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Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

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After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

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I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

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The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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#2 ·
Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.



I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.



After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.





I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.







I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.





The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!







Nice block plane, and I recognize that mallet too….
 

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Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

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After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

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I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

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The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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Good point Rich. I forgot to also give credit to my buddy for giving me one his turned mallets. I used it extensively on the bench for cleaning up mortises and other work and it was great.
 

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Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

Wood Engineering Machine tool Gas Machine


After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

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I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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Milling Drill presses Machine tool Wood Engineering


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I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

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The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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Super BLOG entry! Very in-depth and written very clearly; photos are extraordinarily clear and in focus. Shop is certainly well equipped. The end product looks super.
 

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Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

Wood Engineering Machine tool Gas Machine


After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

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I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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Milling Drill presses Machine tool Wood Engineering


Wood Personal computer Table Shipping box Computer keyboard


I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

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The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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What model Mortiser is that. It's a Grizzly correct?
 

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Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

Wood Engineering Machine tool Gas Machine


After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

Wood Machine tool Shear Engineering Gas


Table Wheel Tire Wood Wood stain


I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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Milling Drill presses Machine tool Wood Engineering


Wood Personal computer Table Shipping box Computer keyboard


I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

Wood Drill presses Drill Creative arts Power tool


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The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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Yes, this one;

http://www.grizzly.com/products/1-2-HP-Bench-Top-Mortising-Machine/G0645
 

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Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

Wood Engineering Machine tool Gas Machine


After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

Wood Machine tool Shear Engineering Gas


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I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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Milling Drill presses Machine tool Wood Engineering


Wood Personal computer Table Shipping box Computer keyboard


I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

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Wood Tool Art Hand tool Flooring


The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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Cool! Thanks! I'm thinking about getting a mortiser, would you recommend this one?
 

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#8 ·
Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

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After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

Wood Machine tool Shear Engineering Gas


Table Wheel Tire Wood Wood stain


I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

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Milling Drill presses Machine tool Wood Engineering


Wood Personal computer Table Shipping box Computer keyboard


I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

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Wood Tool Art Hand tool Flooring


The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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I would for most day to day stuff. I have mostly used it for 1/2 inch mortises in maple so it works really hard in that stuff. The chisels it comes with are useless so buy better ones and keep them sharp. If you can afford a bigger one my recommendation would be go bigger. For normal stuff its probably good.
 

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#9 ·
Split Top Roubo base construction

This is part 1 of my blog on how I built my workbench. The bench is now complete but i'll be adding the steps i used to build it and lots of photos here so others may benefit from what I learned in the process. Happy Reading!

I constructed the base using 8/4 Sugar Maple. I had agonized a bit over the wood selection and considered soft-maple, white ash and even douglas fir as possibilities. I chose sugar maple for its durability as I wanted this to be the uber-workbench and I could get the lumber at a decent price from our local lumber store.

I started by jointing and planing the stock to 1 3/4" thick, jointing the edge and ripping to width in preparation for glue-up.

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I then spread glue on the parts using a 1/16" grooved putty knife as recommended in the construction notes and glued up the 4 legs.

Wood Engineering Machine tool Gas Machine


After drying time of about 24 hrs, I surfaced the leg stock to final dimensions using my planer and jointer. I had purchased new infinity tools high-speed steel replacement blades for my planer and these worked great as compared to the Dewalt OEM blades. I oriented the grain pith in as I liked this orientation and it appeared to be the proper method based on my web-searching.

Wood Machine tool Shear Engineering Gas


Table Wheel Tire Wood Wood stain


I then used a combination of my table saw to cut the shoulders on the end-tenons and my band saw to cut the cheeks to complete the tenons. This combination worked well for me as I felt the dado would have had a hard time removing this much material in one pass.

Wood Workbench Machine tool Flooring Hardwood


Milling Drill presses Machine tool Wood Engineering


Wood Personal computer Table Shipping box Computer keyboard


I then made the mortises using my hollow chisel mortiser and vacuum setup. I used a 1/2 japanese steel chisel from Lee Valley instead of the stock chisels and it did a wonderful job. I cleaned up the mortises using my mortise chisels and mallet to finish the job.

Wood Drill presses Drill Creative arts Power tool


Wood Tool Art Hand tool Flooring


The stretchers followed a similar processing using the table saw for the shoulder cuts, and the bandsaw for the cheeks. I used the fence and a stop block behind the blade to control the cheek cuts. I then completed the job using a borrowed Rabbet block plane to clean up the tenons (Thanks Rich!). I'll be picking up one of my own sometime soon as this is a great tool!

