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16th October 2016, 03:01 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Realy old benches
Went on holiday recently to Western Australia and visited the monastic town of New Norcia.
In their workshop museum I found these 2 old benches from around the late 1800's/early 1900's.
SOLID, about 3" solid wood bench top (half a tree?) with about 20MM sacrificial top. Solid braced and slanted legs. Well used and LONG.
Seems a woodworker was brought over to do all the woodwork in the community, especially the chapels.
Photos are of the 2 benches and a treadle fret saw used for all the intricate detail work - all truly amassing. Real craftsman/men
Thought some might be interested.
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16th October 2016, 03:03 PM #2Intermediate Member
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Sorry some photos are rotated on their side. They are correct in explorer but I can not see how to rotate them for here.
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16th October 2016, 03:17 PM #3
The monk with the "table saw" is about to lose a hand...
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16th October 2016, 04:38 PM #4Intermediate Member
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And here is some of the handwork
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23rd October 2016, 12:36 AM #5
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23rd October 2016, 10:51 AM #6
I'd say that the nearest two guys are actually standing behind their machines and merely pretending to operate them for photo clarity, if they were properly positioned you wouldn't see much of the machines.
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23rd October 2016, 03:34 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Wow, that's awesome. The first thing that jumps out to me is the leg vise with the fixed deadman at like 3m from the vise. This guy was working some BIG panels. Did you notice any giant pieces of some form of gum anywhere (pews, floors, tables, ceiling, etc.)?
I also notice that there doesn't appear to be an end vise? My assumption would be that the weight of such large pieces might have allowed for just using a plane stop.
Cool photos regardless.
Cheers,
Luke
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