Brian Kent
06-24-2006, 12:45 PM
I'm making a workbench with a shoulder vise. The body of the bench is maple, with purpleheart trim, apron and vises. The base is ash. It is the Frank Klaus style modified by making it 1' shorter (small shop), using a metal vise instead of a wooden tail vise (I am not experienced enough to be connfident making a tailvise. I just started the fine woodworking stuff in January), and using round instead of square dog holes.
Today is the day I've been waiting for - doing the big dovetail joint for the shoulder vise. I made the cuts with a ryoba Japanese saw because they are just so darned accurate. I love them.
Now I need advice on how to remove the excess material in the dovetail slot in the arm. That is a lot of purple heart.
Should I get most with angled saw cuts (japanese saw or jigsaw) and chisel the rest?
Should I just use a chisel?
Should I remove what I can with a drill press?
I do not have a bandsaw and my tablesaw comes next week. I don't want this as my first cut. I have a tolerate / hate relationship with my router, so I am not risking that.
There are several ways to do this, but I would love to benefit from your wisdom and experience.
I have some pictures but I do not know how to insert them in this post.
Today is the day I've been waiting for - doing the big dovetail joint for the shoulder vise. I made the cuts with a ryoba Japanese saw because they are just so darned accurate. I love them.
Now I need advice on how to remove the excess material in the dovetail slot in the arm. That is a lot of purple heart.
Should I get most with angled saw cuts (japanese saw or jigsaw) and chisel the rest?
Should I just use a chisel?
Should I remove what I can with a drill press?
I do not have a bandsaw and my tablesaw comes next week. I don't want this as my first cut. I have a tolerate / hate relationship with my router, so I am not risking that.
There are several ways to do this, but I would love to benefit from your wisdom and experience.
I have some pictures but I do not know how to insert them in this post.