Finally I am going to replace a Wobbly Old Bench (WOB) I have been using for the last...hang on, that can't be right....crikey!.....27 years. You can see it in the pic to the right.
On my other bench I have jury rigged the new frame pieces. The timber came from the Great Timber Purchase of 2006/7 (it should be in the history books by now, along with The Great Bessey Buy) and this is the last of it, though I did recently acquire a new pack, but I digress :) .
This is going to be a planing bench and suit my needs better than the WOB ever did. The new bench will be 900-910mm high, depending on the actual height of the table saw plus or minus floor imperfections where the new bench will stand. This will probably take me a while to finish.
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EDIT: The bench was completed in December 2011, it took three years of spare hours to complete. Since this thread has become an epic I've decided that an index is needed for those interested in just one part of the build.
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INDEX
1. Making the bench legs.
2. Feet design discussion.
3. Comments on the leg flutes.
4. Rail Mortises.
5. Leg pegs.
6. Stretcher Mortises.
7. Google Sketchup drawing of the base.
8. Clamp Cosy. Designing, mock-up,
9. Dry fit of the frame and testing the clamp-cosy, and a later test.
10. Squares, squares, squares.
11. Mobility kit idea.
12. Fitting the base.
13. Choosing vises - it begins. Decision time. They arrive.
14. Intermission - Rebuilding the Wobbly Old Bench (WOB). Completed.
15. What to make the top out of? Found some timber, de-nailing begins.
16. Putting the top beams over the jointer.
17. Using the Domino to repair nail holes. Making your own dominos. Repairing nail holes and divots.
18. Thicknessing the top beams.
19. Beams ready to make the top.
20. Discussion on jointing the top.
21. The temporary top frame <- This was a great idea and worked exceptionally well. Frame.
22. End Caps. Hardware. Marking our attachment slots.
23. Weight of the bench. Weight broken down.
24. Laying out the top beams. Testing the bench dog location.
25. Gluing the top commences. A few more. Third go. Main top less the skirt.
26. Making the deadman. Finished.
27. Surfacing the top with handplanes.
28. Patching out. End cap patches.
29. Planing for the skirt.
30. Top jointing video - post #500.
31. Cutting the bench top ends. Slots cut for the end cap bolts.
32. Wagon vise - cutout. Fitting. Recessing.
33. End cap fitting. Attaching. Dovetail design in Sketchup. Finessing the joint. Fitted.
34. Dovetail discussions. Fibonacci and the Golden Mean get a mention. Marking the sockets. Getting big dovetails flat. Start to end.
35. Router blowout repair.
36. Clamp slip damage whilst routing.
37. Dry fitting the front skirt. Gluing up the front skirt.
38 The top is on
39. Dog hole drilling. Partway done. Done.
40. The Benchcrafted Leg Vise begins. Roller bracket. Starting the chop. Rough cut. Fluting. Roller housing. With a finish.
41. Some thoughts.
42. Finish problems. A second go at it.
43. Replacing the knobs with Jarrah.