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#1 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
 

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#2 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
Excellent progress, Mauricio! We've all been waiting for you to start this blog series! Best of luck on the remaining build. :)
 

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#3 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
All the 6's in the world say YEAH!

Wow! Looking forward to this one Mauricio. I love the fact that you take risks, throw caution to the wind and push yourself to do new things.
 

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#4 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
it should be a pretty nice bench when you're done. I'll be following.
 

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#5 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
Good job Mauricio. I really like your choice in bench style. Hand carved wood screw … that is going to be great to see. Thanks for posting.
 

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#6 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
I am really looking forward to this thing going together. I think the tool well is going to work out very well for you since you carve.
 

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#7 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
^Ditto to ALL OF THE ABOVE! Looking fabulous!
 

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#8 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
Thanks for the encouragement you guys!

Brandon, I hope mine turns out as nice as yours.

Andy, thanks for the comments and I love my #6, I now understand why the blade that came with it was almost all used up.

Don, I've been thinking about what you said before about aprons, I'm thinking of beefing up the front edge of the top with a 5" strip of oak, more for the visual thickness than anything. We'll see how it looks as it starts to come together.

Anthony, I've been obsessed with the idea of cutting my own screws for a long time, I've read and seen enough to know it is very doable, I'm looking forward to it.

Ryan, thanks, I know your not fond trays but I think your right about the carving tools. Getting a nick out of a carving gouge is a lot of work. Also I'm thinking the tray can be covered pretty easily with a plank when needed. This bench will be at planning height so I will need to make a bench top bench with a twin screw for dovetailing and carving.

The think I liked about Roy Underhill's approach is that he uses what he has. Roubo could get massive slabs of wood for a gigantic bench. Roy had a 3" thick by 12" wide piece of maple so thats what he made his bench out of. That really inspired me to say, hey, these are the materials I have, what can I make with it, and here we are!

Thanks again guys. I hope to have more on the tap and screw next… Maybe I'll do a video showing the thread carving process, I haven't seen that anywhere online, hopefully my learning's will help demystify the process.
 

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#9 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
I like to see how you make the screw and nut.
It should be challenging.

Thanks for the blog.
 

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#10 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Composite material


Wood Tool Monoplane Engineering Hardwood


Wood Table Wood stain Gas Hardwood


Wood Table Floor Hardwood Composite material


Wood Table Wood stain Gas Hardwood

MAURICIO:
CUANDO FABRIQUES LA BENCH VISE, PUEDES CRUZARLE CON UN ENSAMBLE UNA TABLA EN SU EXTREMO SUPERIOR PARA SUJETAR MEJOR LAS PIEZAS!!!!!
YO LO HICE Y ME DIĂ“ UN RESULTADO MARAVILLOSO ;-D
SUERTE AMIGO :)
 

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#11 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
MAURICIO
WHEN YOU BUILDING THE BENCH VISE , YOU CROSS WITH A ASSEMBLY A TABLE TOP END TO HOLD YOUR BEST PARTS!!
I DID AND GAVE ME A WONDERFUL RESULT;-D
LUCK FRIEND :)
 

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#12 ·
Top&Legs Jointed, Starting to layout the Wooden Screws.

A while black I posed a forum topic asking for folks advise on how to use this piece of wood for a workbench.

Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


A cabinet maker I bought my band saw from gave it to me for free. It was made from two slabs from a green oak tree so it cupped pretty bad. It had been used as a table for a restaurant.

After assimilating everyone's advice I decided I would cut out the piths, re-glue the top and use it to make a French workbench like Roy Underhill does in one of his shows. I love the splayed legs and I like the idea of a tool tray to keep things from rolling off of the bench. I have actually found a few antique examples of this bench online, here are some pictures I'll be using for inspiration.
Furniture Table Wood Natural material Rectangle

Rectangle Wood Table Outdoor furniture Wood stain


Here is what my Sketch Up drawings look like so far.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor furniture Rectangle


My top wont be large, about 68" or so once its done but that is pretty close to the dimensions of the examples above. It will be about 2.5" thick and it will be about 16" wide (core), 24" wide with the tool tray. It will also work well for the space I have.
I've already cut up the top, removed the pith, jointed by hand one face and one edge of each of the 4 pieces so they are now ready to be fed through the thickness planer for the other sides.
The nice thing about pithy wood is that the wood on either side is quarter sawn. So, I will have a lot of nice quarter sawn flecks in my top!
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank

Brown Wood Material property Rectangle Tints and shades


I also had a bunch of red oak I wanted to burn through for the legs and stretchers so this is a great opportunity to do that. They were all 4/4 so it has taken a lot of jointing and glue up to prepare them which was not fun since I don't have a jointer.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Unless you count my new #6 which has been indispensible on this project. Its been a lot of fun to joint these big pieces of wood by hand. I'm having fun and getting a little workout.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine


WOODEN SCREWS!: I'm going to be carving my own wooden screws for a leg vise and wagon vise. I'm following the instructions from Carters blog. The only exception is that I'm planning on carving the screw by hand rather than using a router. It seems very doable from everything I've read and I won't have the hassle of making a jig and buying a router bit. Also, I don't have a lathe, I had to buy my dowels, so I cant afford the trial and error of setting up the jig. I may make the router jig down the road if I buy a lathe and start making more screws.

I bought my dowels from these guys. I'm pretty satisfied with them. Luckily the 1 1/2" dowel I'm using for my tap fits just right in the whole made by my spade bit.
The dowel for the screw is 2" in diameter.

Brown Wood Door Wood stain Floor

Sensitive content, not recommended for those under 18
Show Content
Human body Knee Wood Gesture Comfort


I satarted on some of the layout of he tap last night.
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring

Sleeve Wood Musical instrument accessory Hardwood Comfort


So that's all I have for now. Next I'll be working on feeding my leg and top pieces through the planer when the kids are awake and working on the screw when they are asleep.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stay tuned for the rest of the build.

Mauricio
Kova, esta excelente su idea. Lo que me preocupa de eso es que si sujetas una pieza muy lejos del tornillo le causara mucho estres. Y mas porque mi tornillo sera de madera

Kova, that is an excellent idea. What worries me is that if I clamp a work piece to far away from the screw it would cause to much stress on the screw. Especially since my screw will be made of wood.
 

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#13 ·
Guide Block for the Wooden Screw Tap

Hello LJ's,

As noted in the previous post I'm halfway through the milling of my lumber. I've set that aside for the weekend when I can run my machines without waking the kids.

For now I'm starting to work on the wooden screw for my leg vise.

First I thought I would post some of my sketches for my wooden screw plans. Maybe they will be helpful for someone else. Sorry, not as pretty as Mads sketches…

Handwriting Schematic Font Rectangle Parallel

Handwriting Rectangle Font Parallel Schematic

Handwriting Rectangle Font Wood Parallel


Here is what I got done last night.
I had already glued together the two pieces of 2Ă—4 for the guide block.

-Last night I cut out the recess for chips
-Cut the kerf for the guide plate.
Wood Gas Audio equipment Hardwood Home appliance


Then I cut up an old saw for the metal guide piece. No one will miss this crappy old Buck Bros Saw!
Stuck it in and marked out the shape:
Table Wood Musical instrument Wood stain Hardwood


Then used the calipers to scratch out the 1/4" protrusion:
Wood Tints and shades Natural material Space Pattern


I will save you from seeing the pictures of the metal cutting, It was ugly since I only had a hacksaw, that was going slow so I changed to sheet metal snips. That was a little faster but uglier. I need to buy an angle grinder or a reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade for the next metal working project.

Once it was cut out I had to cut the semicircle. Here I used the hacksaw to remove most of the waste and then a round file to refine the shape:
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Tool Plywood


And voila! I have a guide block for my tap!
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Electronic device


It's so exciting to finally be making progress on this screw project!

Next I need to cut the kerf that guides the tap, make a mortise and wedge for the cutter, and of course I need to make the cutter.

Thanks for reading!

Mauricio
 

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#14 ·
Guide Block for the Wooden Screw Tap

Hello LJ's,

As noted in the previous post I'm halfway through the milling of my lumber. I've set that aside for the weekend when I can run my machines without waking the kids.

For now I'm starting to work on the wooden screw for my leg vise.

First I thought I would post some of my sketches for my wooden screw plans. Maybe they will be helpful for someone else. Sorry, not as pretty as Mads sketches…

Handwriting Schematic Font Rectangle Parallel

Handwriting Rectangle Font Parallel Schematic

Handwriting Rectangle Font Wood Parallel


Here is what I got done last night.
I had already glued together the two pieces of 2Ă—4 for the guide block.

-Last night I cut out the recess for chips
-Cut the kerf for the guide plate.
Wood Gas Audio equipment Hardwood Home appliance


Then I cut up an old saw for the metal guide piece. No one will miss this crappy old Buck Bros Saw!
Stuck it in and marked out the shape:
Table Wood Musical instrument Wood stain Hardwood


Then used the calipers to scratch out the 1/4" protrusion:
Wood Tints and shades Natural material Space Pattern


I will save you from seeing the pictures of the metal cutting, It was ugly since I only had a hacksaw, that was going slow so I changed to sheet metal snips. That was a little faster but uglier. I need to buy an angle grinder or a reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade for the next metal working project.

Once it was cut out I had to cut the semicircle. Here I used the hacksaw to remove most of the waste and then a round file to refine the shape:
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Tool Plywood


And voila! I have a guide block for my tap!
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Electronic device


It's so exciting to finally be making progress on this screw project!

