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    Nicely done Af.

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    A lot achieved this weekend. The leg vise is now pretty much finished. I bandsawed out the wheel pieces - I'm pretty crap at bandsawing but will get there with enough practice I think. These wheels hold the parallel guide in place. They push quite tightly on the guide.

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    Didn't take photos of the next bit but I had to cut out a square recess for the bushing. To get it into place with the four tapped screw holes, I had to do one hole first, take the vise apart, do the next, put it back together again, mark the third, take it apart, and so on until all four were done. The bushing makes all the difference, this thing is now smooth as. Will try to take a video of it soon.

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    Hey folks,

    Quick update ... assembled the base this evening. Didn't take too long. Even with some crappy M&T joints, the drawboring pulled everything really tight. No clamps required either which made it all that much less stressful.

    A little hand planing will be required to bring a couple of the pieces perfectly flush with the legs.

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    Been flat out with work and uni study lately, but uni is almost done for the year so I'm back on deck again. Snatching whatever time I have here and there, I've achieved a bit over the last couple weeks. Here are some pics ...

    First up, the main bench parts in place. The clamps are holding in some ledgers I've glued in that will eventually take a shelf.

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    Now to get on with flattening it. It was mostly flat already but the front/back weren't perfectly co-planer. Clamped two jointed stretches of pine to the front and back of the bench. I then strung two lawn trimmer lines from corner to corner. Under one of them I put a few offcut pieces to raise it slightly. The idea here is that if the two stretches of pine are parallel the two lines will just touch as they cross in the middle of the table. Took a fair bit of tapping each corner until I was happy with it.

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    A big router bit, a router sled, and lots of time later, I have a pretty good flat and true bench. For some reason, whenever this bit heated up, it would stop cutting so I had to take plenty of breaks.

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    After some hand planing with my HNT smoother, it's come up a treat!

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    Up next ...

    • Fit the leg vise
    • Build the sliding deadman
    • Make the bottom shelf
    • Drill some round dog holes
    • Oil


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    That is one hell of a router bit. I used the same method to flatten my workbench once and it worked well. Good work sir. Not long to go now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongo View Post
    That is one hell of a router bit. I used the same method to flatten my workbench once and it worked well. Good work sir. Not long to go now.
    Yeah I was nervous at first using such a large bit but once it was all secured in the sled, it was easy going. A few passes of the hand plane took out most of the lines.

    I want to try my hand at remaking the dogs so they're all nice and even but that's just a nice to have. I used a 3mm slice of the Vic Ash for the "spring" but this wood is very splintery and I found that it split quite easily once the screws went in. Some split just drilling the pilot holes! Any ideas for a better timber for the dog springs?

    Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of me making the sliding deadman but it was pretty straight forward. A big slab of timber, dimensioned up. I then drilled all the holes, cut the angled slot at the bottom and the tenon for the top. Final step was giving it its shape. I'm still not very good on the bandsaw but I think I did an ok job. Needed a fair bit of sanding in the curve to get it reasonably smooth. Here it is in place ...

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    The round dog holes were drilled and all the holes on the bench were chamfered using the router and a small chamfering bit. The round dog holes are for the hold fasts.

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    Fitted the leg vise and gave it some leather.

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    A quick two coats of oil and we're pretty much done. It's certainly not perfect, there are a few bits here and there which could've been better, but this this is to be used so I'm not terribly fussed. Was actually a lot easier to build than I expected, don't know why I put it off so long. It just took time and energy.

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    Now to make some furniture on this thing!

    Cheers,
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