..Kev Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Home Depot does Military discount. My dad uses his all the time. May be just my local one then.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 May be just my local one then.. I believe Home Depot Military Discount is at the option of the store manager. My local Home Depot only gives the discount on related holidays...Memorial Day, Veterans Day, etc. The Home Depot, about 20 miles away gives the discount every day. Dave...your workbench is coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Dave...your workbench is coming along nicely. wait! There's a workbench in this thread??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Really it isn't moving much at all right now between my escape artist dog keeping me busy every night last week and being busy all weekend. I need to sharpen my planes again, pine knots are starting to piss me off. But I have a coarse diamond stone coming tomorrow so hopefully I'll make some progress this weekend. It was my birthday last weekend and I got a couple amazon gift cards so I figured a DMT duo stone with base should make for a good long lasting present. Should make getting the chips out go a little faster too. I've got two legs done, maybe I'll get the next two glued up this weekend. Then I need to get a drill guide coming so I can drill a bunch of holes in the top to chop out the mortises for the legs as well as the groove for the deadman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I prefer Lowes because they give a military discount every day where HD does not. Like Eric, I typically don't buy tools there but, I do buy a lot of "around the house" stuff there. Home depot does give a military discount. I always get 10% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Got the last of my legs squared up this weekend. Bought a new Freud blade for the miter saw, cut pretty darn well although my legs were too big to cut in one shot. Figured out the shoulder height for my tenons and got them cut on my leg vice leg. I started with the most complicated one first so I had backups already made in case I blew it. haha I also ordered close to a hundred dollars worth of forstner and auger bits to complete the build. Still have a few more things I'll need to pick up here and there but I'm getting closer finally. I'm thinking about laminating a couple pieces of cherry on the face of a piece of what I believe to be alder for the chop. The big chunk is a little on the thin side and the cherry would match the face. I'm thinking if I add a touch of camber to some chunks of 2x4 I can get the center clamped tight with my pipe clamp collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sounds like you're making some good progress. Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Yea, we just don't do well without pics.. All that reading.... Blah! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strasberry Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Not to try and Hijack this thread, but I have a question for the purists of the bunch!. When making a large table top like this I have always glued up sections about a foot across and run them thru the planner. Then when I have enough sections glued together and planned, I glue the sections together for the total width and only need to hand plane where the sections are glued together. Is this cheating or acceptable practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 That's what I do but on a bit larger scale. My 16/32 drum sander flattens best up to 16" or so. I glue up to that size, flatten then assemble to make a bigger top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Well, I bought a 3/4 x 5.5" x 8' cherry stick this afternoon. Definitely not a straight grained piece, I think it will "book match" up fairly well. I'll snag some pics this afternoon. That will bring me up to 2-1/2" thick for my chop, think that is enough or should I add another 3/4" to it? The mortise for the cris cross needs to be 1-11/16" so I figured I would cut all the way through my first thick layer as its 1-3/4". If I have to I can add a shim behind the bearing plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 The three legs that still need their shoulders cut at 34.1/2" Bottom of the leg vise leg. Leg vise hardware spread out. Cherry with a little, ok a lot, of acetone on it to show the grain. I really need something around that dries slower than acetone. Not bad for a home depot stick. My new blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Naphtha evaporates faster than mineral spirits but slower than alcohol . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Cherry for the chop? Good looking piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I've got this chunk that I don't think is thick enough so I'm planning to laminate a glued up cherry panel to the face of it. I'm thinking it is close enough to 1-11/16" thk to just cut the track out for the X cross with a jig saw. I'm just not sure if a single 3/4" layer of cherry beyond that is enough. I figure the finished width will be closer to 9" or so, haven't decided yet. I suppose I could try it and if I have to I could always rebuild the chop later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 That's the way that I did mine.. It's holding up well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Tonight I cut my cherry board in half, jointed the edges with my no.8 and glued it back together. I also hit them with the no.4 on the faces a little so I could see the grain better. Took forever to come up with a match that I liked. It's not going to be perfect by any means but not bad for my first panel. It's definitely going to need to be flattened, my dog decided to run up to a larger german shepherd on a walk with his owner mid glue up. He doesn't understand that he can't play with just anyone. He got nipped pretty good and ran off like WTF man??? Not the right time Duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yeah dogs can be stupid like that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Well it was a rainy weekend so Sunday I took some time to work on the old workbench. I got all of the leg tenons cut. Then I worked on fitting the leg vise's mortise. Chopping the mortise was a lot of work, I bored out most of the waste with a 1" Forster bit then chipped the waste out with a chisel. I think on the next one I'll bring home my trim router from my dad's and see if I cant use it to hog out some more material. Any suggestions on a bit for a 2" deep mortise? I only have a trim router, but figured I may be able to remove material slowly with it. I also think I may use a smaller bit next time to get the holes nearer to the edges and corners. Legs are almost comically big, but it's a workbench not a dining table, figure the more mass the better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 The downside of such massive legs is that you will need a helluva long vise screw for the leg vise, otherwise you'll be left with a poor aperture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Immortan D said: The downside of such massive legs is that you will need a helluva long vise screw for the leg vise, otherwise you'll be left with a poor aperture. Good point, I may have to counterbore that leg. I have benchcrafted leg vise hardware, so I'll have to play around with it a little bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I missed this journal some how but I just caught up. Got yourself a nice bench going on Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Made some progress over the weekend on this beast. I got the last leg mortised into the top and made all the rails. Mortised the legs for the rails, and finally did a dry assembly. I still have some work to do with the leg vise and I need a 1-1/4" drill bit that can drill pretty deep. Any suggestions for a super deep drill bit? I'm thinking some kind of auger bit, I wonder if wood owl makes on that big? Anyways, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure. Also did a little bit of laminating on my leg vise. I put some dents in the top of it so I tried steaming them out for the first time. Works surprisingly well. w/ mineral spirits (substitute) Also, my 1" chisel is mean... That is all. That's all for now folks. "Safety third!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 I don't know how deep you have to go. I like the forstner bits and I think you can get extensions for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 I use the Bosch Daredevil bits sometimes, they're longer than the average forstner and also drill faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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