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Table Wood Flooring Floor Desk


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Hmmm ok. Sounds like it will work for me. Thanks!
 

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Split Top Roubo Base build part 2

This is part 2 of my bench build blog. I'll continue talking about the base construction and how i went about it.

Once I had completed the "easy" mortises that were 1/2 inch, I moved on to the 1 inch mortises for the knockdown hardware. I chose to use a template, template bit and 1/2 upcut spiral bit to do the job. I had seen another method used on another blog where the author used a Festool MFS but didnt have the room in my budget for one of those so I improvised. I started with a 3/4" spade bit to hog out most of the material and then finished with the template and spiral bit taking 1/4" or so passes until I bottomed out at 2".

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After finishing the 4 monster mortises, I fit the tenons and then assembled the base.

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After seeing things looking good together, I took things apart and drilled holes for holding the holdfasts, dog "push up" hole and the holes for the knockdown bolts.

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Once those were done, it was time to install the vise (next blog entry).

To keep things together related to the base, I drilled and installed the drawbore pegs to draw the mortise and tenon joints tight.

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#11 ·
Split Top Roubo Base build part 2

This is part 2 of my bench build blog. I'll continue talking about the base construction and how i went about it.

Once I had completed the "easy" mortises that were 1/2 inch, I moved on to the 1 inch mortises for the knockdown hardware. I chose to use a template, template bit and 1/2 upcut spiral bit to do the job. I had seen another method used on another blog where the author used a Festool MFS but didnt have the room in my budget for one of those so I improvised. I started with a 3/4" spade bit to hog out most of the material and then finished with the template and spiral bit taking 1/4" or so passes until I bottomed out at 2".

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After finishing the 4 monster mortises, I fit the tenons and then assembled the base.

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After seeing things looking good together, I took things apart and drilled holes for holding the holdfasts, dog "push up" hole and the holes for the knockdown bolts.

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Building Wood Table Flooring Floor


Once those were done, it was time to install the vise (next blog entry).

To keep things together related to the base, I drilled and installed the drawbore pegs to draw the mortise and tenon joints tight.

Wood Workbench Tradesman Carpenter Hardwood
Thanks for showing the progress. Very well done and of course the finished bench is awesome too!
 

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Glide vise build and install

In part 3 of my blog, I'll discuss how I went about building the vice chop and installed the vice hardware. I decided to diverge from the plans at this stage to use a thinner chop and change the shape from the published plans. I used a plane lever cap from my veritas bevel up smoother as a pattern as I liked that shape a bit better.

I milled a piece of 8/4 stock as thick as i could leave it and it ended up at about 1 13/16 thick. I decided to leave the bark in instead of out on the board as I liked the grain orientation better that way. I had the stock in my climate controlled shop a few weeks before building so I wasnt too worried about cupping and i figured i could always plane it down if it did. I marked out the shape as shown below.

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Once I had the shape and orientation set, I layed out the mortise and setup for the tenon on the glide.

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I cut out the parts on the bandsaw and shaped them using my spindle sander, planes and spokeshave.

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I followed the glide vise installation instructions fairly closely and ended up with the vise in its final position. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow.

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At this time, the base was basically done and ready to start on the top.

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#13 ·
Glide vise build and install

In part 3 of my blog, I'll discuss how I went about building the vice chop and installed the vice hardware. I decided to diverge from the plans at this stage to use a thinner chop and change the shape from the published plans. I used a plane lever cap from my veritas bevel up smoother as a pattern as I liked that shape a bit better.

I milled a piece of 8/4 stock as thick as i could leave it and it ended up at about 1 13/16 thick. I decided to leave the bark in instead of out on the board as I liked the grain orientation better that way. I had the stock in my climate controlled shop a few weeks before building so I wasnt too worried about cupping and i figured i could always plane it down if it did. I marked out the shape as shown below.

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Table Wood Rectangle Office ruler Flooring


Once I had the shape and orientation set, I layed out the mortise and setup for the tenon on the glide.

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Stonemason's hammer Wood Tool Burin Hand tool


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I cut out the parts on the bandsaw and shaped them using my spindle sander, planes and spokeshave.

Wood Hardwood Composite material Plywood Pattern


Property Window Wood Building Floor


I followed the glide vise installation instructions fairly closely and ended up with the vise in its final position. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow.

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At this time, the base was basically done and ready to start on the top.

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Love the progress blogs.
 

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