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1st August 2013, 09:41 PM #31Senior Member
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Riteo folks, some real progress. A mate came round tonight by surprise and I got him to help me with the casters and put the top on......it just fitted, not like a glove, it needed a bit of a tap and some swearing, but we got there
I was really excited on the weekend, I dry fitted the 12 M&T joints and the whole things was only off square by 1mm! more luck than anything else, but hey, I' take it. It was a bit hard as one of the "stretchers" had a warp in it I couldn't fix.
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1st August 2013, 10:38 PM #32
Very well done and do not forget to thank your friend for the help for lifting and shifting.
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2nd August 2013, 12:04 AM #33
Good sturdy bench, movable too
now when do we see the what you make on itThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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2nd August 2013, 09:46 AM #34Senior Member
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2nd August 2013, 10:40 AM #35SENIOR MEMBER
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Great job on the build. I just watched the German video and boy do these guys know how to play. Got to love those Germans (I'm about to marry one so let's hope she shows me...... I won't finish that sentence)
But the table looks great. I never thought of putting a router in a bench.
You have given me ideas of a bench I would like.
If you can get your bench half as good as the one shown you will be doing good.
Keep up the great work
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2nd August 2013, 06:29 PM #36
Great job Elill - is there any movement in the castors when they are locked? (like a little tiny bit of wobble)
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2nd August 2013, 06:35 PM #37Senior Member
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Thanks!
Yep, a tweeny little bit - its darn annoying. Thinking of some options to solve this but its something I'll look at later. Once I get the router in it I'll see if it is a concern or not.....from what I've read it might be a problem?
....these are good quality casters too
Edit: thinking of some drop/screw down somethingerothers. Possible reverse mount some jacks or something
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2nd August 2013, 06:54 PM #38
I was thinking more of hand-planing because there can be some pretty substantial forces going on (high angle plane in cranky grain needs quite a push), and you don't want wobbling then. Could be a problem with routing I suppose, but nowhere near the force, I wouldn't think.
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2nd August 2013, 08:21 PM #39Senior Member
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Ah I see.....well.....I have 4? hand planes that I don't really use/know how to use (they were my fathers). I'll cross that bridge at some point....
I do like the idea of having 4 things I could wind down and lift it up a cm or two
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2nd August 2013, 09:01 PM #40
I think you're going to have trouble getting good quality somethingerothers. The QC seems to have gone out the window on them lately.
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12th February 2014, 12:23 AM #41New Member
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hey what happened to the build?
was it an alien abduction?
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12th February 2014, 09:05 AM #42Senior Member
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LOL, no its still moving along.....sort of. I have had a few other projects in the house (including a whole new living area) so the bench is on hold. It has had plenty of use as it is though!
One thing I am not happy with is the edge of the ply on the top. I have already chipped it a little. I think I'll route a rabbit out and put some hardwood along it
.....also built this for my little girl, for those who dont follow the toy section:
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