Next I need to cut the kerf that guides the tap, make a mortise and wedge for the cutter, and of course I need to make the cutter.

Thanks for reading!

Mauricio
Nice. You'll be making screws for everything once you've done one. Very cool.
 

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#23 ·
Tap for Wooden Nut

Hello again,

On the last blog I made the guide block that guides the tap. Here I've made the tap and cut my first nut last night! I'm very excited about this accomplishment, this is really the most challenging part of the build and I think cutting the screw to fit will be pretty straight forward.

If you're like me, you like looking at pictures more than reading so here are some pics showing the process I followed with a brief explanation.

Laid out thread pitch on paper (2tpi so on tick mark every 1/2" then connect the dots)
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring


Taped the layout sheet onto the dowel.
Shipping box Wood Packing materials Rectangle Box


Used double stick carpet tape to attached the depth stop onto my saw
Wood Tool Musical instrument Bumper Folk instrument


Then simply cut down the line on my shooting board/Bench hook.
Wood Flooring Hardwood Brick Art


The kerf with this saw was actually to narrow so I had to go back over it with my panel saw to widen it out.

The next step is to find some steel to use as a cutter. My friend works at hospitals with a medical equipment company. He hooked me up with some surgical chisels that they were getting rid of. He said they were stainless steel so I was a little concerned that they wouldn't be ideal for woodworking but the one I used worked out great. I plan to use the others to make Skew chisels and such.
Hand tool Metalworking hand tool Wood Tool Garden tool


This is the 1/2" chisel I used for my cutter.
Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Plank


I ground the 45 degree angles on both sides with the tool rest set on a slight angle to give the back edge of the blade good clearance.
Finger Gadget Automotive lighting Automotive exterior Vehicle door

Wood Finger Nail Hand tool Thumb


I put a little hollow grind on the face of it to make it easier to flatten the face.
Automotive tire Tire Bicycle part Finger Bumper


I laid out the mortise using the same pitch angle as the threads, drilled a couple of holes on the drill press and then chiseled out the waste.
Wood Soil Waste Natural material Hardwood


The blade is wedge shaped so I used it in conjunction with a wooden wedge and it held in place pretty well.

Here is how I set up my Tap. The guide block is clamped to the nut, and the nut is clamped to the bench.
Wood Door Floor Hardwood Gas

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Gas


And here is the first pass through the nut.
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Varnish


It only takes 5 turns to get through this nut (about 2 1/2"). You have to make a lot of light passes to get to the full depth of the thread, I lost count but it was about 12ish.

And here is the final product!!!
Wood Natural material Hardwood Bivalve Varnish


And no project is complete without a drop of blood on it (top right of the whole). lol, I'm sure this happens to everyone.

I'll be working on the screw next. I'll be carving it by had, it seems pretty straight forward. Pray that it fits the nut! I don't see any reason it shouldn't.

Thanks for watching,

Mauricio

EDIT: I cant forget to again thank Carter for posting his blog on making wooden screws. He has some pretty good videos on the process here http://lumberjocks.com/CartersWhittling/blog/27648
 

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#24 ·
Tap for Wooden Nut

Hello again,

On the last blog I made the guide block that guides the tap. Here I've made the tap and cut my first nut last night! I'm very excited about this accomplishment, this is really the most challenging part of the build and I think cutting the screw to fit will be pretty straight forward.

If you're like me, you like looking at pictures more than reading so here are some pics showing the process I followed with a brief explanation.

Laid out thread pitch on paper (2tpi so on tick mark every 1/2" then connect the dots)
Wood Rectangle Tints and shades Automotive exterior Flooring


Taped the layout sheet onto the dowel.
Shipping box Wood Packing materials Rectangle Box


Used double stick carpet tape to attached the depth stop onto my saw
Wood Tool Musical instrument Bumper Folk instrument


Then simply cut down the line on my shooting board/Bench hook.
Wood Flooring Hardwood Brick Art


The kerf with this saw was actually to narrow so I had to go back over it with my panel saw to widen it out.

The next step is to find some steel to use as a cutter. My friend works at hospitals with a medical equipment company. He hooked me up with some surgical chisels that they were getting rid of. He said they were stainless steel so I was a little concerned that they wouldn't be ideal for woodworking but the one I used worked out great. I plan to use the others to make Skew chisels and such.
Hand tool Metalworking hand tool Wood Tool Garden tool


This is the 1/2" chisel I used for my cutter.
Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Plank


I ground the 45 degree angles on both sides with the tool rest set on a slight angle to give the back edge of the blade good clearance.
Finger Gadget Automotive lighting Automotive exterior Vehicle door

Wood Finger Nail Hand tool Thumb


I put a little hollow grind on the face of it to make it easier to flatten the face.
Automotive tire Tire Bicycle part Finger Bumper


I laid out the mortise using the same pitch angle as the threads, drilled a couple of holes on the drill press and then chiseled out the waste.
Wood Soil Waste Natural material Hardwood


The blade is wedge shaped so I used it in conjunction with a wooden wedge and it held in place pretty well.

Here is how I set up my Tap. The guide block is clamped to the nut, and the nut is clamped to the bench.
Wood Door Floor Hardwood Gas

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Gas


And here is the first pass through the nut.
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Varnish


It only takes 5 turns to get through this nut (about 2 1/2"). You have to make a lot of light passes to get to the full depth of the thread, I lost count but it was about 12ish.

And here is the final product!!!
Wood Natural material Hardwood Bivalve Varnish


And no project is complete without a drop of blood on it (top right of the whole). lol, I'm sure this happens to everyone.

I'll be working on the screw next. I'll be carving it by had, it seems pretty straight forward. Pray that it fits the nut! I don't see any reason it shouldn't.

Thanks for watching,

Mauricio

EDIT: I cant forget to again thank Carter for posting his blog on making wooden screws. He has some pretty good videos on the process here http://lumberjocks.com/CartersWhittling/blog/27648
Friggin awesome.
 

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#45 ·
Wooden Screw

Hello again my friends,

I finally got some time to work more on my wooden screw. So here is what I've done.

First the layout, same pitch as the tap, I also lay out the groove for the external garter. Then saw to the line. I also used a set of dividers to score a center line between the kerfs.
Ruler Wood Office ruler Tool Table


Next I use a pencil and my fingers as a fence and mark out a quarter inch chamfer around the tip.
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Beige Natural material


I sit on my freshly finished saw bench and use my "Leg Vise" to hold the screw while I rough out the chamfer.
Shoe Wood Road surface Knee Flooring


I then smooth out the bevels with sand paper.
Tableware Kitchen utensil Table Finger Material property


Then I started chopping out the threads with chisel and mallet.
Wood Line Gas Cylinder Tints and shades


After roughing it out I go over it whith a square file and then 80 grit sandpaper glued to a square piece of wood.
Wood Ruler Office ruler Table Flooring


I did get it to work, and I almost made it through the nut last night…

Wood Tool Hardwood Wood stain Varnish

Wood Adhesive Material property Hardwood Gas


It takes a lot of trial and error, putting the screw in, taking it out, knocking down the high burnished surfaces. It kind of sucks, I think will leave this method to Hero and Archimedes. I'm buying a router bit to finish this thing off. The good thing about having done it by hand is that I now have set up "block" for perfectly positioning the router bit. See Carters blog with a detailed video of that jig. http://lumberjocks.com/CartersWhittling/blog/29104

So I will be ordering the bit, I may carve it a little more in the meantime.

Thanks for reading!

Mauricio
 

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#46 ·
Wooden Screw

Hello again my friends,

I finally got some time to work more on my wooden screw. So here is what I've done.

First the layout, same pitch as the tap, I also lay out the groove for the external garter. Then saw to the line. I also used a set of dividers to score a center line between the kerfs.
Ruler Wood Office ruler Tool Table


Next I use a pencil and my fingers as a fence and mark out a quarter inch chamfer around the tip.
Wood Tints and shades Cylinder Beige Natural material


I sit on my freshly finished saw bench and use my "Leg Vise" to hold the screw while I rough out the chamfer.
Shoe Wood Road surface Knee Flooring


I then smooth out the bevels with sand paper.
Tableware Kitchen utensil Table Finger Material property


Then I started chopping out the threads with chisel and mallet.
Wood Line Gas Cylinder Tints and shades


After roughing it out I go over it whith a square file and then 80 grit sandpaper glued to a square piece of wood.
Wood Ruler Office ruler Table Flooring


I did get it to work, and I almost made it through the nut last night…

Wood Tool Hardwood Wood stain Varnish

Wood Adhesive Material property Hardwood Gas


It takes a lot of trial and error, putting the screw in, taking it out, knocking down the high burnished surfaces. It kind of sucks, I think will leave this method to Hero and Archimedes. I'm buying a router bit to finish this thing off. The good thing about having done it by hand is that I now have set up "block" for perfectly positioning the router bit. See Carters blog with a detailed video of that jig. http://lumberjocks.com/CartersWhittling/blog/29104

So I will be ordering the bit, I may carve it a little more in the meantime.

Thanks for reading!

Mauricio
Wow that does look like a lot of work! Hopefully the router will make short order of it. :)
 

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#74 ·
Building the Top w/ a Spot for the Wagon Vise

I put my wooden screw build on hold for a minute. While I ordered the router bit I needed to build the thread cutting jig I made some progress on the top.

