For You Lot Novel Last Bench Finished.
Friday, November 23, 2018
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This has been on my 'to do' listing for roughly time, as well as a post Xmas lull has given me the time. This is my get got on the classic Scandinavian bench alongside a shoulder vice, in that place is null ameliorate for dovetailing!
I owned an master bench made past times Lief Carlsson who's begetter made James Krenov's bench http://www.workbenches.se/en/index.php as well as it was wonderfully made thing. Although in that place were a expose of niggles I had alongside the pattern as well as and therefore subsequently iv years I sold it to a friend.
The top dog alter I made was to brand the shoulder vice much smaller, it's opening capacity is halved to 4" which is enough for whatever piece of job I exercise as well as it brings me much closer to the work. This also meant that the reduced overhang didn't remove the back upward of a 5th leg which was ever getting inwards my way. Instead I exactly reinforced the leg as well as added roughly prissy curves.
The other changes I made were to greatly shorten the vice handle, brand the frame level alongside the border of the top, lower the top dog rails as well as therefore I could piece of job seated as well as heighten the overall peak to a much to a greater extent than comfortable 37".
You'll also discover the structure was greatly simplified past times non having whatever cross grain timber requiring large dovetails. I exactly just went for 4" timber all the agency through which makes it equally venture equally a rock. I decided to stick alongside the tool well, non as well as therefore much for it's usefulness, but to trim back the weight of the move past times equally I shout out back to get got this bench to shows.
Instead of the traditional hugely complicated tail vice, I installed a rattling neat inset vice made past times HNT Gordon http://www.hntgordon.com.au/bench-vices.html This took less than an lx minutes to score out as well as fit. Having a 1/2" router alongside spiral flake sure enough speeded upward cloth removal. Personally I don't operate a tail vice but this volition survive useful at shows for customers trying out my planes.
An article on the making of this bench volition survive appearing inwards Furniture as well as Cabinet Making magazine as well as I'll survive doing a YouTube video on both the bench equally good equally the vice inwards the almost future.
It took me xxx hours to brand spread over ii weeks as well as measures 5' long x 27" broad x 37" high. The top dog move past times is 20" broad as well as the working expanse is 12" broad x 4" thick.
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