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Thread: WIP - Groggy's Workbench
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25th July 2010, 08:22 PM #406
Looks like it's coming together.
Timber looks jarrah-ish, not sure, always hard to pick from a small pic.My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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25th July 2010, 08:29 PM #407Skwair2rownd
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Seen slabs of Grey Gum like that.
Just interested to see the way those slabs are laminated. I would have thought the gluing up with the end grains parallel, as it were, woul lend itself to greater chance of cupping, despite the thickness.
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25th July 2010, 08:34 PM #408
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25th July 2010, 09:30 PM #409
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25th July 2010, 10:17 PM #410
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25th July 2010, 10:33 PM #411
Glad I'm not the only one that uses clamps ten times bigger than needed. At least in this case you had something of substantial weight to stop the thing falling over or off due to the weight of the clamps.
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26th July 2010, 08:51 AM #412
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26th July 2010, 10:42 AM #413
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31st July 2010, 12:19 AM #414Eschew obfuscation
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That bench will never work, it's got bits of metal sticking out all over the place!
It's coming together nicely Groggy. You'll look back at all the effort involved with huge satisfaction at what you've achieved. Until you decide to move it, anyway.
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31st July 2010, 08:18 PM #415
The deadman is drilled and waiting to have the sliding rebate cut, that will be done when the top is assembled. Lots of holes. I found the Colt forstners do a beautiful entry hole but the back still blows out a little. No problem, I have a few mm to thickness off the back. Each hole has a 2mm radius from the trimmer router.
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31st July 2010, 08:33 PM #416
The top is not very manoeuvrable now. I've got it sitting like this so I can plane the edges ready for gluing. The single piece in the centre is the front apron. It will be attached last as the wagon vise and end caps need to be set up with it off.
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31st July 2010, 08:45 PM #417
Are you marking lines on the deadman parallel to the top?
My blog: ~ for the love of wood ~ - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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31st July 2010, 09:22 PM #418
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31st July 2010, 10:08 PM #419
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1st August 2010, 08:42 PM #420
Top glue-up Pt VI
Last of the large glue-ups was completed today with a lot of help from Col. I don't know how many times we test fitted a 60kg beam only to move it again and plane a bit more off. Then there was a few moves of the the 120kg slab to position it and get paper under it.
Thanks Col, very much appreciated
The top now weighs over 180kg and there is one more 30kg beam to attach, plus two 15kg end caps and a solid steel wagon vise. I am hoping the moon will do a low pass and weaken gravity for a week or so when I have to flip it.
In one of the pics you will see the alignment of the bench end, it needed to be close. I used a scratch across the table to assist when gluing up. Once the stiction gets the faces when gluing it is nigh on impossible to bang it along to make the marks meet.
23 heavy duty clamps used on this glue job. Thanks to Col and Kiwibrucee for the loaners.
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