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+1 for a piccy of the underside for the bolt hole method used.

I looked closer at the Frank Strazza site and it appears that the end cap is bolted on and then the bolts/ holes are then capped. Which brings me back to my original thought ---what are Jameels...

If you go to the benchcrafted site there is a short video of customers benches.
One of the benches by sauer and steiner shows an end cap without bolts.

There is also one by Frank Strazza without...

Not having installed this vise but wanting to do so in future i would ask Jameel why he recommends the bolts and what his experience has been with not using the bolts?
Is it because of the forces...

Groggy i re read the blog based on your comments. I am now wondering why he used the same timber ( the bit that broke off) and I agree it is an ugly repair. It seems that he used the same timber not...

Turns out if you use what Schwarz calls punky timber in the slab there is cause for concern. Most of you have probably read that the solid top Roubo was cracked recently ( if not read here). What was...