The sawbench is done
the mortise and tenons were glued as well as pegged
the top joints were done the same way, they were dry fitted and temporarily screwed while the mortises were done then the plywood braces were glued and screwed on, the top was unscrewed and removed straight up, then glued and pegged into place
it has one coat of some old leftover water based poly
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Don W
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#1 posted 10-17-2012 12:20 AM
Nice bench.
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SamuelP
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#2 posted 10-17-2012 12:36 AM
Very clean. Nice job.
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waho6o9
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#3 posted 10-17-2012 03:34 AM
Great saw bench!
Scott R. Turner
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#4 posted 10-18-2012 05:46 PM
Very nice! Your top joints are a lot tighter than mine—I had a lot of trouble cutting and fitting that joint. I also made my braces out of solid wood and pegged them in to match all the other joints on the bench. I’m not sure why Schwarz used plywood and screws for just that part of the bench.
cutmantom
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#5 posted 10-19-2012 02:26 AM
i used a shop made kerf jig, had to do some test cuts to get the procedure and technique right but it worked well
it came to me building this that Schwarz was just building saw horses, a semi disposable item, to use in building a project, whereas my project was the saw bench
plywood for the braces makes sense to me because it is less likely to fail, solid wood could split if stressed enough but should be fine for normal use
cutmantom
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#6 posted 10-21-2012 07:52 PM
shop made kerf jig, blue tape is the fine adjustments
CJIII
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#7 posted 08-03-2014 04:09 PM
Nice job!
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