Here is a quick review from previous blogs of how I got to this point:

The raw materials:
Started with a green table I got for free from a cabinet shop. Very cupped due to the piths in the slabs.
Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


Cut out the piths.
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank


I ended up with the good parts which were all quarter sawn, about 2.5" Red Oak. The knots will be hidden on the bottom of the bench top.
Wood Wood stain Tool Hardwood Plank


Now the Plan:
Top
Table Furniture Wood Rectangle Wood stain


Wagon Vise plan:
Wood Urban design Roof Screenshot Facade


I squared up 3 sides of each of the pieces by hand with my #6 and wooden Jointer.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine

Brown Wood Automotive tire Motor vehicle Automotive exterior


Then I had to cut out the recess for the Wagon Vise
This involved cuts on two of the top pieces before I glued them together. The first was a simple stopped cut on the Band Saw.
Wood Flooring Floor Gas Hardwood

Followed by a cross cut by hand
Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Wood stain


The next piece I had to cut out a recess (stopped rabbet?) which all had to be cut out by hand.
It was tricky since I had only squared 3 side to keep as much thickness as possible so I couldn't reference off of the bottom of the piece which would have been the most logical. So I used my router table and cut out a groove as high as the bit would go and finished off the rest by hand. By sawing, drilling, and chopping. That was not a pretty process so there are not any pictures of that.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Varnish Flooring


Andy here is how the recess ended up.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Natural material Flooring


Once that was done I drilled holes for dowels to keep the pieces aligned for glue up.
Wood Engineering Gas Machine Toolroom


This really helped out tremendously when doing the glue up. This dowel trick together with perfectly hand planed joints, I felt like I could have glued this top together with one clamp. But human nature tells us to use almost every clamp we own just to be on the safe side. I used plenty of glue as you can see, no starved joints here.
Wood Brickwork Brick Road surface Flooring


So now I have a bench top with a spot for a wagon vise! It netted out to 14" wide.
Plant Wood Vehicle Car Floor

Brown Wood Wood stain Floor Flooring


It's all downhill from here. Stay tuned for the rest of the build and thanks for watching!

Mauricio
 

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#75 ·
Building the Top w/ a Spot for the Wagon Vise

I put my wooden screw build on hold for a minute. While I ordered the router bit I needed to build the thread cutting jig I made some progress on the top.

Here is a quick review from previous blogs of how I got to this point:

The raw materials:
Started with a green table I got for free from a cabinet shop. Very cupped due to the piths in the slabs.
Wood Office ruler Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood


Cut out the piths.
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Plank


I ended up with the good parts which were all quarter sawn, about 2.5" Red Oak. The knots will be hidden on the bottom of the bench top.
Wood Wood stain Tool Hardwood Plank


Now the Plan:
Top
Table Furniture Wood Rectangle Wood stain


Wagon Vise plan:
Wood Urban design Roof Screenshot Facade


I squared up 3 sides of each of the pieces by hand with my #6 and wooden Jointer.
Wood Hardwood Plane Tableware Cuisine

Brown Wood Automotive tire Motor vehicle Automotive exterior


Then I had to cut out the recess for the Wagon Vise
This involved cuts on two of the top pieces before I glued them together. The first was a simple stopped cut on the Band Saw.
Wood Flooring Floor Gas Hardwood

Followed by a cross cut by hand
Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Wood stain


The next piece I had to cut out a recess (stopped rabbet?) which all had to be cut out by hand.
It was tricky since I had only squared 3 side to keep as much thickness as possible so I couldn't reference off of the bottom of the piece which would have been the most logical. So I used my router table and cut out a groove as high as the bit would go and finished off the rest by hand. By sawing, drilling, and chopping. That was not a pretty process so there are not any pictures of that.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Varnish Flooring


Andy here is how the recess ended up.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Natural material Flooring


Once that was done I drilled holes for dowels to keep the pieces aligned for glue up.
Wood Engineering Gas Machine Toolroom


This really helped out tremendously when doing the glue up. This dowel trick together with perfectly hand planed joints, I felt like I could have glued this top together with one clamp. But human nature tells us to use almost every clamp we own just to be on the safe side. I used plenty of glue as you can see, no starved joints here.
Wood Brickwork Brick Road surface Flooring


So now I have a bench top with a spot for a wagon vise! It netted out to 14" wide.
Plant Wood Vehicle Car Floor

Brown Wood Wood stain Floor Flooring


It's all downhill from here. Stay tuned for the rest of the build and thanks for watching!

Mauricio
I'm looking at the picture of your drill press and seeing that you already have a "WORK BENCH"... :)

Very nice progress, Maur!
 

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#96 ·
Wooden Screw #2

I think most of you have seen a lot of these pics on other thread but I'll post them here for the Blog with more detail.

As you know last time I tried to carve my screw by hand, it worked but was slow going. So I built the router jig but have been having trouble dialing it in perfectly.

Here is the router jig I made. As you can see its a loose fit which is why I got a lot of chipping in the tips of the thread, I was cutting to deep.
Wood Rectangle Finger Wood stain Hardwood


This is what happened when I fed my hand carved screw in. Sadly it was ruined….
Automotive tire Automotive wheel system Gas Composite material Road surface


Better results when I started from scratch but still not acceptable. The screw works but it's not pretty.
Wood Ingredient Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


So I ruined the dowels I had purchased so instead of buying more I bought an old lathe and learned how to turn a little. Here is some practice on some fire wood.
Automotive tire Motor vehicle Bumper Gas Cylinder

Automotive tire Motor vehicle Bumper Gas Auto part

Microphone stand Audio equipment Gas Tints and shades Flooring

Wood Metal Pipe Cylinder Auto part


The first go through the router got jammed, not deep enough:
Wood Hand tool Gas Tool Air gun

So I cut that little piece off, tweaked the router and tried again. With success!!!
Still a little chipping thought but not bad.
Wood Gas Automotive tire Terrestrial plant Auto part


Except for one hiccup. Doh!!!
Gas Machine Wood Engineering Metal

Nose Hairstyle Cartoon Human body Ear

The hub hit the router base.

I have been working more on this little piece of my workbench odyssey. I've rebuilt the router jig with a little more attention to detail, bought some hard maple, and just cut out my blanks and glued on extra wood for the hubs last night. Once I turn them I'll be ready to make another go at the threads with the new router jig. Hopefully with no chipping. I'll update you guys on that for the next blog. Hopefully with great success.

I need to get this done and finish building my bench!!!

I've been enthralled with the idea of making my own screws for a long time now and very excited to be seeing a lot of light at the end of the tunnel!!

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!

Mauricio
 

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#97 ·
Wooden Screw #2

I think most of you have seen a lot of these pics on other thread but I'll post them here for the Blog with more detail.

As you know last time I tried to carve my screw by hand, it worked but was slow going. So I built the router jig but have been having trouble dialing it in perfectly.

Here is the router jig I made. As you can see its a loose fit which is why I got a lot of chipping in the tips of the thread, I was cutting to deep.
Wood Rectangle Finger Wood stain Hardwood


This is what happened when I fed my hand carved screw in. Sadly it was ruined….
Automotive tire Automotive wheel system Gas Composite material Road surface


Better results when I started from scratch but still not acceptable. The screw works but it's not pretty.
Wood Ingredient Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


So I ruined the dowels I had purchased so instead of buying more I bought an old lathe and learned how to turn a little. Here is some practice on some fire wood.
Automotive tire Motor vehicle Bumper Gas Cylinder

Automotive tire Motor vehicle Bumper Gas Auto part

Microphone stand Audio equipment Gas Tints and shades Flooring

Wood Metal Pipe Cylinder Auto part


The first go through the router got jammed, not deep enough:
Wood Hand tool Gas Tool Air gun

So I cut that little piece off, tweaked the router and tried again. With success!!!
Still a little chipping thought but not bad.
Wood Gas Automotive tire Terrestrial plant Auto part


Except for one hiccup. Doh!!!
Gas Machine Wood Engineering Metal

Nose Hairstyle Cartoon Human body Ear

The hub hit the router base.

I have been working more on this little piece of my workbench odyssey. I've rebuilt the router jig with a little more attention to detail, bought some hard maple, and just cut out my blanks and glued on extra wood for the hubs last night. Once I turn them I'll be ready to make another go at the threads with the new router jig. Hopefully with no chipping. I'll update you guys on that for the next blog. Hopefully with great success.

I need to get this done and finish building my bench!!!

I've been enthralled with the idea of making my own screws for a long time now and very excited to be seeing a lot of light at the end of the tunnel!!

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!

Mauricio
"doh" moment - HA

looks like great progress.. one step at a time - or one turn at a time
 

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#140 ·
Finishing the top and M&T on Front Legs.

Hello friends. After more failure with the wooden screws I decided to order some dust collection attachments for the router and order some more maple dowels. While I waited for those to come in I worked on the top and legs. Here is a quick pictorial tour of my progress.

Flattened the top. This is the first real workout for the #7! Worked great.
Brown Wood Floor Flooring Beige


Square edges, stool as board jack. First real workout for the #5 to. I love it, it really gets the work done fast!
Table Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood


I decided a 2.5" top looked to skinny in proportion to my legs, so I beefed up the front edge.
This is how it should look when done.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor table Rectangle


So I glued on some more wood to beefed up the front 3.5" of the front. The finished thickness is about 3.5". The legs will mortise directly into this thicker part so its more than just an apron.
Wood Flooring Gas Hardwood Audio equipment


I cut my tenons by hand, I seem to remember that this workbench was my excuse for buying the Veritas carcass saws so I had to use them. This part of the build was actually a lot of fun.
Laid out the tenons on the legs
Brown Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Flooring


The notch trick to guide the saw
Brown Wood Tints and shades Flooring Hardwood


And ripped the tenons
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Metal Plywood


Chisel out the line for the shoulder, and the notch on the corner again.
Brown Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring


Tenons ready to go right of the saw. Almost no shoulder plane work needed to fit into the mortise later! Very gratifying to accomplish this with hand saws.
Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Hardwood


The first mortise I tried to do galoot style with brace and bit but that was hard work in oak.
Brown Wood Water Flooring Space


I tried a corded drill with forstner bit but that didnt work well and burned the wood.

I continued for a while with the brace and chisel but it was taking way too long. I had to figure out a way to use the drill press. Let me just say, I am ill equipped for work on this scale.

I had an idea but the hole time I'm thinking, "this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea" but I had to give it a try.

I sat my drill press on my flimsy HF workmate and held up the ends on my cheap HF roller stands. It held but barley.
Wood Floor Flooring Tints and shades Hardwood


I almost dropped my drill press and bench top when pulling the top off the press but luckily I was able to catch both and avert catastrophe.

So here is where I left off last night (finished at like 1:30am) I'm hurting today.
Wood Table Floor Building Hardwood


Next will be the angled tenons for the splayed back legs.

Thanks for watching.
 

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#141 ·
Finishing the top and M&T on Front Legs.

Hello friends. After more failure with the wooden screws I decided to order some dust collection attachments for the router and order some more maple dowels. While I waited for those to come in I worked on the top and legs. Here is a quick pictorial tour of my progress.

Flattened the top. This is the first real workout for the #7! Worked great.
Brown Wood Floor Flooring Beige


Square edges, stool as board jack. First real workout for the #5 to. I love it, it really gets the work done fast!
Table Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood


I decided a 2.5" top looked to skinny in proportion to my legs, so I beefed up the front edge.
This is how it should look when done.
Table Furniture Wood Outdoor table Rectangle


So I glued on some more wood to beefed up the front 3.5" of the front. The finished thickness is about 3.5". The legs will mortise directly into this thicker part so its more than just an apron.
Wood Flooring Gas Hardwood Audio equipment


I cut my tenons by hand, I seem to remember that this workbench was my excuse for buying the Veritas carcass saws so I had to use them. This part of the build was actually a lot of fun.
Laid out the tenons on the legs
Brown Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Flooring


The notch trick to guide the saw
Brown Wood Tints and shades Flooring Hardwood


And ripped the tenons
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Metal Plywood


Chisel out the line for the shoulder, and the notch on the corner again.
Brown Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring


Tenons ready to go right of the saw. Almost no shoulder plane work needed to fit into the mortise later! Very gratifying to accomplish this with hand saws.
Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Hardwood


The first mortise I tried to do galoot style with brace and bit but that was hard work in oak.
Brown Wood Water Flooring Space


I tried a corded drill with forstner bit but that didnt work well and burned the wood.

I continued for a while with the brace and chisel but it was taking way too long. I had to figure out a way to use the drill press. Let me just say, I am ill equipped for work on this scale.

I had an idea but the hole time I'm thinking, "this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea" but I had to give it a try.

I sat my drill press on my flimsy HF workmate and held up the ends on my cheap HF roller stands. It held but barley.
Wood Floor Flooring Tints and shades Hardwood


I almost dropped my drill press and bench top when pulling the top off the press but luckily I was able to catch both and avert catastrophe.

So here is where I left off last night (finished at like 1:30am) I'm hurting today.
Wood Table Floor Building Hardwood


Next will be the angled tenons for the splayed back legs.

Thanks for watching.
Wow, I'm really beginning to be able to visualize it! Great work on the mortises and tenons, by the way. I'll say what we've all said before: This will be one sweet bench when its done.
 

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#169 ·
Splayed Back Legs and Stretcher

Hello Friends,

I'm long overdue for an update so there are a lot of pictures. I've made quite a bit of progress but the ending is not so happy I'm afraid, after reassembling the parts last night I discovered an error I will have to fix. The great thing about woodworking is that almost anything is fixable, it's just frustrating. You'll see what I mean at the end.

As usual, I'll let the pictures do most of the explaining:

Cut the shoulders on the angled tenons. (Baby Monitor in the background, another good reason to use hand tools as much as possible) ;-)
Table Wood Chest of drawers Floor Flooring


This time I decided I needed to move things along a little faster so I used the band saw instead of my hand saws.
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


There was some discussion about the strength of angled tenons, you can see in the pic that almost all of the grain runs the full length of the tenon.
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Rectangle


With the band saw, what you save in sawing time you give back in tune up afterwards. But, it did give me a chance to play with my new #92.
Wood Gas Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


So here are all my leg tenons together.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Lumber


Now to rout the mortises. On this bench I've done pretty much every possible way to cut a mortise. For these I nailed down a template and used that to guide my router. I left some extra wood to pair by hand later for a tight fit. This can be pretty tedious. On the stretcher tenons I got wise and set the router to give me a good fit right from the start with little pairing needed.
Wood Floor Wood stain Flooring Hardwood


So here is the bench taking shape.
Table Furniture Wood Flooring Floor


Then to joint one face of the short stretchers. I tried the Paul Sellers vise in the clamp trick, It worked great but I can't wait to have a wagon vise. To make faster progress I just took any twist out of one face with the jack plane, once it didn't rock anymore I ran them through the power planer.
Door Wood Floor Gas Flooring


Cut the tenons on the band saw, these came out pretty nice. Since these stretchers were short and manageable I cut the shoulders on my table saw. All the other shoulders are sawn by hand.
Wood Gas Machine tool Machine Hardwood


I then clamp the stretcher in position and mark out the angle for the angled shoulder.
Wood Wood stain Flooring Hardwood Workbench


I came up with this contraption to use the cut off from the stretcher double stick taped to the stretcher to hold the piece at the proper angle to cut the tenons. The whole thing rides on a piece of plywood.
Plant Wood Tree Shade Interior design

This didn't go well, for some reason I got a lot of drift on the bottom of the cut. You can see how there is a lot of wood left outside the line, On the other side of the tenon too much was taken off, about the same amount of error on both sides.
Wood Plank Hardwood Wood stain Flooring


But it gave me a chance to try out my new #71! I love this tool. I haven't even sharpened it, too impatient, but for working across the grain it worked fine. Luckily I always leave a lot of extra length when I rough cut my pieces so I had a nice cut off to use to hold up the other side of the router plane.
Wood Gas Table Metal Hardwood


Here are the cleaned up tenons, I did cut off the ends so that I had a 1/2" shoulder all around but I don't have a pic of that.
Wood Tool Workbench Gas Hardwood


For the angled mortises I drill out the ends of the mortise with brace and bit, then use a forstner bit on the drill press to take out the rest.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And here is the first stretcher in place.
Furniture Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


Now with both short stretchers
Furniture Table Wood Desk Wood stain


Here is my stock for the long stretchers with some Mineral Spirits on them, I scored some cheap QTWO for these.
Brown Wood Amber Wood stain Flooring


The cool thing is that I'm already getting to use my bench to work on the stretchers.
Table Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood

Table Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor


Here I position the stretcher to mark out the location of the mortise.
Table Furniture Wood Flooring Hardwood


I made a makeshift edge guide to rout out all the mortises for the stretchers. It worked just fine.
Wood Engineering Gas Milling Machine


And here is the reassembled bench but there is a problem…..
Table Furniture Wood Writing desk Wood stain


Tragically there is a gap on each of the shoulders.
Brown Wood Flooring Varnish Wood stain

Brown Wood Rectangle Wood stain Floor


It took me a while to figure out what the problem was. The legs were perfectly square to the top, and I knew for sure that the shoulders on the stretcher were perfectly square. Turns out that the mortises on the right leg are a full 1 inch higher than the left leg!!! :-( How did I mess that up? I don't know, but the worst part is that all 4 mortises on that right side of the bench are also off.

On the long stretchers all I have to do is cut the mortise 1" longer but then it will stick out above the stretcher so I will have to glue in a filler piece. But what about the short stretcher? If I slide that one down then the angel changes in relation to the back leg and the stretcher will be too short…

So I'm planning on fixing the mortises on the long stretchers and leaving the short stretcher as is. when I get around to putting in a shelf that stretcher will be an inch proud of the shelf. This doesn't bother me too much, also if I put in a cabinet that won't be noticeable at all.

So that's the plan going forward. Let me know if you guys have any better ideas.

Thanks for watching,

Mauricio
 

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#170 ·
Splayed Back Legs and Stretcher

Hello Friends,

I'm long overdue for an update so there are a lot of pictures. I've made quite a bit of progress but the ending is not so happy I'm afraid, after reassembling the parts last night I discovered an error I will have to fix. The great thing about woodworking is that almost anything is fixable, it's just frustrating. You'll see what I mean at the end.

As usual, I'll let the pictures do most of the explaining:

Cut the shoulders on the angled tenons. (Baby Monitor in the background, another good reason to use hand tools as much as possible) ;-)
Table Wood Chest of drawers Floor Flooring


This time I decided I needed to move things along a little faster so I used the band saw instead of my hand saws.
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


There was some discussion about the strength of angled tenons, you can see in the pic that almost all of the grain runs the full length of the tenon.
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Rectangle


With the band saw, what you save in sawing time you give back in tune up afterwards. But, it did give me a chance to play with my new #92.
Wood Gas Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


So here are all my leg tenons together.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Lumber


Now to rout the mortises. On this bench I've done pretty much every possible way to cut a mortise. For these I nailed down a template and used that to guide my router. I left some extra wood to pair by hand later for a tight fit. This can be pretty tedious. On the stretcher tenons I got wise and set the router to give me a good fit right from the start with little pairing needed.
Wood Floor Wood stain Flooring Hardwood


So here is the bench taking shape.
Table Furniture Wood Flooring Floor


Then to joint one face of the short stretchers. I tried the Paul Sellers vise in the clamp trick, It worked great but I can't wait to have a wagon vise. To make faster progress I just took any twist out of one face with the jack plane, once it didn't rock anymore I ran them through the power planer.
Door Wood Floor Gas Flooring


Cut the tenons on the band saw, these came out pretty nice. Since these stretchers were short and manageable I cut the shoulders on my table saw. All the other shoulders are sawn by hand.
Wood Gas Machine tool Machine Hardwood


I then clamp the stretcher in position and mark out the angle for the angled shoulder.
Wood Wood stain Flooring Hardwood Workbench


I came up with this contraption to use the cut off from the stretcher double stick taped to the stretcher to hold the piece at the proper angle to cut the tenons. The whole thing rides on a piece of plywood.
Plant Wood Tree Shade Interior design

This didn't go well, for some reason I got a lot of drift on the bottom of the cut. You can see how there is a lot of wood left outside the line, On the other side of the tenon too much was taken off, about the same amount of error on both sides.
Wood Plank Hardwood Wood stain Flooring


But it gave me a chance to try out my new #71! I love this tool. I haven't even sharpened it, too impatient, but for working across the grain it worked fine. Luckily I always leave a lot of extra length when I rough cut my pieces so I had a nice cut off to use to hold up the other side of the router plane.
Wood Gas Table Metal Hardwood


Here are the cleaned up tenons, I did cut off the ends so that I had a 1/2" shoulder all around but I don't have a pic of that.
Wood Tool Workbench Gas Hardwood


For the angled mortises I drill out the ends of the mortise with brace and bit, then use a forstner bit on the drill press to take out the rest.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And here is the first stretcher in place.
Furniture Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


Now with both short stretchers
Furniture Table Wood Desk Wood stain


Here is my stock for the long stretchers with some Mineral Spirits on them, I scored some cheap QTWO for these.
Brown Wood Amber Wood stain Flooring


The cool thing is that I'm already getting to use my bench to work on the stretchers.
Table Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood

Table Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor


Here I position the stretcher to mark out the location of the mortise.
Table Furniture Wood Flooring Hardwood


I made a makeshift edge guide to rout out all the mortises for the stretchers. It worked just fine.
Wood Engineering Gas Milling Machine


And here is the reassembled bench but there is a problem…..
Table Furniture Wood Writing desk Wood stain


Tragically there is a gap on each of the shoulders.
Brown Wood Flooring Varnish Wood stain

Brown Wood Rectangle Wood stain Floor


It took me a while to figure out what the problem was. The legs were perfectly square to the top, and I knew for sure that the shoulders on the stretcher were perfectly square. Turns out that the mortises on the right leg are a full 1 inch higher than the left leg!!! :-( How did I mess that up? I don't know, but the worst part is that all 4 mortises on that right side of the bench are also off.

On the long stretchers all I have to do is cut the mortise 1" longer but then it will stick out above the stretcher so I will have to glue in a filler piece. But what about the short stretcher? If I slide that one down then the angel changes in relation to the back leg and the stretcher will be too short…

So I'm planning on fixing the mortises on the long stretchers and leaving the short stretcher as is. when I get around to putting in a shelf that stretcher will be an inch proud of the shelf. This doesn't bother me too much, also if I put in a cabinet that won't be noticeable at all.

So that's the plan going forward. Let me know if you guys have any better ideas.

Thanks for watching,

Mauricio
That is going to be one impressive piece of woodworking when all is said and done. Heck, it already is!
 

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#214 ·
Deadman, Cut Legs, Drill Screw and Holdfast Holes

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.

Furniture Table Wood Desk Flooring


Very dense wood but it planes pretty nicely.
Table Wood Gas Ingredient Hardwood


Here is the design I think I'm going with. I'm going to finish it after assembly, just wanted to pane it down to see what kind of dimensions I'm working with before routing the groove in the bench top.
Property Wood Rectangle Wood stain Plank


I went with a 1" deep groove, 3/4" wide. I think I'm going to have the V" slider/rail either stop 6" short of the left leg for deadman removal or maybe a short rail piece I can screw in place and remove whenever I want to remove the deadman. I'm still working out the details in my head.
Here I'm using my makeshift wooden block router edge guide, I have since purchased a Bosch edge guide which is a nice upgrade.
Furniture Wood Flooring Gas Hardwood


Next, I cut the legs to length. I was pretty nervous about this, since the back legs are splayed, I couldnt simple cut them to equal lengths. So what I did was shim the legs to have the front legs plum and the top level. And scribe a line from the floor with dividers. This was tricky because the garage floor is not level. So Once I took the bench apart I just went with the longest distance on each leg, A also erred on the side of making the front legs equal length, same on the back legs. Fortunately it worked out, after cutting them the bench was nice and level and the front legs plum.
Wood Office ruler Ruler Flooring Floor

Wood Gas Machine Metal Hardwood

Wood Gas Hardwood Machine Plywood


The height worked out perfectly and there is now wobble at all in the base. I also love the height. I ended up at around 33.5". I literally could not get more height out the legs because of the back leg splay, it causes you to lose a lot of height. I'm 6'2" so it made me nervous to have it so low. But this is the height of Schwarz' bench and he is 2" taller than me which was reassuring.

The height works and is nice for planning, It really lets you get your weight over the plane, you just lean on it and it goes!
Table Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flowerpot


Next for the Holdfast holes: I love these things! I've been using them a lot already, you'll see in future pictures how I've used them for making other bench components.
Wood Tool Electrical wiring Hand tool Gas

Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


Then to drill out are the holes for the wooden screws for the vise and parallel guide. The front legs were pretty straight forward, 1.5" for the screw (threads to be tapped later) and 2 1/8" for the parallel guide. It was slow going on my cheap little drill press, these are big holes.

But probably the hairiest part is the angled whole I need for clearance in the back leg. I marked off the location on both sides of the leg so I could meet in the middle as close as possible.
Wood Automotive tire Gas Wheel Motor vehicle


The two holes met in the middle, off by only about 1/8" which was easily chiseled smooth with a gouge and rasp.

This picture shows how the screw will pass through the back leg.
Wood Hardwood Lumber Wood stain Wooden block


So here is where we leave off:
Table Wood Floor Flooring Tool

Actually that pic doesnt have the holdfast holes in the top but you get the idea.

I've finished my end caps and wagon vise. I'll post that blog when I get more time.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!

Mauricio
 

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#215 ·
Deadman, Cut Legs, Drill Screw and Holdfast Holes

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.

Furniture Table Wood Desk Flooring


Very dense wood but it planes pretty nicely.
Table Wood Gas Ingredient Hardwood


Here is the design I think I'm going with. I'm going to finish it after assembly, just wanted to pane it down to see what kind of dimensions I'm working with before routing the groove in the bench top.
Property Wood Rectangle Wood stain Plank


I went with a 1" deep groove, 3/4" wide. I think I'm going to have the V" slider/rail either stop 6" short of the left leg for deadman removal or maybe a short rail piece I can screw in place and remove whenever I want to remove the deadman. I'm still working out the details in my head.
Here I'm using my makeshift wooden block router edge guide, I have since purchased a Bosch edge guide which is a nice upgrade.
Furniture Wood Flooring Gas Hardwood


Next, I cut the legs to length. I was pretty nervous about this, since the back legs are splayed, I couldnt simple cut them to equal lengths. So what I did was shim the legs to have the front legs plum and the top level. And scribe a line from the floor with dividers. This was tricky because the garage floor is not level. So Once I took the bench apart I just went with the longest distance on each leg, A also erred on the side of making the front legs equal length, same on the back legs. Fortunately it worked out, after cutting them the bench was nice and level and the front legs plum.
Wood Office ruler Ruler Flooring Floor

Wood Gas Machine Metal Hardwood

Wood Gas Hardwood Machine Plywood


The height worked out perfectly and there is now wobble at all in the base. I also love the height. I ended up at around 33.5". I literally could not get more height out the legs because of the back leg splay, it causes you to lose a lot of height. I'm 6'2" so it made me nervous to have it so low. But this is the height of Schwarz' bench and he is 2" taller than me which was reassuring.

The height works and is nice for planning, It really lets you get your weight over the plane, you just lean on it and it goes!
Table Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flowerpot


Next for the Holdfast holes: I love these things! I've been using them a lot already, you'll see in future pictures how I've used them for making other bench components.
Wood Tool Electrical wiring Hand tool Gas

Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


Then to drill out are the holes for the wooden screws for the vise and parallel guide. The front legs were pretty straight forward, 1.5" for the screw (threads to be tapped later) and 2 1/8" for the parallel guide. It was slow going on my cheap little drill press, these are big holes.

But probably the hairiest part is the angled whole I need for clearance in the back leg. I marked off the location on both sides of the leg so I could meet in the middle as close as possible.
Wood Automotive tire Gas Wheel Motor vehicle


The two holes met in the middle, off by only about 1/8" which was easily chiseled smooth with a gouge and rasp.

