506 days ago
by kem |
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Over the holiday weekend and in between rain delays of the mesmerizing Nadal-Federer final, I finished up my Holtzapffel workbench. The last two things to do were the face vise and a shelf under the bench.
For the face vise, I decided to use the Veritas twin screw. It’s about the same price as wooden screws and I liked the prospect of one-handed operation due to the chain drive. This vise requires two support blocks and a chop. Here are the finished pieces:
I made them out of ...
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523 days ago
by kem |
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With the top in good shape, I went back to constructing the base. I previously milled and glued up the thick (3.5” x 5”) legs. Milling and gluing up the stretchers was more of the same, so I didn’t get any pictures of that process. I made the long stretchers by gluing up two boards, one of which was 3” longer on each end to make a ready-made tenon. For the end stretchers I decided not to use the ready-made technique since I wanted to try out a new Freud dado stack for ...
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408 days ago
by Damian Penney |
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So here is my progress so far, definitely getting closer :)
Just need to add the vises, do some final flattening of the top once I flip it et voila :)
And a quick pic of my new pride and joy :)
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511 days ago
by kem |
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Happy Independence Day! I’m looking forward to the three day weekend to put the finishing touches on my workbench: adding the twin-screw face vise and a shelf underneath.
Since the last time, I flattened the top and applied some Danish oil to the bench. I also installed the end vise and have really enjoyed using it. Here’s a look at the bench while planing the chop for the end vise.
You can also see the slotted tool rack in the upper right from a design in woodworking ma...
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556 days ago
by kem |
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As you can see in the picture below, Douglas fir comes in a wide range of colors. These are the boards that I selected for the top. The boards with the wild figure are more quartersawn. I kind of like the straight grain lines of the rift sawn and plain sawn boards. If I had to do it over I might have paid more attention to this, but as it is it’s not too bad. Since there was such a wide diversity of colors, I tried to arrange a kind of gradient from dark to light to dark again. We’...
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