Philip Florio
06-17-2007, 8:33 PM
Hi,
I hope someone can give me advice, I'm a newbie who made a stupid mistake!
I bought a Sjoberg 1660 workbench from Rockler. Two of the Mortise and Tenon joints for the legs were over-sized, the tenons length were over 1/10" over-sized. I hammered it in and it blew the side out. I chiseled out the other one. The pictures will show by not much, but even though it doesn't seem to be weak I want to be assured that the joint won't give out in the future plus it's right under the vise.
So I'm looking for advice on how to secure this. I found a plate. that is 1/16" thick. I was figuring on using a plane to level the blow out and then chisel a mortise 1/16" for the plate.
BTW, as I mentioned I bought this from Rockler, I'm happy with their service, I received it in less than 1 week and they did a great job in reinforcing the box. I originally bought the workbench from tool-corral.com. If you're interested read my review of this online store and be warned.
Thanks,
Phil
I hope someone can give me advice, I'm a newbie who made a stupid mistake!
I bought a Sjoberg 1660 workbench from Rockler. Two of the Mortise and Tenon joints for the legs were over-sized, the tenons length were over 1/10" over-sized. I hammered it in and it blew the side out. I chiseled out the other one. The pictures will show by not much, but even though it doesn't seem to be weak I want to be assured that the joint won't give out in the future plus it's right under the vise.
So I'm looking for advice on how to secure this. I found a plate. that is 1/16" thick. I was figuring on using a plane to level the blow out and then chisel a mortise 1/16" for the plate.
BTW, as I mentioned I bought this from Rockler, I'm happy with their service, I received it in less than 1 week and they did a great job in reinforcing the box. I originally bought the workbench from tool-corral.com. If you're interested read my review of this online store and be warned.
Thanks,
Phil