Thread: Pac mans Roubo style WIP- questions and progress

In the design the Dovetails on this end cap are meant to be an opposing force for the vice.I have included a image of how it should be done.
So to get to this point I have glued two timbers together to make the end cap and taken them down to 100x 75. Removed material to create a channel so it mates with the bench, drilled holes to for the bolts and captive nuts etc.
As you can see in the photo the piece has cracked and damaged the lap part of the lap dovetail. I think I am going to have to do the whole end cap again as gluing the crack may not hold when the vice is clamping. Bugger

Originally Posted by Pac man

In the design the Dovetails on this end cap are meant to be an opposing force for the vice.I have included a image of how it should be done.
So to get to this point I have glued two timbers together to make the end cap and taken them down to 100x 75. Removed material to create a channel so it mates with the bench, drilled holes to for the bolts and captive nuts etc.
As you can see in the photo the piece has cracked and damaged the lap part of the lap dovetail. I think I am going to have to do the whole end cap again as gluing the crack may not hold when the vice is clamping. Bugger

Paul

It looks to me like a new piece is going to save a lot of heartache. If you go down that track, take very careful note of the grain of the new piece and any potential defects such as minute stress cracks.

Regards
Paul

it looks cactus to me
prob needs a remake, unfortunately

NCA I thought a biggin might have been appropriate due to my love of routers.

Paul now that I have the post mortem results in there was a failing of my technique in a number of areas that lead to the crack - sawing, the way that the waste was bunching up and not being removed effectively so this kind of contained the force and pushed the energy out the side , going too close to the scribe line too soon with the waste still intact etc. I think that one of the major issues with using blackbutt is that you never really know what's under the surface but this is also the reward. I will heed the advice and crack on making a new one.

SDM thanks, it is cactus - sad but true. Lucky I am not in a hurry

Originally Posted by Pac man

Lucky I am not in a hurry

Lucky we voyeurs aren't either.

Pacman, if you are concerned about the possibility of splitting because the timber you are using is brittle, or because you are chopping close to an edge ... place a clamp across the sides, and/or use a backing board.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Geez, even when I'm on the road I'm haunted by Roubos......

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fletty

Alan

You found that on the road? The flotsam is a lot better around your way than up here.

Regards
Paul

Disappointed . I thought Paul had actually done some work on the bench.
Nice find though Fletty. Did it accidentally get loaded into the trailer?

Nah, there's no need to nick it, PacMan is going to make me one when his is finished ........

Would you you believe that this one is decor in a North Coast pub??

fletty

Originally Posted by fletty

Nah, there's no need to nick it, PacMan is going to make me one when his is finished ........

Would you you believe that this one is decor in a North Coast pub??

fletty

Is he taking orders? Cool [emoji57]

I think I need to refresh myself and read this thread from the beginning. My memory is getting a bit fuzzy

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Originally Posted by fletty

Nah, there's no need to nick it, PacMan is going to make me one when his is finished ........ .......

I guess I can be a little cheeky and ask this decade?

599 Delmont Road Cressy Tas 7302 - House for Sale #124197846 - realestate.com.au

Have a look at picture number 8 of 29!

fletty

pretty fancy shed