Auxillary Workbench #3: Using Dowelmax to join the bases with stretchers - VIDEO

Mot, I love the comments that you inject into your video. If you keep this up I’m gonna have to buy a Dowelmax. Nice video.

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Mot -

Verry neat video! I am looking forward to seeing the finished auxillary bench. You sure could be a salesman for DowelMax!

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Thanks for a great video. This is a big help for those “woodworking challenged” types such as myself. Like David states we are looking forward to the finished aux. bench.

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He is – I pick mine up direct from the manufacturer tomorrow. And I wouldn’t have given this device a second thought beforeTom’s demo’s.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Say hi to Jim! Hey, just for info sake, I could have just clamped Pedro (Dowelmax – Little Mule) in one spot and just bored two dowel holes. But, I wanted them equidistant from the ends of the stretcher because I wasn’t sure how big of bolt I was going to put in, and I wasn’t sure if I was just going to use a lag bolt or not. I wanted to give as much wood for it to bite as I could. This is probably taking someting into account that didn’t need to be taken into account, but I did it anyway. In another in a long line of things I do to make my life more difficult, I didn’t consider how hard it was going to be to index Pedro to the leg. Hence the hoopla of spacers and …... ...... (pause for comic effect)..... pencil marks.

What I’m trying to say is I could have done that entire process of drilling the legs in about 2 minutes instead of 8. shrug Just thought I’d mention it. Nite!

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Keep em coming Mot….

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Mot, I said Hello to Jim – he was unaware of the activity on this site.

He spoke with Debbie this morning, and I walked into his office a few hours latter.

He’s a great guy and, I know appreciative of every order he gets.

He’s invested a small fortune in product development and protection of intellectual property. It’s a three man company (correction two men and a lovely wife) so most of us can relate to the passion he has for good woodworking with quality tools.

When I get back to Oz, I have a project that will be a good test of this tool for me. I look forward to writing it up for the LJ site.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

I’ve only spoken to him on the phone, and his passion for his invention and his obvious committment to his company was a huge selling feature. As soon as you get Dowelmax in your hands, you will see what a wonderfully machined piece it is. I spoke with Debbie about how much I liked the tool, but didn’t mention the activity and discussions. I was just hoping things would filter on that way. I’m sure you’ll like it. One of the things that you may note, is the conspicuous absence of these jigs for re-sale. People that buy them, keep them.

Cheers!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

It does look like a great tool Mot. Nice to have you share your experiences with it here. Keep those videos coming.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com