189 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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193 days ago
by mafe |
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Scandinavian workbench restoreMaking bench dogs.
Time for bench dogs, the show must go on…
First was to cut three pieces of wood into the right size.The bench dog holes total size and the length I choose to be app double the thickness of the bench top.
On the left you see the only dog that came with the bench… I guess this dog cant bark a lot…So time to make some marking, now the shape comes and I simply follow the measures of the dog holes in the bench top.
This time I use ...
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194 days ago
by mafe |
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Scandinavian workbench restoreFixing the front vice.
This part is the repair of the front vice and yes making it run smooth as a dream.(Some call the front vice a face vice).
We are back at the bench, now with hold fast and more or less ready to use.But my front vice is missing it’s pressure plate. The really old benches did not have one of these but mine has the slide for it so it will be replaced.
Here again you can see the underneath how it is really just a clamp attached to the t...
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196 days ago
by mafe |
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Scandinavian workbench restoreHoldfasts and leather grip.
This part is about the holdfasts and leather grip for the end vice.
Yes we are back at the new workshop, at the old workbench.In the center is a wonderful old holdfast I bought in Paris some years back and I have been waiting to get the chance to bring into use.I will get back to this later.
Because I also bought this one in France, yes and one more I use on my shaving horse but that is a different story.I think the corner of ...
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283 days ago
by Mauricio |
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Hello again friends,
I’m made a lot more progress since my last post so I will break it up into a couple of posts.
These are pretty straight forward, I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking.
Deadman: BrandonW gave me this piece of Jatoba when we first met, Thanks again Brandon! I decided to use it for my deadman. Here I’m using the Paul Sellers trick for a makeshift end vise, it works ok but I cant wait to have a wagon vise.
Very dense wood but it planes...
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1007 days ago
by mafe |
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Hold down clamps!This story are based on a real bench drillpress, all you see are reality, and all at your own risk…
So time for the last part for now, the hold down or hold fast clamps.My solution are quick and dirty…Two china clamps 2,5$, some work.
First file of the little metalpiece, that makes sure the clamp cant part in two.(It’s at the end of the long silver arm).
Then slide it of.
Bore a hole thrugh, that fits, a bolt for your fence.
Make the mounting,...
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