Thread: Andrew's Workbench MkII

Originally Posted by NCArcher

A very appropriate Aus day woodworking project.

Well it didn't quite end there - somehow we ended up having a BBQ with the neighbours where the sawbenches proved they can hold me, a beer and a plate of food just as well as anything else, then about three hours more cricket where a bit of very quick woodworking made a cover for the drain to stop the ball escaping

Originally Posted by andrewr79

Well it didn't quite end there - somehow we ended up having a BBQ with the neighbours where the sawbenches proved they can hold me, a beer and a plate of food just as well as anything else, then about three hours more cricket where a bit of very quick woodworking made a cover for the drain to stop the ball escaping

Very Australian...keep up the good work!

Originally Posted by andrewr79

Well it didn't quite end there - somehow we ended up having a BBQ with the neighbours where the sawbenches proved they can hold me, a beer and a plate of food just as well as anything else, then about three hours more cricket where a bit of very quick woodworking made a cover for the drain to stop the ball escaping

And now you are posting on the wood work forum. Well done.

This is a very productive day.

Originally Posted by Christos

And now you are posting on the wood work forum. Well done.

Writing about woodwork may be the only thing I do this weekend given how sore I've pulled up after the cricket yesterday!

I'm still hoping to get the other two legs built, the side rail mortices done and possibly plane the rails ready. Can anyone tell me if the Roubo should have one side rail per side or two (one under the top as well). I've seen photos of both.

Thanks
Andrew

I managed to get a third leg built today, and this one is actually complete with the mortice for the side rails. My first ever mortice, and it appears to have worked out ok. The leg is the same laminated 70 x 35mm construction grade pine as the others, planed clean and glued together.

I wasn't overly happy with the other two legs after I looked at them as the joins are too wide and the material wasn't planed properly before putting it together so I took a lot more time and care with this one and I'm very happy with how it ended up. It's been sanded to 320 grit ready to be finished when the rest are completed.

I had planned to use a single width of pine as the stretcher, but I've decided that I want it flush with the front and top so have to at least make it two thicknesses wide. It doesn't make sense then to stop there when I could put a third on the inside, run a rebate into it for the shelf boards, and get myself a 70mm thick stretcher with tenon on it.

I've test fit a couple of offcuts and the mortice isn't perfect, maybe 2mm too wide so I'll just leave a bit extra on the middle rail when I prepare the stretchers.

Well compared to my normal pace this bench is going incredibly slowly. Basically most of my weekends have been either booked up by SWMBO or taken by other projects.

I'd been stalled on the benchtop for a while because of a spacial anomaly - I needed two objects occupy the same space at the same time, which wasn't going to work.

Last Friday I tore down the first woodwork project I'd built for my shed with some sadness, but the removal of the rolling pegboard wall has given me room to get the benchtop worked on. This pic was Friday, I'd since managed to get the front cut and glued up so the leg mortices are there. Tomorrow I hope to do the back and tool rails and give it a plane to see how it looks.

I managed to get some decent progress made last weekend. The top's been planed to some sort of flatness, the legs are all built and the rails are starting to come together. Test fitting shows that it should come together pretty well. Pics below for those interested.

Originally Posted by andrewr79

I managed to get some decent progress made last weekend. The top's been planed to some sort of flatness, the legs are all built and the rails are starting to come together. Test fitting shows that it should come together pretty well. Pics below for those interested.

Of course we're interested silly! Thanks for keeping us posted. Looking good

There have been well over 1000 views of this thread, my guess is there is some interest out there

Originally Posted by Groggy

There have been well over 1000 views of this thread, my guess is there is some interest out there

Depending on what my better half has planned for tommorow I might just get some more work done on it. If I can mortice the other three legs and get the rest of the top glued up I might just get this thing standing up over the weekend. Part of me wants to push to get it together, the other part keeps telling me to take my time and get the individual parts right as it will be much harder to sand and finish them once it's all together. We'll see which part wins!

Do not flick a coin to decide.

Originally Posted by Christos

Do not flick a coin to decide.

Well I'm certainly not flipping the workbench