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    OK I got it together and a coat of finish over it before the end of the weekend.


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    That picture was taken by flash in the darkness so it does not truly do it justice. I will post another better photo when one becomes available.
    I just wanted to show that I did finish the base this weekend

    Just to remind everyone - this is what all that timber (the Oregon pine - the hardwood bits came out of the timber vault) looked like when they were kindly gifted to me by Gabriel.
    The feet and top rails are Oregon from what Gab gave me too but in the flash photo it looks dark for some reason.
    Thanks again, mate. I hope you feel that I have done them justice.

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    Cheers

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    More than a little justice mate - I'm glad they found a second Life and one where they will clearly be cherished - they were either destined for the tip (I'd never let that happen) or in my stash where they will sit for 10 years waiting for a project.

    Thanks a lot for the shout out but honestly I am thrilled it's all coming together.....
    How many projects are waiting in the wings after the bench???
    "All the gear and no idea"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gabriel View Post
    How many projects are waiting in the wings after the bench???
    There will of course be a few "bench accessories" - moxon vise, bench hooks, shooting boards.

    Once the moxon vise is made I can start on the tool-chest, which will be made from the oregon pine I would have had to cut up to make the trestles for the bench base if you had not given me those four pieces. These are much bigger pieces and are going to be well suited to the tool-chest. Thanks to you I didn't need to cut them up to make the bench

    Than with a proper bench to work on and a tool chest to stop the endless hunt for the right tool, who knows what I will make after that.
    I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by doug3030 View Post
    There will of course be a few "bench accessories" - moxon vise, bench hooks, shooting boards.

    Once the moxon vise is made I can start on the tool-chest, which will be made from the oregon pine I would have had to cut up to make the trestles for the bench base if you had not given me those four pieces. These are much bigger pieces and are going to be well suited to the tool-chest. Thanks to you I didn't need to cut them up to make the bench

    Than with a proper bench to work on and a tool chest to stop the endless hunt for the right tool, who knows what I will make after that.
    Will there be a bench crising or some other faith or no faith thingy.
    Opening of the bench ?
    Champagne crushed in the vise.?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simplicity View Post
    Will there be a bench crising or some other faith or no faith thingy.
    It's a bit early for planning that yet Matt - I have done a lot of work on stock preparation for the top, but there is as much work in the tailvise itself as there is in the rest of the bench. Most of that will involve smaller components though so I won't have to wait for "good back" days. Therefore it might not take too long.

    When the "Grand Opening" is held it will of course be a Non-Denominational "thingy" so nobody of any "faith" will feel discriminated against. Hey I am even using both metric and imperial measurements in the construction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by doug3030 View Post
    It's a bit early for planning that yet Matt - I have done a lot of work on stock preparation for the top, but there is as much work in the tailvise itself as there is in the rest of the bench. Most of that will involve smaller components though so I won't have to wait for "good back" days. Therefore it might not take too long.

    When the "Grand Opening" is held it will of course be a Non-Denominational "thingy" so nobody of any "faith" will feel discriminated against. Hey I am even using both metric and imperial measurements in the construction.

    Cheers

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    Sounds to me like you need a good strong bench to built that here bench.
    I'm not sure I agree with you using the French and English on the same bench.
    They have had issues in the past them.

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    I got back into "working" on the bench today. I put "working" in quotes because I did not actually touch any timber with anything sharper than a pencil. Ok I did use the thicknesser but that was it as far as dimensioning went and that was just to make the layout easier.

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    I laid all the parts I have been laminating together out on the trestle base in the order that they will be in the finished workbench. Now is not the time for racing in and cutting things, but rather time to stop and plan, laying everything out. Cutting one of the top boards short now would be very costly in time.

    Before I cut anything I need to make sure I am familiar with absolutely everything about what fits where, I do not want a doghole or holdfast hole going into a trestle or threaded rod. I don't want the trestles to be in the wrong place in relation to the vises. I wanted to make sure that I use the best pieces from the lengths and cut as much of the bad ends off as possible.

    So I spent the day marking in the layout, drinking mineral water and eating cashews.

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    To help with planning the doghole row, I made up a story stick with the recommended hole spacing on it so that I could push it up and down the front lip to find a spot that does not clash with any obstacles andoptimises the position.

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    Tonight I will sleep on the results I got today and tomorrow I will review the layout and probably get a different colored pencil and start again.

    Cheers

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    Today I reviewed the planning I did yesterday.

