Scandinavian workbench restore
Holdfasts and leather grip.
This part is about the holdfasts and leather grip for the end vice.
Yes we are back at the new workshop, at the old workbench.
In the center is a wonderful old holdfast I bought in Paris some years back and I have been waiting to get the chance to bring into use.
I will get back to this later.
Because I also bought this one in France, yes and one more I use on my shaving horse but that is a different story.
I think the corner of a Scandinavian workbench is an ideal spot for many kinds of work.
So!
So wanted to add a second holdfast here.
The important part is to get the right position, so that it can hold in both sides.
Here the deepness.
And here the width.
A spade drill that is a little bigger than the diameter of the holdfast.
Then drill a hole.
The little cordless was short of power so I needed my old green cable bandit.
And we got a holdfast at the end -
- and at the side.
Wonderful!
I already used it the last weeks and it is a gem.
But this one is the really naughty bastard…
A quarter of a turn and it holds the work piece tight to the table.
No hammer here, just a light turn.
It even fitted right into the original hole on the workbench, as if they were meant to be.
It gives plenty of possibilities.
This part is less exotic.
A better and more delicate grip for the end vice.
Two pieces of hard leather cut to size.
Then the smooth side is sanded and glue is added.
Glue is added to the vice also.
While the glue sets I grease up the vice with a thick layer of grease.
A little waiting.
That’s it!
Here we have a good and gentle but firm grip.
The bench dogs on the workbench will be a build in a later part of this blog.
Elegant I think, big smile here.
And after the grease it runs like a dream.
End of this part of the blog, next will be fixing the front vice.
Hope it can be to some inspiration.
Best thoughts,
MaFe
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
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meikou
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#1 posted 196 days ago
I love the first picture. What a great place to work.
Dennisgrosen
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#2 posted 196 days ago
I do love to see that french bastard came into action :-)
good to see you have fun
take care
Dennis
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#3 posted 196 days ago
Very nice, I love that lever operated hold fast. The veritas of its day! ;-)
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
chrisstef
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#4 posted 196 days ago
Mads … you write it and ill read it. Nevermind that fact that you have a bench to drool over. The Mads touch on it is icing on the cake. Keep it up. The hold fast’s youve shown make me giddy.
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
David Craig
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#5 posted 196 days ago
Love your setup Mads. I should just put a picture of your shop in my shop for inspiration :)
-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.
grizzman
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#6 posted 196 days ago
its all coming together quite nicely, they ought to make them like in the old days, and of coarse your other touches, making this bench and shop your own, where does the maddness end….lol…...
-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']
madts
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#7 posted 196 days ago
Very nice Mads.
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Jim Jakosh
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#8 posted 196 days ago
Very nice blog all all aspects of the new bench, BUT especially the hold down that you turn to tighten. I have never see one of them and It is something I think we all could use. Do they still make them?
Thanks for sharing, my friend!!.................Jim
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#9 posted 196 days ago
Loving every minute.
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#10 posted 196 days ago
Very cool Mad!
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FirehouseWoodworking
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#11 posted 196 days ago
As always, nicely done, Mads!
Cheers!
-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas
Jamie Speirs
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#12 posted 195 days ago
Mads coming along nicely
Wont be long until it is all working &
In order
Jamie
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#13 posted 195 days ago
I had a pleasant cofee break seeing this pics.
Thanks
-- Jiri
Jamie Speirs
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#14 posted 195 days ago
Mads coming along nicely
Wont be long until it is all working &
In order
Jamie
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Smitty_Cabinetshop
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#15 posted 195 days ago
Put me in line for that handled holdfast, too. That thing looks awesome, indeed.
You’re bench rehab is outstanding, Mads. Congrats on an wonderful job AND on your new shop. It’s looking great, and must be a fine place to spend time. You write like a man who’s truly happy, and I’m so happy for you. Thanks for sharing your adventures, keep them coming!
-- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. They hate it when you do that. -- OldTools Archive
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