This picture shows how the screw will pass through the back leg.
Wood Hardwood Lumber Wood stain Wooden block


So here is where we leave off:
Table Wood Floor Flooring Tool

Actually that pic doesnt have the holdfast holes in the top but you get the idea.

I've finished my end caps and wagon vise. I'll post that blog when I get more time.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!

Mauricio
That looks great, Maurico. I didn't realize how long that wooden screw was until you posted the side view of the bench.

Also, that jatoba looks very nice; I decided I want it back. Haha. ;-)
 

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#250 ·
End Caps and Wagon Vise

Back again friends,

Ok, the next step is the make a wagon vise out of this screw I got from Lee Valley.
Table Furniture Wood Picnic table Outdoor bench


Thanks to PurpLev for the inspiration on his blog:
http://lumberjocks.com/PurpLev/blog/17919

First I jointed one side of the boards for the end caps then ran it through the thickens planner, etc…
Wood Creative arts Flooring Hardwood Tool


Next since the wood in the wagon vise recess had warped since being cut I had to trim some wood off using my #78, #92, and a chisel.
Wood Gesture Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


I even used the front bullnose portion of the 78.
Brown Wood Helmet Wood stain Bumper

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Tints and shades Human leg


It didnt work so well because the grain was running the wrong direction so ultimately it was mostly done by chisel.

Next to lay the nut into the Wagon Block:
Wood Tool Table Hardwood Wood stain

I hacked at this all kinds of different ways. The forstner bit on the drill press was having a lot of trouble with this.

Hand tool Stonemason's hammer Wood Burin Tool

Hand tool Stonemason's hammer Rolling pin Tool Burin

Wood Tool Hardwood Wood stain Table


It was a pain, I think next time I'll try the router bit in the drill press trick, just seems scary.
Wood Adhesive Gas Nail Wood stain


Now to crosscut the ends:
Wood Radial arm saw Workbench Hardwood Power tool

The left side was tricky because the legs were in the way of me clamping down my circular saw guide. So I used my holdfast (a lot of holdfast action in these pics) and a little makeshift extension for the F clamp.
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


The saw didnt cut through all the way so I cleaned up the rest with chisel and block plane:
Wood Carpenter Tradesman Wood stain Flooring


Next I needed to patch this little chamfer from when this wood was part of a table:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Turned out ok, I nearly matched the grain perfectly:
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle


Rout the ends of the bench to take the spline that will mate with the end caps.
Wood Door Flooring Hardwood Tool


Check out my new router set up! Again the holdfast work great, so versatile.
Wood Saw Hardwood Gas Tool


I like how the joint is subtly highlighted here.
Wood Gas Hardwood Flooring Lumber


Now what you've all been waiting for, the WAGON VISE!
Table Wood Floor Wood stain Flooring


Dog hole in the wagon block.
Wood Floor Flooring Electrical wiring Gas


Counter bore then drill for the bolt. I dont have a pic of the holes drilled in the underside, that was kind of a pain because i had to square one side of the hole to mate
with the washer.
Handheld power drill Wood Drill Pneumatic tool Tool


This little hard maple piece holds the screw level.
Wood Wood stain Beam Floor Building


EDIT
Here is a shot of the entire assembly from below. My hardware store didnt have stainless steel barrel nuts so I had to go with a whole I squared up on one side to receive a washer and nut. Its a pain to get the washer and nut on the bolt in this little 3/4" hole.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Creative arts Gas


And Voila! We have a wagon vise. I dont have the row of dog holes yet but so far it seems to work great.
Wood Gas Machine tool Composite material Hardwood


It also works great for working the end of a board. Holds rock solid.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle Flooring


A nice 8" of clamping capacity!
Wood Office ruler Ruler Flooring Wood stain


Benchcrafted eat your heart out. LOL, just kidding, its not nearly as nice but it works pretty damn good at a fraction of the cost.

Anyway, thats what I have for now, I've got you guys all caught up. Sorry for the hasty post if I misspelled anything or was unclear in any way. I'm open to question or comments.

Thanks for watching, it wouldnt be nearly as fun without people to share it with.

Mauricio
 

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#251 ·
End Caps and Wagon Vise

Back again friends,

Ok, the next step is the make a wagon vise out of this screw I got from Lee Valley.
Table Furniture Wood Picnic table Outdoor bench


Thanks to PurpLev for the inspiration on his blog:
http://lumberjocks.com/PurpLev/blog/17919

First I jointed one side of the boards for the end caps then ran it through the thickens planner, etc…
Wood Creative arts Flooring Hardwood Tool


Next since the wood in the wagon vise recess had warped since being cut I had to trim some wood off using my #78, #92, and a chisel.
Wood Gesture Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


I even used the front bullnose portion of the 78.
Brown Wood Helmet Wood stain Bumper

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Tints and shades Human leg


It didnt work so well because the grain was running the wrong direction so ultimately it was mostly done by chisel.

Next to lay the nut into the Wagon Block:
Wood Tool Table Hardwood Wood stain

I hacked at this all kinds of different ways. The forstner bit on the drill press was having a lot of trouble with this.

Hand tool Stonemason's hammer Wood Burin Tool

Hand tool Stonemason's hammer Rolling pin Tool Burin

Wood Tool Hardwood Wood stain Table


It was a pain, I think next time I'll try the router bit in the drill press trick, just seems scary.
Wood Adhesive Gas Nail Wood stain


Now to crosscut the ends:
Wood Radial arm saw Workbench Hardwood Power tool

The left side was tricky because the legs were in the way of me clamping down my circular saw guide. So I used my holdfast (a lot of holdfast action in these pics) and a little makeshift extension for the F clamp.
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


The saw didnt cut through all the way so I cleaned up the rest with chisel and block plane:
Wood Carpenter Tradesman Wood stain Flooring


Next I needed to patch this little chamfer from when this wood was part of a table:
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Turned out ok, I nearly matched the grain perfectly:
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle


Rout the ends of the bench to take the spline that will mate with the end caps.
Wood Door Flooring Hardwood Tool


Check out my new router set up! Again the holdfast work great, so versatile.
Wood Saw Hardwood Gas Tool


I like how the joint is subtly highlighted here.
Wood Gas Hardwood Flooring Lumber


Now what you've all been waiting for, the WAGON VISE!
Table Wood Floor Wood stain Flooring


Dog hole in the wagon block.
Wood Floor Flooring Electrical wiring Gas


Counter bore then drill for the bolt. I dont have a pic of the holes drilled in the underside, that was kind of a pain because i had to square one side of the hole to mate
with the washer.
Handheld power drill Wood Drill Pneumatic tool Tool


This little hard maple piece holds the screw level.
Wood Wood stain Beam Floor Building


EDIT
Here is a shot of the entire assembly from below. My hardware store didnt have stainless steel barrel nuts so I had to go with a whole I squared up on one side to receive a washer and nut. Its a pain to get the washer and nut on the bolt in this little 3/4" hole.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Creative arts Gas


And Voila! We have a wagon vise. I dont have the row of dog holes yet but so far it seems to work great.
Wood Gas Machine tool Composite material Hardwood


It also works great for working the end of a board. Holds rock solid.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle Flooring


A nice 8" of clamping capacity!
Wood Office ruler Ruler Flooring Wood stain


Benchcrafted eat your heart out. LOL, just kidding, its not nearly as nice but it works pretty damn good at a fraction of the cost.

Anyway, thats what I have for now, I've got you guys all caught up. Sorry for the hasty post if I misspelled anything or was unclear in any way. I'm open to question or comments.

Thanks for watching, it wouldnt be nearly as fun without people to share it with.

Mauricio
Looking good! Thanks for the pics/blog.
 

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#275 ·
2nd End Cap and Dog Holes

Here is a short update of just my work last night.

Laid out and drilled my row of dog holes 3" apart. Sorry, galoot index is Zero on this one.
Drill Saw Tool Wood Power tool

Wood Workbench Floor Hardwood Flooring


I used a Âľ" spade bit to make the wholes. Let me just say that I think spade bits are underrated. If you don't need to make a flat bottom hole or drill overlapping holes I like them better than Forstner bits. The spade bit leaves a pretty clean entry whole and cut pretty fast with a lot less effort IMHO.

Drilled out for the second end Cap.
Wood Flooring Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


And here is where I'm at to date.
Wood Wood stain Workbench Hardwood Tool


Some thoughts on the wagon vise. The vise clamps very strong, my only concern is that it does cause the wood to bow up off of the bench top which is not good for planning. Maybe I haven't figured out how to use it correctly or maybe my wooden dogs don't have the proper angle cut into their face. I'll have to experiment with the dogs to see how I can make the board bow downwards keeping it flat on the bench.

I welcome any advice on that.

I plan on getting a pair of pair the Veritas brass bench dogs. We'll see if that helps at all.
Tool Font Rectangle Metal Wood


It looks like I'm close to done but the to-do list is still pretty long:
Mill well back
Dovetail well back
Make and fit well board
Angle on rail for deadman
Make deadman
Attach shelf ledgers? Or just screw on?
Mill shelf boards.
Blacken bolts?
Chop hole for planning stop?
Make wooden screw and tap leg
Make vise chop

Weigh parts (just curious about total weight)
Make draw bore pin (just because I want one)
Drill for drawbore
Chamfer All Edges
Smooth all surface
Assemble Base

Final Prep for finish
Finish
Glue leather pads on, leg vise, wagon vise, holdfasts

-Thats all for now folks. Thanks for watching,

Mauricio
 

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#276 ·
2nd End Cap and Dog Holes

Here is a short update of just my work last night.

Laid out and drilled my row of dog holes 3" apart. Sorry, galoot index is Zero on this one.
Drill Saw Tool Wood Power tool

Wood Workbench Floor Hardwood Flooring


I used a Âľ" spade bit to make the wholes. Let me just say that I think spade bits are underrated. If you don't need to make a flat bottom hole or drill overlapping holes I like them better than Forstner bits. The spade bit leaves a pretty clean entry whole and cut pretty fast with a lot less effort IMHO.

Drilled out for the second end Cap.
Wood Flooring Wood stain Hardwood Plywood


And here is where I'm at to date.
Wood Wood stain Workbench Hardwood Tool


Some thoughts on the wagon vise. The vise clamps very strong, my only concern is that it does cause the wood to bow up off of the bench top which is not good for planning. Maybe I haven't figured out how to use it correctly or maybe my wooden dogs don't have the proper angle cut into their face. I'll have to experiment with the dogs to see how I can make the board bow downwards keeping it flat on the bench.

I welcome any advice on that.

I plan on getting a pair of pair the Veritas brass bench dogs. We'll see if that helps at all.
Tool Font Rectangle Metal Wood


It looks like I'm close to done but the to-do list is still pretty long:
Mill well back
Dovetail well back
Make and fit well board
Angle on rail for deadman
Make deadman
Attach shelf ledgers? Or just screw on?
Mill shelf boards.
Blacken bolts?
Chop hole for planning stop?
Make wooden screw and tap leg
Make vise chop

Weigh parts (just curious about total weight)
Make draw bore pin (just because I want one)
Drill for drawbore
Chamfer All Edges
Smooth all surface
Assemble Base

Final Prep for finish
Finish
Glue leather pads on, leg vise, wagon vise, holdfasts

-Thats all for now folks. Thanks for watching,

Mauricio
it looks great Mauricio.
 

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#308 ·
The Deadman

Hello LJ Buddies,

Here is my most recent progress. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

I previously milled the grove on the underside of the bench.
Furniture Wood Flooring Gas Hardwood


I cut a rabet 3/4" in from the front and glued on a 3/4" tenon.
Wood Engineering Hardwood Creative arts Machine


This was cut by hand. First had to perfect the fit.
Wood Hardwood Flooring Tool Helmet


Laid out the design with a wax pencil.
Wood Natural material Hardwood Wood stain Lumber


Bandsawed the curve then cleaned up with a spokeshave.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Wrist


After drilling the holes and cleaned the Jatoba with Acetone and glued on the tenon and bottom piece with TBIII
Wood Gas Hardwood Machine Wood stain


To keep the tenon as long as possible and still be able to slip it into the groove I came with this idea, chamfering the back corner of the tenon. It works pretty well.
Hand tool Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood


I cut one side of the V on the table saw but because the block on this end is not the same thickness as the other, the deadman wont sit flat to cut both sides so I cut the other side with a hand saw.
Wood Bumper Tool Hardwood Gas


Then cleaned up the cut with my #92, it works well but it is a knuckle buster, I cut myself about 3 times on this step. Not on the plane of course but on the sharp edges of the work piece.
Wood Saw Machine tool Wood stain Hardwood


For the rail I used my #5 and #7 to joint one face and edge of a board and then ripped it off on the table saw.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Plywood


And here is how it looks with the bottom rail temporarily in place.
Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Plank


I cut the rail to make a little door for removing the deadman. Screwed them down.
Wood Wood stain Fawn Hardwood Natural material


Left a neat little gap at the top. Just trial and error, no logic on how much room I left.
Wood Table Wood stain Hardwood Material property


And here is where we leave off.
Wood Table Tool Hardwood Flooring


Thanks again to BrandonW for giving me the Jatoba. I've put it to good use.

As always thanks for watching!

Mauricio
 

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#309 ·
The Deadman

Hello LJ Buddies,

Here is my most recent progress. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

I previously milled the grove on the underside of the bench.
Furniture Wood Flooring Gas Hardwood


I cut a rabet 3/4" in from the front and glued on a 3/4" tenon.
Wood Engineering Hardwood Creative arts Machine


This was cut by hand. First had to perfect the fit.
Wood Hardwood Flooring Tool Helmet


Laid out the design with a wax pencil.
Wood Natural material Hardwood Wood stain Lumber


Bandsawed the curve then cleaned up with a spokeshave.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Wrist


After drilling the holes and cleaned the Jatoba with Acetone and glued on the tenon and bottom piece with TBIII
Wood Gas Hardwood Machine Wood stain


To keep the tenon as long as possible and still be able to slip it into the groove I came with this idea, chamfering the back corner of the tenon. It works pretty well.
Hand tool Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood


I cut one side of the V on the table saw but because the block on this end is not the same thickness as the other, the deadman wont sit flat to cut both sides so I cut the other side with a hand saw.
Wood Bumper Tool Hardwood Gas


Then cleaned up the cut with my #92, it works well but it is a knuckle buster, I cut myself about 3 times on this step. Not on the plane of course but on the sharp edges of the work piece.
Wood Saw Machine tool Wood stain Hardwood


For the rail I used my #5 and #7 to joint one face and edge of a board and then ripped it off on the table saw.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Plywood


And here is how it looks with the bottom rail temporarily in place.
Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Plank


I cut the rail to make a little door for removing the deadman. Screwed them down.
Wood Wood stain Fawn Hardwood Natural material


Left a neat little gap at the top. Just trial and error, no logic on how much room I left.
Wood Table Wood stain Hardwood Material property


And here is where we leave off.
Wood Table Tool Hardwood Flooring


Thanks again to BrandonW for giving me the Jatoba. I've put it to good use.

As always thanks for watching!

Mauricio
ESE HOMBRE MUERTO TIENE MUY BUENA VIDA MAURICIO JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA
EXCELENTE TRABAJO ARTESANO-INGENIOSO ;-D
 

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#344 ·
The Tool Well

Here is my latest progress. This blog is too damn long, I need to remember to do these more often and break them up. Sorry about that.

Mostly pictures though. Questions and Comments are welcome!

THE WELL BACK:
Trying to "Steam Bend" the tool well back straight. Notice the dowle I used to get the clamp as far out of the way as possible.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Plank Workbench


Hit it with the heat gun
Wood Vision care Gas Kitchen utensil Eyewear


Got it straight enough to joint one side and run through the planner without losing too much thickness
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


This process did work ok, unfortunately I didn't measure the before and after for a fair comparison.

Flattened one side of the well back with the scrub, #5, and #7 before running the other side through the planner
Wood Hardwood Plank Table Wood stain


WELL JOINERY
Grooving the end caps. I've got a #45 on the way for future grooves. For now I got creative with the bench and hold fasts. I love me some holdfasts! So versatile.
Wood Hardwood Flooring Creative arts Engineering


I tried making a shallow rebate on the back on the Tails to make a tighter joint with the tails. The 78 wasn't the best tool for the job. as you can see the fence extends beyond the sole of the plane and is not held firmly letting it pivot despite the set screw. The knicker chewed up my base line. Oh well. We'll have to make a dust riser for that corner to hide the mistake.
Wood Wood stain Plank Hardwood Lumber


I tried using the 71 to true things up, it helped some but its going to be kind of ugly. I'm not too worried, after doing a few dovetails you'll realize there are lots of tricks for hiding your mistakes.
Wood Plane Jack plane Hardwood Wood stain


Next I cut the tails. I'm using the bench already for everything! I love it.
Wood Hardwood Tool Wood stain Flooring


Tails Cut
Wood Art Creative arts Wood stain Flooring


This is my first time using the "Chop and Chip" method of waste clean out.
Hand tool Stonemason's hammer Wood Metalworking hand tool Geologist's hammer


Worked out pretty well!
Wood Tool Natural material Wood stain Hardwood


Transferring the tails to the pin board was very challenging because the pin board is 6' long. I had to lay both pieces on their side which made alignment and marking tough. No pic of that.

!WARNING: HAIRY LEGS IN CROCS TO FOLLOW!

Cutting the pins on he saw bench
Shoe Wood Tints and shades Art Hardwood


Lots of test fitting and testing to get them to fit.
Wood Tints and shades Hardwood Trunk Chair


This is the good side, the other side is looser and sloppier and will need some patching.
Wood Table Hardwood Flooring Gas


THE WELL BOTTOM:
Smoothing the poplar board for my well bottom
Wood Natural material Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


Jointing an edge, the holdfasts and deadman already coming in quite handy
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


Rebating the bottom of the well bottom
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Workbench


The 78 was set for a thick cut for speed and the 92 came in for fine tuning.
Sewing machine feet Wood Table Sewing machine Sewing

I dont have a pic but I use axle keys I get cheap from ACE hardware to gauge the thickness of the tongue left from the rebate.

I fit the board in the well. Cut out recesses to fit around the legs. I'll be hiding the fit with some quarter round molding later.
Wood Hardwood Tool Lumber Plank


And here is where we leave off.
A #7 lays in there nicely and clear the top.
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank

It almost clears the top sitting upright but not quite.
Brown Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood


Another angle of the well
Wood Automotive exterior Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


That's it for now folks. Next I tackle the Wooden Screw (again) and the leg vise.

Thanks for watching!

Mauricio
 

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#345 ·
The Tool Well

Here is my latest progress. This blog is too damn long, I need to remember to do these more often and break them up. Sorry about that.

