the bolt as it comes out the other side. Is this the correct layout for these?
2. I was planning on using a 2 x 10 as the stretcher. (actually a 1.5 x 9.25 <-- not sure where the other quarter inch went) . Is that a reasonable size for a handtool bench to limit racking? or is it overkill?
Thanks
John
edit: whoops realized I had ordered the 3/8 x 5 bolts and nuts from Lee Valley not the 1/2 x 6. So I think that would be 1 5/8 in from the end of the stretcher. (or do I need to go get the bigger bolts?)
(Also- wish I could fix the misspelling in the title ...oh well)
Two questions
1. I have the bench bolts from Lee Valley, but am not sure on laying it out. I have been assuming that the hole for the cross dowel nut is cut for the bolt to have the full set of threads engaged at nominal spacing. Legs are 3 x 3, so this would put the center of the cross dowel nut 2 1/2 inch from the edge of the stretcher. (Lee Valley bolts are 6 inch long with 1 inch diameter cross dowel nut. I assume that I also need to cut some clearance on the other side of the cross dowel nut for the bolt as it comes out the other side. Is this the correct layout for these?
2. I was planning on using a 2 x 10 as the stretcher. (actually a 1.5 x 9.25 <-- not sure where the other quarter inch went) . Is that a reasonable size for a handtool bench to limit racking? or is it overkill?
Thanks
John
edit: whoops realized I had ordered the 3/8 x 5 bolts and nuts from Lee Valley not the 1/2 x 6. So I think that would be 1 5/8 in from the end of the stretcher. (or do I need to go get the bigger bolts?)
(Also- wish I could fix the misspelling in the title ...oh well)