Workbench Build - Splayed leg French Bench #19: Drawbore Assembly

Does the phrase labor of love fall into this project, this turn out great with your spot on craftsman ship well done!

Wow, I can’t believe you broke that dowel. You’re gonna have to scrap the whole project now. If only you had rived your wood and made the dowels from a dowel plate. ;-)

Looks great, Mauricio. I think you’ll have quite a bench to take pride in.

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

Looks really good Mauricio.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Really nice Mauricio. This is an inspirational piece. Between all these benches and tool cabinets I am seeing pop up on blogs and in projects, it puts a lot of pressure on a fella to get off the porch and run with the big dogs. Well done.

that is a great,solid looking bench! thanks for the info on the drawbores, i’m about to drawbore mine (in the next weekend or so) and was wondering if 1/16” was enough

-- John Franklin - Central PA - http://affyx.wordpress.com

Great bench.
Thanks for sharing the progress pics.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

Thanks BC, definitely a labor a love I’ve been working on it for about a year and while I’m happy to almost be done I think I’ll miss the bench building journey.

Your right Brandon, I think I’ll get rid of it. You want it. Come get it….. Syke…

Thanks Stefang!

Shane, you have way more skills than me man, go make you one. It will probably only take you a week. 

Thanks John, I tried to do 1/16” but I found it to be too close to the first hole I poked with my auger bit. That’s what happened when I had that one tenon that wasn’t closing up. There was not enough offset to pull it tight. I had better luck with about 3/32 – 1/8”. Just play with it and see what works for you. And be sure to rub those pegs on a candle, that’s what I did and it worked great.

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

Yippee! Another convert to drawboring. Looking good Mauricio.

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

Thanks Smith!

Thanks Andy, yes sir, no glue or anything, I’m a convert. Cant wait to try it on furniture projects.

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

Yes!!! Nice work Mauricio.

-- ~Tony

So much awesome going on there Mauricio. Hope mine comes even half as good as yours does. I’d be happy with it.

Why not leave the battle scars in? I mean… it’s gonna happen sooner or later, right? ;-)

-- Mos - Twin Cities, MN -- Stanley #45 Evangelist - www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods

Looking good Maur…. like really good. I really like the drawboring, gonna have to try that

-- Lucas, "Someday woodworks will be my real job, until then, there's this http://www.melbrownfarmsupply.com"

Mauricio, I’d never have considered building a bench like this but I really love it. I’m still unsure how I’d like a bench with flush legs ( no overhang) but it looks great. You’ll enjoy it a long time. Thanks for sharing the journey.

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

Great stuff, I too agree those draw bores will hold more than fine. Great looking bench my friend, you will always remember making it and look back when your older and smile. Awesome!

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

Outstanding bench with near-flawless execution. Wow.

From the finished surfaces to the screws to the splayed leg design, you’ve done amazing work on this bench. You’ve built a shop partner that will last several lifetimes, without a doubt. A long way to come from your starting point: a couple of thick oak planks. :-) Congratulations, looking forward to the final project post!!!

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