Workbench Build - Splayed leg French Bench #4: Wooden Screw

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

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

That 2” of carving took me 2hrs, I have 19” of thread to cut! F that, I was getting faster but still…

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

That is a long process. I could only imagine. The is another hand tool way to do it though, you can make a threadbox that shaves it down to perfect. Roy Underhil did a great translation of Andre Roubo’s description of how to do this in his book Working with Wedge and Edge…which also contains plans for the bench you are building so you might have seen this already.

Take care and I am looking forward to seeing this come together.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

talk about screwing it up! Its still pretty cool the way you’ve worked it by hand, but I think I’d power threw it as well.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

”...I have 19” of thread to cut! F that…”

<chuckle>

-- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. They hate it when you do that. -- OldTools Archive

Thanks everyone for commenting.

Hey RG, I have Underhill’s book and I havent looked at in in a while but if I’m not mistaken he says that anything 2” and above is cut by hand the way I’m doing it. Those dies they sell cut the whole thread in one shot, not llittle by little (if I’m not mistaken) so the force needed to turn one is too great.

I like to do things galoot style as much as possible because I think its more fun. But we all have our limits I have a day job and the bit is on sale at rockler right now for $12.99!

Also, I’d like to do more in the future so the router jig I tihnk is going to be the way to go.

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

You are correct sir…but I thought about it and I wondered if you could rough it out first and shave it clean using the die.,.crap, you might as well use the router.

I might as well grab one too.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Do it RG! The tap is easy to make, Your test nut becomes your temporary nut to attache the router too. A very doable project.

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

Hey Mauricio, fantastic work…no worries my friend…..I won’t tell Roy Underhill if you don’t!......lol
Looks awesome and great post! Everytime I use my powered drill/driver I joke to myself or friends in the shop…..don’t look and cover your ears Roy!.....lmao. Looking forward to more, best wishes!

Joe

-- "Make something you love tomorrow...and do it slowly" JLB

That is awesome. Makes me re-think making my own screws. Great info though, looking forward to see how it turns out.

-- If you can dream it, I can do it!

Look good Mauricio, very manly way to do it.

This shows your determination to get it done. Good work. Thanks for giving us a peak at the labor that this takes.

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

Thanks for the support guys, Its nice to be able to talk to folks that get it. Try telling your non woodworking friends that your making a 2” wooden screw and their eyes glaze over.

Heck, you’ll get that look from actual woodworkers!

This project makes me feel like the Professor on Guiligans Island! LOL

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

Using the finished saw bench too :) Great work Mauricio!

-- ~Tony

You don’t know unless you try Mauricio. Sometimes the old ways are best and sometimes not. I would definitely go with the router personally. Thanks for sharing.

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.