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    Still having trouble getting the switch for my table saw so a lot of jobs are taking a lot longer than I would like especially when you are making multiple cut pieces the same size.
    The bench frame is now finished just having been over the top of all the frame with a hand plane and all is nice and flat and in wind. From the start the recycled posts were already checked out from previous life so my rail heights were set some what from the beginning I just needed to decide the height and which end of the posts to cut and I was going to cut the top so the top rail was flush as there was 55mm of post above the rail checkout. I changed my mind and used the space as draw openings a full width draw on one end and a half width the other end with the tail vice going in beside it.
    I got a sheet of 12mm marine ply and a sheet of 4mm hardwood brace ply to make the boxes for under the bench. I am making a pair of boxes to fit back to back under the opposite face & end on the bench to the face vice. One box will be 6 draws the other will be a draw to the bottom and a pair of doors above. The boxes will also be removable so if they become a problem I can simply move them to a new home at a later date, but with plenty of places to clamp through the centre of the top and along one edge and with dog holes I can't see it being a great problem I have 250mm from the top of top to top of tool boxes one side of the bench is flush with the frame and the other has 50mm o/hang.
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    It's looking pretty good Rod. Can't wait to see this thing in action

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    Cheers Dogs857,
    I am looking forward to it myself, one large problem is going to be getting this monster into it rightful place, the workshop has my Grandson's train set in it at the moment as I am making a fully enclosed folding box to cover the table as it has to live downstairs at their place and it is open somewhat to the elements and chooks and a couple of cats who would all no doubt like to make it somewhere to hang out.
    So I started the build listened to the main advise and it's about mass so I gave it plenty,always figuring I could scull drag it across the workshop at a latter date. I am very wrong even without the top on I who am 6'4" and 120kg can only just and I mean just lift the end up about an 1" so I either have to disassemble the bench and move it and put it back together or get some other means to move it I am thinking about hiring a pallet jack when the time comes to see if that will do it.
    I started to fit the breadboard end's and the vices to the under side of the top,they were a big ask for my 7 1/4" makita saw 50mm thick tallow slab that I got from mapleman a couple of years ago have I said before it is a pain without my table saw slows everything down so much when you only get an hour here and there.
    The boxes for under the bench are coming along but I would hope thew saw will be up and running again soon as it will be much easier to cut the draw sides to size than by hand and my shoulders are screaming already they can't take a lot these days in the providing power unfortunately.
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    I dressed the tallow for the breadboard ends,trimmed the ends of the top to total length overall dovetails and then ran the dovetail cutter in the router across the end to provide sliding dovetail for breadboard end.

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    Coming along very nicely. If you could only lift one corner 1" before, it's going to be impossible now with the top

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    Cheers Lappa,
    I have been out of action for a few days with a virus and haven't been up to anything. I had just finished dovetailing the breadboard ends still not sure how I will attach them to the top thinking about just pinning them with a couple of dowels so there is ability to move seasonally any other suggestions.
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    I have been out of action for a over a week with a belly bug and it knocked the hell out of me still feel like I've been hit by a bus but on the positive side you can lose some weight if you don't eat for a week or so but I don't recommend it.
    I have pegged the bread board ends with a dowel on each outside end to fix the top to width leaving inner free to allow for expansion and contraction. I have also started to fit the vices also so i can then fix the top to the frame. I am going to have to hire a pallet trolley to move it into place when finished as I couldn't build it where it will live as my Grandsons train set which I am building (8'x4' table) for his birthday in November it's nearly ready to go. I am still without a table saw as yet I have finally sourced a switch to replace the failed one the guys at carba tec got one for me and posted it out just need to get a sparky to advise on wiring it as it is different to the original. Then I will be able to get on with the rest of draws and tool boxes for under the bench.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rod Gilbert View Post
    ......I have pegged the bread board ends with a dowel on each outside end to fix the top to width leaving inner free to allow for expansion and contraction.......
    Rod, it's a bit late to tell you this now, but that's the wrong place to put your pegs if you wish to allow for expansion/contraction. The biggest movement takes place towards the outside of the board, so it's preferable to place either a single peg, or a couple of closely-spaced pegs, in the centre of the bread-board.....

    Been having a bit of a going-over from tummy bugs round our way, too (grandchildren are a great source of infection!), but thankfully, mine was nowhere near as severe as yours, & pretty well back to normal after an unpleasant 24 hours or so.
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    Hi Ian,
    I pegged the out side edge thinking the movement would occur in the 35mm gap in the middle between the two sections of top, I sort of figured that way the end of bread board and the edge of top would remain constant and the variation would be in the gap where it won't matter. I agree about the Grandchildren and the supply of liberal amounts of sharing of ailments but not them this time.
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    Rod

    When I get back to my build (I'm doing a split bench as well) I was going to pin the breadboard ends the same as you, ie pinned on the outsides

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    Thanks Sawdust Maker,
    I believe the tops should be able to move as they need towards the centre.
    I fitted the vices this afternoon and fixed the top so now I have a working vice again since I removed the one from it's previous home a couple of weeks ago now and have been struggling without since.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rod Gilbert View Post
    .............I pegged the out side edge thinking the movement would occur in the 35mm gap in the middle between the two sections of top, I sort of figured that way the end of bread board and the edge of top would remain constant and the variation would be in the gap where it won't matter.....
    Rod, I should check properly before shooting my mouth off. I forgot you have a gap in the middle of the bench top. My apologies, I think your reasoning is perfectly logical ......

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    I have finally got back to the bench the table saw is now running again (what a marathon it turned out to be) and i have got through the queue of jobs needing the saw so now I can get back to the job at hand finishing the bench I have fixed the top to the frame and fitted both the vices and what a pleasure to have a vice working again as I had removed my 9" vice from its old spot a while ago to get ready to fit it to this bench and you forget how much easier things are to do if you have them securely held. I have started on the boxes for under the bench they are 12mm marine ply carcass. I am making 2 removable boxes half the depth of the bench shelf one side will be all draws 6- 2@ 90mm 2@ 70mm 2@ 50mm deep and the other will be a draw to the bottom with a pair of doors above.
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    I have been getting the draws together and fitting the draw fronts on the first box and the bottom draw for the other. The draws I cut from what I first thought was Maple but I now think it is Beech beautiful straight grain and very easy to work paring the ends of the dovetails flush was like slicing butter the fronts and facing are New Guinea Rosewood. I have to turn some knobs and make the doors. I also have to apply finish to the bench but I need to stop using it for a bit to do that and that will be difficult as I am enjoying that very much.
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    Lookin' good, Rod.

    Lots of shallow drawers is my preference for tool storage, too. My tip is not to make any internal divisions too permanent, because over the next few years, you'll likely re-arrange them several times to get the maximum number of tools in the most efficient order. I thought I had it pretty well thought through when I made my tool cupboard, but how it's organised now is very different from where it started!

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