I have lots of saw tables from short short ones to tall ones and also a board jack. I always make saw tables (horses) or as the old timers called them (tresles) in pairs, also did the same in my blacksmith shop.
I have lots of saw tables from short short ones to tall ones and also a board jack. I always make saw tables (horses) or as the old timers called them (tresles) in pairs, also did the same in my blacksmith shop.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
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Harry,
A little off topic, but my folks live in SE NE, in Auburn. You do any smithing at Indian Cave St. Park? Went there last summer and saw the exhibits. Very well done and informative. Kids loved it.
Jason Morgan
I started the smithng at Indian cave, 18 years ago. did it all week so on week ends was too much, one of my proteges a lady smith does it now. I occasionally take my mid 1800's wood shop up there and demo woodworking.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
my bday present to myself arrived from Lee Valley, tail vise screw.
But workbench is on hold for awhile, had to take my wife to Horsepistol on my Birthday. Got Dr. to make a house call so she wouldn't be exposed to flue people in office. A whole 3 blocks to hospital. luckily its not Influenza, really nasty strain going around, and its not pneumonia. some kind of minor viral thing which combined with her COPD from hairdressing and teaching it for 20 years starting in early 60's makes breathing difficult. She is responding well to treatment and lung capacity and blood O2 is improving. I stay with her at night to keep anxiety attacks from getting the best of her when she has trouble breathing.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
Jason, if you visit again, let me know, I will bring my demo WWing shop and you can help set it up and play with my toys.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
Free lumber again, Neighbor brought me over 10 - 2x6x80 inches and 4 - 2x4x80 inches and 2 4x6x48 inches. it was packing crate lumber, SYP, lots better lumber than I can by at the local yards. only one of the 2x6's is bowed. each one had 12 nails in it. Nails pulled, mud and grass cleaned off, and its stickered on my shop floor to dry. More bench parts. I Love it.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
Update on the workbench project.
My daughter and S-I-L showed up and he helped me run the timbers thru the lunchbox planer to get the rough off, but he was more interested in sweeping the little bit of shavings that were on top instead of holding the end of the timber up, so I got some bad end snipe.
I went ahead with constructing my outfeed support among other projects, and changed the blades in the planer yesterday. After setting up the outfeed support and adding some stabilizing rods I finished up the planing today, ending up with them all 1.840 inches thick according to my Wixey planer DRO. One side is real smooth and I left the bottom side with some imperfections.
The outfeed support.
In use.
The stack of timbers now.
Instead of cutting them up and glueing face to face, I have decided to use them as is, for a lot less work in assembly.
The outfeed support will be used with the table saw to square the edges, and with the 6 inch jointer prepping the edges also. Its adjustable for height.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
Harry does the outfeed support reduce snipe? And as to sweeping up chips tell him it's easier of the cat's feet than concrete
Hey I just noticed that stainless aluminum tree in the box. You should put that on the bay and sell it to some of those retro people.
Last edited by Jim Dunn; 03-26-2008 at 4:57 PM.
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Yes Jim, with the column locks and the outfeed support there is no snipe.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
I just remembered that you retro fitted your planer with some type of newer column locks. As I remember you were trying to work out a deal with Delta weren't you?
Making new friends on SMC each and every day
Harry:
The Emmert vise you have has dogs, why not drill a double row of holes down the length of the bench and use it as an end vise when you need one? I have mine set up like that.
Russ
there will be a double row for the patternmakers vise too as well as a row for the wagon vise that will have a row on each side spaced halfway between the ones for the wagon vise, I use the wedge system a lot like I do on my demo bench.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
I made lots of chips today. LOL
I brought my 8.5 ft 1/4 by 3 Aluminum straight edge home from the shop and cleaned it up to use as a router guide to edge the Pin Oak Planks for my Nu Bench and also used the router to square them to width also.
The first pass with an old B&D Router and an edging bit and the straight edge to do the first half. Lots of chips so I made some ALuminum brkts to clamp one of my 2.5 inch Vac Nozzles to the routers.
Flipped over and the second pass with my new Sears 2 hp router that also came with a plunge base, and a Bosch bottom bearing edging bit.
Sure beats running them thru the table saw and then the 6 inch jointer to get nice square clean edges.
One of the planks has a really bad spot in it and I will need to rip it down to get the bad spot out.
As it stands now I have enough planks 5 ft long to make up 41 inches in width, but the finished top will be 24 inches + wide.
I will update the progress as the bench progresses.
Last edited by harry strasil; 08-23-2008 at 12:53 AM.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
Oops, second picturee is a dupe. Should be this one.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand
bench update 8/29/08
Drilling holes for doweling together.
Jr.
Hand tools are very modern- they are all cordless
NORMAL is just a setting on the washing machine.
Be who you are and say what you feel... because those that matter... don't mind...and those that mind...don't matter!
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand