311 days ago
by Brandon |
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I don’t think I’ve really covered the dead-man much in this series, so here’s a short blog on it. The purpose of the dead-man is to support longer boards that you have placed in your leg vise for edge planing. The design I’ve chosen for mine is a fairly bland rectangular shape as you can see here:
So, to build it I had a piece of jatoba about 5/4 thick which I hand planed and cut to size. Not sure of the exact measurements here, but I could take a tape measureme...
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191 days ago
by mafe |
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Scandinavian workbench restoreOne legged dead man walking…
Ok some awful undertones in that name…Actually it is just a simple dead man for the new old workbench.
Just a long piece of wood, not sure but think teak.
Marking the center line.
Drilling holes for every two inch or five cm.
And a little dowel that fits the holes with a cross dowel that makes it easy to pull out.
Use the end vice to hold it.
Get the idea?
Now it is just to use it.I udsed it for pla...
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