estesbubba Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Nothing too exciting today - some shop cleanup and made 15 dogs plus have extra blanks in case any need replaced. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Bench and shop look amazing Mike! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Bench and shop look amazing Mike!Thanks Kev. Last thanksgiving I put 19 gallons of paint on the walls and ceiling. Building a bench is a lot more fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 That's awesome Mike. The bench dogs were a fun little bit to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 That's awesome Mike. The bench dogs were a fun little bit to make. Yeah they were a nice change of pace. Every step with the tops was stressful because you could ruin a slab. I think the base will go quicker and messing up something up won't be as tragic as a slab. Glad I didn't make the jig as it probably would have taken as long to make as just cranking out the dogs with bandsaw and edge sander. Milling legs and rails today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Looks great!! What size are those wooden dogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 It's a long walk to the house so I had to make the ice last for more than one Maybe you should have thought about the purchase of a refrigerator/Freezer for the shop on Black Friday.The bench top is looking great Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 The more I thought about it, the more the one tail vise rail not being deep enough bothered me. I measured it this morning and it was 1/8" off so too much for me so I removed the vise and re-routed. Now it's in there perfect and I feel better about it even though it still operates the same. I put epoxy into the dog block screw holes and will re-drill tomorrow using the drill press like I should have the first time. Milled up a bunch of 8/4 for the 6 rails and also glued up the leg blanks. Those are going to be some beefy legs. A little more squeeze out than I like but the blanks are over sized and that will get cut of at the bandsaw. Rumor has it there might be a Jet Black Friday sale but I still love my old-school Bessey's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Me too Mike. I got a bunch of the old k bodies and still love them. Great clamps. I recently bought a few of the new style besseys with the rubber handles but i still reach for my old wood handled ones every glue up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 The legs are beefy as all hell. They get heavy after a while, gets tiring moving them around when routing the mortises and cutting the tenons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post estesbubba Posted December 7, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) First off this weekend was cutting the suede that Brian sent me and attaching to the dogs using spray adhesive. Things as trivial as this just take more time than you think - a lot of steps aren't difficult but just time consuming. I will say that the holding power of the dogs with the suede is incredible.Yesterday I also glued up the chop so I can work on it with the base. I also cut all the rails to final dimension. Today I laid out all the lines for the mortises and tenons. I watched the video, looked at both plans, and laid them all out. After that I got out a piece of paper, measured them all on the boards, and wrote down the numbers and compared them to the plans. I really didn't want to screw these up!My Leigh FMT manual recommends full plunging and overlapping mortises instead of taking multiple shallow cuts. After plunging and overlapping you take a full depth cut to clean up the mortise. This seemed to work well (even though I didn't use the FMT) and the mortises came out pretty good. I think my 1/2" spiral bit is starting to get tired, plus it ate the inside of a brass bushing earlier in the build. I think all it has left is the crisscross groove which I plan on hogging most out with a forstner bit.Overlapping holesClean up passAfter taking remaining 1/8" offMy arms were noodles after doing all these. Plunging 2" deep and moving these beefy legs all around takes some muscle. Also, something about hand routing 2" deep in hard maple ins't fun for me - I held on to that router for dear life. Next was to finally install the dado cartridge in my SawStop for the first time. Took a few minutes and will go quicker the next time. The leg tenons came out very clean and all the mortises look to be in the correct places.I was running on fumes but decided to do the rail tenons. Of course every set of rails had different tenon dimensions so more triple checking the measurements. These also came out with clean shoulders like the legs. After this I was done! I didn't have it in me to round over one and try a test fit. For some reason I think the rounding over is going to take forever since I don't have a rasp. Edited December 7, 2015 by estesbubba 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Wow productive day Mike! You really dont need a rasp to round over those tenons. A super sharp chisel and a few minutes for each tenon is all you need. Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Super productive day! Super nice work! Maybe time for a rasp.. Or, you could square out the mortises.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Dang man, you've been busy. Great job so far. I like that multi plunge then one cleanup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Nice Mike! When I did the mortises by hand with the router I was holding on to the router so tight that my fingers were white from gripping so hard. Another reason I bought the OF2200, it was much more comfortable to use and control, versus the OF1400. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Awesome job Mike. You're really moving now. Shane is right - you can round those tenons with just a chisel, although honestly this might be a good excuse to buy an Auriou. One of my favorite tools.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post estesbubba Posted December 12, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Well back at it today and rounded all the tenons with a chisel and block plane. After the first few I really got the hang of it and they went pretty fast. I fine tuned all the fits and did a dry assembly. I was very happy that every corner was dead square! The base is a beast and definitely doesn't flex on an uneven floor. The front rails came out perfectly flush but the side rails are inset 1/64" which I don't think will matter. Just like Marc I had the router bite once. The difference is his was covered by a shoulder and mine happened on a tenon that had 3 shoulders and of course on the non-shoulder end. After assembly I'll fill it up with some epoxy. You won't be able to see it unless you're on the floor. I held off putting any holes in the legs until I knew that the base was good to go. I drilled all the draw bore joinery holes in the legs which was uneventful. I drilled the 3 holdfast holes and dog access hole in the right front leg. My forstner bits came up a bit short so I drilled from the back using one size smaller bits then finished them with a flush trim bit. Worked like a champ. Friends are coming over tonight for my prime rib so I'm done for the day. Hope to attack the leg vise tomorrow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Hey Mike, did you know that if you have a Bowflex in your shop, you have either too much shop or not enough tools?I approve of everything else. Nice work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Youre doing very nice clean work Mike. Im enjoying your journal. Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Awesome work Mike. The finish line is in sight!!Feels great when that base comes together square. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 EXCELLENT! Assembled base was a huge milestone. It feels good to be getting close 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Hey Mike, did you know that if you have a Bowflex in your shop, you have either too much shop or not enough tools?I approve of everything else. Nice work.Ha, the reason I have a Bowflex in my shop is because my wife said she had too less yoga room! And after seeing your shop pics I already know I don't have enough tools. The good news is when my wife wanted my Christmas list I just showed her a pic of your hand tool cabinet.Thanks for the compliments on the bench. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Lookin great Mike! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 I was moving a little slow today after having friends over last night. I used a forstner bit to hog out most of the crisscross mortises and a monster bit for the inset. I finished the mortises with the workhorse 1/2" spiral bit. I'm glad to be done with all the hand routing with it. I was tired and only finished one mortise cleanup with a chisel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Not done with hand routing yet, still gotta do the deadman groove and the top mortises Mortises look great. Nice work man. Edited December 14, 2015 by bgreenb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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