DOVETAILING & CARVING BENCH

I am not sure I grasp how it works but it is beautiful. The wood screws are much better looking that anything you could have bought in steel. While I am a few inches shorter than you (6’ 1”), I understand the need to raise things up. Whoever decided std counter height was 36” must not have been much over 5’ 6”.

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very nice craftsmanship

-- reggle/england/Nothing like a good piece of hickory

Wow that’s a beauty Russ very nice and innovative.

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Nicely done, Russell. I can tell that you don’t build anything just for function, but you put a lot of thought into its design and appearance as well!

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

With four screws, does this not rack constantly and immediately? Beautiful build, and no need to excuse the use of copper, what a beautiful material

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Great looking bench!!

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Nice! I have one of these on my to do list.

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

Beautiful job.

-- It is what it is...

Spiffy

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Great idea, so its just a mini bench for cutting dove tails and maybe some carving. I like the portable idea.

Russell,
Very nice. My son built one similar to this a couple years back. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/42497 We are going to be in your neck of the woods next month for a school companion at Indiana U, PA. He is entering a chair he build for woodworking.

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Russell,

I agree with everyone; very nice looking work. I too would like to hear more about the jaw and how it operates – I also cannot figure out what the little “jaw-on-top-of-jaw” is, or how it works.

Please expound.

Again, beautiful project!

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A beautiful piece – shows how much beauty there can be in a well-made tool.

Perhaps you could post a short video of it in action?

-- Chris, Minneapolis

very nice piece…..........I have something like it….it fits atop my bench…........yours is much nicer

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