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Thread: Dan's Blackbutt Roubo Bench
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10th February 2010, 03:06 PM #76
The next step... slowly by surely...
After belt sander and a bit of hand sanding, I've coated in shellac, will sand off with ROS.My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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10th February 2010, 03:10 PM #77
Alot of this with the circ/saw Everyone starts somewhere when they don't have many noisy bits in the shed.
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12th February 2010, 01:28 PM #78
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13th February 2010, 03:37 PM #79
Yesterday I was poo-ed that my router bit didn't fit and my other bit cut too big a curve.
Today, more success.
I used a 1/2 or 12.5mm twist bit instead of the 13mm forsner. My router bit has a bearing of 12.7mm... Anywho, it was no hassel to re-drill .5mm with the forsner. Round over with the 1/8 round over. A bit of sanding. Even convinced the wife to do a bit of sanding. And a much better product today. Still not finished though.
ps. there are thirty holes placed at 1cm.My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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14th February 2010, 02:49 PM #80
The next step involves making the brackets. I'm still waiting on my vesper square to start the joinery, but I figure I can safely do the shaping of the individual bits prior to joining.
I discuss the design of the wheel brackets in another thread.
For the size wood I need I thought the offcuts of the shelf would be more wood efficient than cutting new pieces, so that's the first step.My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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14th February 2010, 03:23 PM #81
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15th February 2010, 07:59 PM #82
I made some progress on the wheel brackets for the sliding leg vice. These were made a little complicated by the curves added for aesthetics. I've made a few spares so I can pick to the best ones. I still need to round over the edges and make the comb/box joint to attach them. I'm happy with how it's coming together.
One problem though. I need 11-12" for the mechanism below the shelf. The shelf stretcher is 4" tall. Meaning the shelf will be 16" off the ground... the screw for the vice is 32-9=22" off the ground... only 6" of shelf is usable. mmmm I'm sure I calculated that earlier...My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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17th February 2010, 08:02 AM #83
I've been pondering this shelf and would like your feed back.
The problem is that, between the shelf and the screw, I only have 7" of space. (This is because I increased the height of the wheel brackets, and increased the height of the parallel bar, both for added strength.)
Now my options are to place the shelf flush with the front and back stretchers (as per every other roubo I've ever seen with a shelf) or alternatively cut a rabbet and make the shelf 3" lower than the top, making the total space ~10" but making a bit to gather dust.
Any thoughts?My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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17th February 2010, 08:10 AM #84
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17th February 2010, 08:38 PM #85
I've rebuilt the design in sketchup with the actual dimensions of the timbers.
I wanted to double check all the joinery before putting saw to wood.
I've inset the shelf 60mm. The rails start at 260mm of the ground to allow the the leg vice mechanism.My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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17th February 2010, 11:17 PM #86
On my bench I have gone the other way and lowered the shelf as far as possible and raised the leg vise parallel bar to run on top of the shelf. The area under the shelf is used for storing clamps so the space is not wasted. It also allows the use of bench dogs and hold fasts with more room under the top. A large panel can still be held in the leg vise, especially as it is clamped against the leg.
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18th February 2010, 08:59 AM #87
You can't see it in that pic, but the problem is the sliding leg vice.
To have a parallel bar and screw move up and down through your storage is a little bit of a problem.My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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18th February 2010, 01:10 PM #88
I'm in the process of re-designing the leg vice mechanism.
Discussion of the brackets.
Discussion of the leg.
I've attached some pics of the latest on sketchup. (Colour coded to show me the different parts, although my wife things it would like pretty if I painted it to match. )Last edited by BozInOz; 18th February 2010 at 01:21 PM. Reason: added pics
My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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18th February 2010, 03:01 PM #89
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19th February 2010, 08:29 PM #90
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