Posting this for Ken Hatch, because he wanted a tic-tock of the build.
Let me start off by saying this will be a long build, I work lots of hours and a variable shift, in my real job. I will post the dates the work was started.
Also, I will let you know this is not a total neanderthal build. I like to think of it as multi-craft, using both power and hand tools. (No I don't like the term hybird, I'm not a rechargeable car. Using either form of tools is a craft. The power tool is my shop apprentice. Doing the grunt work.)
Back in the summer I was thinking about building a Roubo and had ordered the hardware from Benchcrafted. The more I thought, the more I figured I needed some sort of bench to actually build the bench. I had watched several bench builds and kept coming back to Will Myers and the Moravian bench. I like the looks, I can knock it down, being knock down I can replace just one part if something happens to it.
So Moravian it is. I ordered a bench screw from Lake Erie Toolworks. July 9, screw arrives.
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Time for the lumber. I chose to use SYP for the main parts and White Oak for stretchers and vise. Aug 7, trip to Home Depot for 2x12x16-0 SYP. Then it was off to my hardwood supplier for the White Oak. I got everything ripped and stickered.
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Aug 13, I checked the moisture content to get a base line.
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Now it is time to wait, the summer was entirely too hot to work in the shop. I checked the moisture every so often. It stayed around 10.5 until fall hit.