Mostly pictures though. Questions and Comments are welcome!

THE WELL BACK:
Trying to "Steam Bend" the tool well back straight. Notice the dowle I used to get the clamp as far out of the way as possible.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Plank Workbench


Hit it with the heat gun
Wood Vision care Gas Kitchen utensil Eyewear


Got it straight enough to joint one side and run through the planner without losing too much thickness
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


This process did work ok, unfortunately I didn't measure the before and after for a fair comparison.

Flattened one side of the well back with the scrub, #5, and #7 before running the other side through the planner
Wood Hardwood Plank Table Wood stain


WELL JOINERY
Grooving the end caps. I've got a #45 on the way for future grooves. For now I got creative with the bench and hold fasts. I love me some holdfasts! So versatile.
Wood Hardwood Flooring Creative arts Engineering


I tried making a shallow rebate on the back on the Tails to make a tighter joint with the tails. The 78 wasn't the best tool for the job. as you can see the fence extends beyond the sole of the plane and is not held firmly letting it pivot despite the set screw. The knicker chewed up my base line. Oh well. We'll have to make a dust riser for that corner to hide the mistake.
Wood Wood stain Plank Hardwood Lumber


I tried using the 71 to true things up, it helped some but its going to be kind of ugly. I'm not too worried, after doing a few dovetails you'll realize there are lots of tricks for hiding your mistakes.
Wood Plane Jack plane Hardwood Wood stain


Next I cut the tails. I'm using the bench already for everything! I love it.
Wood Hardwood Tool Wood stain Flooring


Tails Cut
Wood Art Creative arts Wood stain Flooring


This is my first time using the "Chop and Chip" method of waste clean out.
Hand tool Stonemason's hammer Wood Metalworking hand tool Geologist's hammer


Worked out pretty well!
Wood Tool Natural material Wood stain Hardwood


Transferring the tails to the pin board was very challenging because the pin board is 6' long. I had to lay both pieces on their side which made alignment and marking tough. No pic of that.

!WARNING: HAIRY LEGS IN CROCS TO FOLLOW!

Cutting the pins on he saw bench
Shoe Wood Tints and shades Art Hardwood


Lots of test fitting and testing to get them to fit.
Wood Tints and shades Hardwood Trunk Chair


This is the good side, the other side is looser and sloppier and will need some patching.
Wood Table Hardwood Flooring Gas


THE WELL BOTTOM:
Smoothing the poplar board for my well bottom
Wood Natural material Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


Jointing an edge, the holdfasts and deadman already coming in quite handy
Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


Rebating the bottom of the well bottom
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Workbench


The 78 was set for a thick cut for speed and the 92 came in for fine tuning.
Sewing machine feet Wood Table Sewing machine Sewing

I dont have a pic but I use axle keys I get cheap from ACE hardware to gauge the thickness of the tongue left from the rebate.

I fit the board in the well. Cut out recesses to fit around the legs. I'll be hiding the fit with some quarter round molding later.
Wood Hardwood Tool Lumber Plank


And here is where we leave off.
A #7 lays in there nicely and clear the top.
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank

It almost clears the top sitting upright but not quite.
Brown Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood


Another angle of the well
Wood Automotive exterior Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


That's it for now folks. Next I tackle the Wooden Screw (again) and the leg vise.

Thanks for watching!

Mauricio
looks great! nice work
 

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#384 ·
Wooden Screw - Another attempt

It didnt turn out well, still licking my wounds. Here is briefly what happened…

Made a new jig
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Lumber Wooden block

After one test screw, I successfuly made one that had reasonable little chipping, I was happy with it.
Wood Gas Machine Flooring Audio equipment

I actually cut the hub off a reject screw and reused it on this one.
Wood Flooring Engineering Hardwood Plywood

Ruler Wood Tool Office ruler Hardwood


Sleeve Couch Comfort Tie Pattern


Tapped the leg
Wood Gas Composite material Engineering Building material


Tried the screw, but it binds up after a little bit.
I kept tapping the threads deeper and deeper hoping it would fit but it wasn't the diameter of the hole, it was the thread pitch, and since the leg is pretty thick there are a lot of teeth that engage the nut so it has to be right on. I have no idea why this is happening… The same tap was used for the guide threads in the screw making jig, it should be exactly the same, but its not….
Wood Flooring Gas Engineering Machine


Ironically one of the first practice screws I made with my first jig fit perfectly. I'd use it except I would need a 3" thick chop and it would only have a 4.5" clamping capacity.
Table Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


Here are all of my attempts laid out in chronological order. The closest ones are the oldest.
Wood Tool Gas Auto part Nut


Like I said, the first ones I made fit so I still have hope and one more screw blank!

I hope to have good news for you soon.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support.

Mauricio
 

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#385 ·
Wooden Screw - Another attempt

It didnt turn out well, still licking my wounds. Here is briefly what happened…

Made a new jig
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Lumber Wooden block

After one test screw, I successfuly made one that had reasonable little chipping, I was happy with it.
Wood Gas Machine Flooring Audio equipment

I actually cut the hub off a reject screw and reused it on this one.
Wood Flooring Engineering Hardwood Plywood

Ruler Wood Tool Office ruler Hardwood


Sleeve Couch Comfort Tie Pattern


Tapped the leg
Wood Gas Composite material Engineering Building material


Tried the screw, but it binds up after a little bit.
I kept tapping the threads deeper and deeper hoping it would fit but it wasn't the diameter of the hole, it was the thread pitch, and since the leg is pretty thick there are a lot of teeth that engage the nut so it has to be right on. I have no idea why this is happening… The same tap was used for the guide threads in the screw making jig, it should be exactly the same, but its not….
Wood Flooring Gas Engineering Machine


Ironically one of the first practice screws I made with my first jig fit perfectly. I'd use it except I would need a 3" thick chop and it would only have a 4.5" clamping capacity.
Table Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


Here are all of my attempts laid out in chronological order. The closest ones are the oldest.
Wood Tool Gas Auto part Nut


Like I said, the first ones I made fit so I still have hope and one more screw blank!

I hope to have good news for you soon.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your support.

Mauricio
Way more ambitious than my workbench projects
 

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#446 ·
Wooden Screws - The Last Word

Ok you are probably as tired of hearing about wooden screws as I am of trying to make them. This will be brief.

New method picked up on this blog.

Pretty self-explanatory. This method has much less room for error than my previous method.

Basically, a lead "screw" I laid out and cut by hand attached to my blank via a coupler I made. I made it octagonal so it looks like a nut. The lead screw uses the same "false nut" the tap uses to advance the whole thing at the proper rate.

Some pics:
The "machine":
Wood Engineering Gas Hardwood Composite material


The coupler:
Wood Hardwood Gas Wood stain Plywood


Where the action happens:
Gas Machine Engineering Wood Metal


So what's the verdict? These are the best results so far. Quite acceptable. I mangled my first blank but I made some adjustments cutting the second screw and it went a lot better. On one part of the second screw I cut it incrementally and I think that helped a lot. The ability to do so is one of the strengths of this jig.

RESULTS:
Here is the good side of the screw:
Wood Gas Hardwood Coil spring Engineering


And the rougher sides:
Wood Engineering Gas Machine Machine tool


Not horrible, I don't think. I can file and sand a lot of that out.

And here is the bottom line…. does it fit the leg I tapped?
hallelujah!
Wood Table Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


I'll run a couple more screws before moving on but I think I have what I need to make my vise.
I'll make some more adjustments to see if I can't eliminate more of the chatter I'm getting.

Another great thing about this jig is I made it to fit the dowels I order online. All I have to do is drop a blank in and start cranking. After that I need to make and attach a hub that I'll turn.

Thanks for watching and for your support!

Mauricio
 

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#447 ·
Wooden Screws - The Last Word

Ok you are probably as tired of hearing about wooden screws as I am of trying to make them. This will be brief.

New method picked up on this blog.

Pretty self-explanatory. This method has much less room for error than my previous method.

Basically, a lead "screw" I laid out and cut by hand attached to my blank via a coupler I made. I made it octagonal so it looks like a nut. The lead screw uses the same "false nut" the tap uses to advance the whole thing at the proper rate.

Some pics:
The "machine":
Wood Engineering Gas Hardwood Composite material


The coupler:
Wood Hardwood Gas Wood stain Plywood


Where the action happens:
Gas Machine Engineering Wood Metal


So what's the verdict? These are the best results so far. Quite acceptable. I mangled my first blank but I made some adjustments cutting the second screw and it went a lot better. On one part of the second screw I cut it incrementally and I think that helped a lot. The ability to do so is one of the strengths of this jig.

RESULTS:
Here is the good side of the screw:
Wood Gas Hardwood Coil spring Engineering


And the rougher sides:
Wood Engineering Gas Machine Machine tool


Not horrible, I don't think. I can file and sand a lot of that out.

And here is the bottom line…. does it fit the leg I tapped?
hallelujah!
Wood Table Wood stain Hardwood Lumber


I'll run a couple more screws before moving on but I think I have what I need to make my vise.
I'll make some more adjustments to see if I can't eliminate more of the chatter I'm getting.

Another great thing about this jig is I made it to fit the dowels I order online. All I have to do is drop a blank in and start cranking. After that I need to make and attach a hub that I'll turn.

Thanks for watching and for your support!

Mauricio
Looking good Mauricio. All that patience is paying off. Mighty long screw you have there bud. What else is there to be completed on the bench now?
 

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