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30th December 2018, 12:41 PM #421
Busy year, haven't had nearly as much time in the shop as I wanted. Went on holidays in September and got quite ill, came home early and wasn't feeling well again until late October. Add a couple of deaths in the extended family and it's been tough getting out to the workshop.
I did manage to get on the roof to install a solar vent yesterday which will hopefully make things more bearable over the next few months. For projects I'm about a quarter of the way through building my Nicholson knockdown bench - have the legs all done, just need to glue up the aprons and then I can start on the top. No photos at the moment but I'll try and remember to take some when I'm out there later today.
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1st January 2019, 07:12 PM #422
Only had a short time in the shed today due to a family get together at my parents but managed to get the aprons all glued up. Left them a couple of inches long but otherwise ready to be fitted and drilled for the M16 hardware.
Firs photo is the 4 legs all glued up (they're long as well, need to trim them up) and the second photo is the aprons stacked up on top of the timber I'll be using for the top. Already jointed two faces, just need to run them through the thicknesser and then rip the last edge on the table saw.
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22nd December 2019, 07:04 PM #423
Wow it's been a year since the last update [emoji15]
Bench is almost done, about 4 more hours in the shop and I should be able to knock it off.
Sadly mum and dad are moving next year so need to pack down the shop in a few months at least until they find a new place. Good news is they're aiming for the Wanneroo area so will halve my travel time. Might need to find a men's shed in the mean time, I've got a decent hand tool collection now but lack the time to dimension timber by hand.
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3rd March 2020, 12:07 AM #424
Got a notification in Google Photos today reminding me it was 3 years ago today that I was working on restoring the Woodfast Jointer. Dont even think I had a table saw back then, what a difference a few years makes!
Was able to use my bench properly today after putting some dog holes in with the router. Started work flattening the top with a #4 but parked that till next weekend because it was late in the day.
Spent most of this weekend moving things around and putting the shed back together, got stupidly disorganised and messy over the last year. Next weekend I'm tuning up the big bandsaw for resawing and starting work on picture frames for my sister.
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3rd May 2020, 09:43 PM #425
Out of the shed at the moment while the regions are locked down so brought all my hand tools home and my bench too. Spent the last couple of weeks putting more dog holes in the bench, making a moxon vise and this weekend fitted a front vice. Going to spend lunchtime tomorrow starting work on my first shooting board.
Having fun!
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3rd May 2020, 10:11 PM #426GOLD MEMBER
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Surprised you didn't fit some decent sized faces to your front vise it makes them so much more useful. Any reason?
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3rd May 2020, 10:25 PM #427
Honestly I might in future, I was trying to use some Blackwood offcuts but didn't wind up getting looking as nice as I wanted. Bit cranky to work but I closed the chip breaker down and managed to control the tear out eventually. Actually quite like it, will probably buy some more soon.
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4th May 2020, 12:15 PM #428
Are the hand wheels from McJing? If so, what size and did you have to drill the centre hole and re-tap?
Cheers
Jeremy
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly
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4th May 2020, 12:23 PM #429
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6th May 2020, 09:02 PM #430
Started making my first shooting board following Derek Cohen's guide below.
Setting Up and Using a Shooting Board
Glued an old piece of shelving to some 30mm ply and now I'm waiting for the glue to set on the 12mm ply which forms the top. Hoping it's not too thick, the blade on my Veritas LAJ is 8mm from the side so will need to take about 4mm off when I run it in.
Have some Jarrah which is already S4S so I'll rip a length of that for the fence. Still debating on whether or not I'll make it adjustable, leaning towards yes as I'm not confident I can get it square to sole first try.
It's slightly oversized at the moment, I'm going to trim it to size when I get a feel for it glued up.
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7th May 2020, 09:32 AM #431
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7th May 2020, 10:46 AM #432GOLD MEMBER
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Most front vises I see have the timber faces extending at least 50mm either side of the metal jaws. It effectively gives you a much larger and longer clamping area, which can be very handy if working with thin stock. It also allows a larger jaw area for clamping wider stock vertically where the vise guide rails severely limit the width of stock that can be well supported. Vises for woodworking don't need to generate excessive clamping forces so the larger faces don't compromise the vise from that viewpoint. It's always just been a no brainer for me.
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7th May 2020, 01:51 PM #433
I have always gone almost twice the width of the metal jaw. That means that you need a thickish board for the front jaw and loose a little bit of overall opening distance but I think the trade off is worth it. Another plus with a thick front chop is it can take dog holes.
Regards
John
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7th May 2020, 02:41 PM #434
This is what I did with my old record
Rick
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7th May 2020, 08:37 PM #435
Looks great mate!
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