    Surprisingly I did not have much to change - Am I missing something here? It can't be this easy - surely

    First thing I did was puit the spacers under the main panels of the bench top to make it level with the doghole strip. After that I was basically working on one level seurface which made layout easier. Then I cut up some pieces to laminate together to make the shoulder vise block seen in the front of the bench in the clamps. It is not glued up yet but the hole through the block for the threaded rod has been drilled.

    Now that the hole through the shoulder vise block has been located, that determines the location of the hole right through the bench from the shoulder vise arm to the tool tray, so I marked all the pieces for drilling from both sides.

    Similarly the location for the threaded rod at the other end of the doghole strip became self-evident once the locations for the dogholes were pencilled in.

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    I may or may not get a chance to do a bit tomorrow, If so I will try to get the holes through for the threaded rods
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    It's Friday evening and I have had a pretty good week on the bench build.

    I got one of those "boring" jobs out of the way today - drilling the holes for the threaded rod through the benchtop.

    I set up the drill press with two outrigger supports. The fence was set for a depth from the benchtop of 31mm and all I had to do was make sure the top of each bench component faced the fence and all the holes would line up. I drilled through from both sides due to the thickness of the sections.

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    One reason I am looking forward to finishing the bench and putting it into use is that I can then reap the benefit of my timber selection instead of paying the price.
    100+ year-old Ironbark will make a very solid benchtop, I am sure but it is sure a problem to drill it. Have a look at what happens when you drill into it just about half the depth of the cutting head.

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    That's a Colt Maxicut bit - not some cheap carbatec thing.

    From Colt's website:

    The chip breaking grooves on theinternal cutting edges cause an excellentchip chopping which guaranteesa smoother drilling and easierswarf Removal
    Obviously they didn't test it on old Ironbark. I could not even clear the chip blockages with the compressor. Every 1/4" or more I had to stop the drill and clear the chips manually or the drill just would not cut.

    It was a long job but I have now completed drilling two holes through five sections of the workbench top and another through the shoulder vise block.

    So here's the top with the threaded rods running through it. They will of course need to be trimmed to length.

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    I tried to take a photo of how accurately the holes were drilled through the five sections - approximately 20 inches. After several tries this is the best shot I could get:

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    Happy with that.

    Cheers

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    Well
    Doug all I can say is thanks for posting,
    I look forward to seeing the progress your making.
    Um the holes um er well looking good there.
    Cheers Matt,


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    Doug, this is going to be a fantastic bench. I am keenly following and looking forward to the completion, as no doubt you are.

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    Doug 3030,
    I will be watching as I would love to build a fancy bench as mine is one of the ugliest in existence but is still rock solid, so justification along with space is the problem. Good luck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by labrat View Post
    I will be watching as I would love to build a fancy bench as mine is one of the ugliest in existence but is still rock solid, so justification along with space is the problem. Good luck.
    So, what constitutes a "fancy bench"?

    Is it the design/style? the workmanship? the materials used? Functionality?

    I ask because I had not set out to make a "fancy bench". I set out to make a workable strong bench that suits the type of woodworking I intend to use it for.

    To me, a fancy bench is like a large business-card holder sitting at the front of your workshop to impress clients. It is made from various samples of furniture-grade timbers and french-polished to a high gloss. It has elegant design and flawless joinery to display its owner's skills.

    My bench is being built from recycled construction grade timber and the joinery is far from perfect but above merely satisfactory. The design is traditional and it is tried and proven. THe proportions on the plan I am following were specified by a master cabinet maker, Frank Klausz, and as such it is so well proportioned it is pleasing to the eye even if it is made out of recycled building materials, but also and most importantly to me - it is functional and strong. It will be finished with a blend of boiled linseed oil, pure gum turpentine and bees wax. I would rather be judged by the quality of the work I produce on the bench rather than by the bench itself.

    In my mind I am not building a fancy bench. If I felt it was fancy I would probably be too scared of harming it to use it and that is not what I want.

    If others feel that it is a fancy bench then that's ok. I suppose in a way I feel flattered. All I am saying is different words can mean different things to different people. Thanks for complimenting my bench, Labrat.
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    Doug 3030, I believe any bench that gets me to take a second look or attempt to enlarge the pics for a better view may be in the running for" fancy bench" standing. Then when i see that there is some sort of plan and definite design to it (see your pics) it is well on the way to being fancy. Now a french polished bench of exotic timer is more of the "Tarted up" type of fancy.
    I just realised I may be an owner of a couple of tart type fancy benches they have thick Burmese teak tops with2 pac finish, but I may still be safe as they do not have any vises fitted so may not really be a benches besides they are covered in junk and not very visible so who would know.

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