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28th October 2013, 09:17 PM #1Intermediate Member
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A Bench Build Over Summer... I hope
Back in March whilst avoiding actually doing my studies at uni i stumbled on Chris Schwartz books on benches which seemed to offer a variety of solutions to many of my frustrations using my current bench. Subsequently i came across that gateway drug, i mean thread, that is Groggy's bench build. From these spawned the idea of building myself a new bench over my summer break from uni.
In the end i sided with the Roubo style bench as my goal, i like the functionality it offers and the appearance just works for me.
Since i have secured a pile of recycled timber, been seduced by Benchcrafted's leg vise hardware and finally talked my father into letting me use part of the carport to conduct my build in, my workshop is just a bit too messy at the moment with Christmas projects in full swing. Now finally after months of planning, uni is done for the year and i'm free to start work.
In the last two days i've started denailing and cleaning up the old ash beams that are to make up my bench top.
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I've never attempted anything of this scale so I figure i'm in for a bit of a learning curve as I try to pick up some new skills along the way but I figure jumping in the deep end is as good away as any to learn and this is the best place I know to get advice when I come up stuck at some point in the future, hence the thread.
Jack
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28th October 2013, 10:08 PM #2
G'day Jack good luck I know how you feel my first bench was way to small it has now become a finishing bench ( I DID NOT ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS or ask for any help when I needed to ) I will not do that again. There are a lot of crafts persons on here that will be able to help you out more than me I can tell you what not to do good luck & have fun while you build you roubo Dan.
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1st November 2013, 04:37 PM #3
This would be interesting to watch this progress.
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2nd November 2013, 09:21 AM #4Skwair2rownd
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You are about to have an experience that may well encompass the full spectrum of emotions
from despair to sheer joy. If not then you will have done something wrong!!!
Glad to see another member of The Grand Amalgamated Union of Scroungers and Recyclers
amongst our ranks. That calls for .
Good luck with it all and have more fun than is respectably legal.
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2nd November 2013, 09:30 AM #5
A summer build? Let's hope that is an Arctic summer so you have a bit longer . . .
Will watch with interest!
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2nd November 2013, 10:30 AM #6
Think I'll pull up a pew and watch this
and there's a good chance you'll get it finished before I do mineregards
Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
Without wood it's just ...
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2nd November 2013, 09:01 PM #7Intermediate Member
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6th November 2013, 08:51 PM #8
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6th November 2013, 09:14 PM #9
Hah
at the moment I'm looking at bits of wood which need nails extracted
I'm under instruction to have other projects finished post haste ...regards
Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
Without wood it's just ...
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12th November 2013, 05:43 PM #10Intermediate Member
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After 2 weeks of being pretty tied up with work I finally found the time to finish pulling out nails today and have roughly cut the timber for the top to length.
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12th November 2013, 06:57 PM #11
Well - i have a seat, a glass of red and am now busy anticipating the next move.....
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? -- Sun Tzu
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28th November 2013, 04:24 PM #12Intermediate Member
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After a couple of weeks of delays I've finally gotten back to the bench this week.
I got my hands on some old red gum railway sleepers this week that i plan to use for the legs and vises, they've been sitting in the paddock in some farm land of my fathers for at least the last 20 years. This week i cut them up into manageable lengths and have made a start of roughly cutting them down to size on the band saw. In the end i'm aiming to get a leg somewhere around 6" wide and 4" thick.
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With the weather pretty miserable today i made a start of dressing the timbers for the bench top, a job i can do inside, but a missed nail in one of them has put a stop to that until i get the blades back from sharpening.
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29th November 2013, 10:51 AM #13Senior Member
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Lovely timber under that old railway patina, and I really like that you've taken up the challenge in recylcing those sleepers
What kind of blade are you running in the saw ? (I don't have any suggesions or recommendations, just curious)
Regards
John
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29th November 2013, 11:10 AM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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I have a question, too, Jack, if you do not mind.
When cutting the sleeper on your bandsaw did you use the fence? Did you have any difficulty in keeping to a straight line? All please.
Many thanks, mate, Bill.
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29th November 2013, 11:26 PM #15Intermediate Member
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John, I'm running a 1" wide blade that's somewhere around the 1 1/2 TPI mark, not sure who made it, I can't eve remember where I bought it. Its coping ok but its still pretty slow going. I must admit that the main driver of my choice to use the sleepers was that I didn't need to pay for them but having seen the wood hiding beneath the exterior I couldn't be happier with he choice.
Bill, I have been using the fence to guide me, I've been lucky that this blade doesn't have any tendency to want to drift to one side or the other so it been fairly easy to keep a straight line.
Hopefully, if everything goes to plan i'll be able to finish sawing out my legs by he end of next week
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