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    I thought I'd share a few pics of my Moxon build.

    I was inspired primarily (in conjunction with an increased amount of shed time) by Derek Cohens' Moxon. A beautiful thing - check it out on his website.

    I'm sure I can get a lot of use out of it.
    I build a lot of dovetailed drawers for my restoration work, and also build the odd box or two.

    These bad boys arrived from Mcjing tools.

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    Was planning on using Doug fir that I have a heap of, but remembered I had a big lump of Australian Rosewood (Dysoxylum fraserianum) that would make it look prettier
    A few old borer holes, twisted, cupped and heavy as lead.

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    Squared a reference edge with a jack plane and cut as far as I could with the table saw.
    Finished the cut with a rip saw.

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    I currently don't have a thicknesser, so I got out my hand thicknesser and completed the dimensioning.
    Cleaned up the parts with a jointer.
    Hard to describe the amazing smell of this timber in the shed.

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    Here's where I'm up to.
    It will have brass escutcheons on the front face. I've ordered some cork rubber gasket material to line the front (and possibly the back) jaw.

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    I'm also going to try using the conical spring arrangement to assist in opening the jaws as per Derek Cohens' recent suggestion.

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    Pretty close to finished now.
    Scrape down the show faces, add a finish, install the brass ware and assemble.
    I may add an anti-racking pin or screw at the base of the front jaw IF it needs it.

    Thanks for looking.
    I'll update when complete

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    Looking good mate! The Mcjing set is great value, so happy with my moxon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thumbthumper View Post
    ......Hard to describe the amazing smell of this timber ......
    "Spice-like" is how I describe it. It's a powerful scent, alright. I was once given an old D. fraserinum fence-post. The person who gave it to me reckoned it was at least 80 years old, & probably a good bit more. It was a bit punky on the outside & had a few borer holes too, but inside, where it had been above ground was sound as a bell & still had that delicious spicy smell. Part of it is the stem of this occasional table:

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    Lovely stuff to work with - beats its cousin (Toona australis) hands down, in my book.

    Cheers,
    IW

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post

    Lovely stuff to work with - beats its cousin (Toona australis) hands down, in my book.

    Cheers,
    SHOTS FIRED!!!!!!

    Nahhh ... I agree

    Whilst I love working with cedar, the way rosewood planes and responds to a chisel is lovely.
    Can be a bit splintery and chippy if you're not careful.

    This was my first lambs-tongue stopped chamfer on the front jaw. Preston chamfer shave and a chisel.
    I was nervous, but when my chisel first entered the wood, I knew everything was going to be ok.
    Hard to fix if I stuffed up

    EDIT: Awesome table by the way

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    It works very well.
    I'll build a spacer and a riser for support next and call it done.

    Still haven't got the springs I ordered so I can't comment on them yet.

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    Thanks for looking.
    Cheers,
    Stu

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    The springs arrived today and they work perfectly.

    The front jaw opens to almost the full extension of the springs and the jaws also close completely.
    A nice upgrade.

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    It took me quite a while to track down conical springs the right size, so if you're using a 20mm thread, try ... (no seller affiliation)

    2-10x Conical Cone Compression Spring 0.4-2mm 304 Steel Taper Pressure Springs | eBay

    The size you want is 1.2x23/30x35x5mm

    I'll be bringing a cedar chest of drawers out of the shed that is missing one drawer.
    Seems like a good excuse to give the moxon a try.


    Cheers,
    Stu

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