estesbubba Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 On mine it was 6 for the back and looks like 7 for the front. To use 6 on the back instead of 7 they need to finish pretty close to 2". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I have 7 for the front slab and 8 for the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thanks guys. Apparently I suck at math. I had 13 newly cut sticks and 2 in the garage from my testing batch. Do those front slab counts include the dog hole strip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 My back slab was 7. My front slab was 5 for the main slab, then another 2 for the dog hole strip and front laminate, for a grand total of 7. So 7 for each (including dog hole strip and front laminate). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 My back slab was 6, front slab was 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Mine was somewhere around 15 for each slab, but I used 4/4 stock, because I wanted my bench to be mostly glue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brendon_t Posted February 8, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 And so it actually begins. First round of milling. This is half of the boards I designated for the top. Darn world series game got in the way of continuing. I started with 4.75" widths. Skip planed each one, jointed one edge, then ripped the other edge on the band saw which is now up and running to a thick 4.25". One pass on the jointed edge through the planer brought me down to an even 4.25". I'm getting good width. Some are a full 1 3/4". I'm planning on getting all the top boards milled then going about arranging to width and show faces. There were a lot of knots and branch crud to deal with. Usually on one edge but some, I will end up with a defect up which I'll epoxy fill anyway. Going with dealer wood would have saved dealing with that but I'll take it. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Also filled one full bag to the top 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Good start but you're brave putting that much weight on your jointer tables! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 3 hours ago, estesbubba said: Good start but you're brave putting that much weight on your jointer tables! I hear you, that was a temporary need to get these things off the ground until halftime. They were only there for about an hour and a half. They are all restacked on 3 saw horses now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brendon_t Posted February 9, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 The size of this bench just hit me in its entirety. This things going to be MASSIVE and holy heavy batman. Tonight went round two of milling the boards for the top slabs. Like I previously stated, I was working around a lot of imperfections. Luckily, the front slab will be completely free of visual defects and the back only has two smallish ones. This had been bugging me for two weeks thinking half the top would end up epoxy filled knots but I got lucky/was not totally stupid about the orientation while milling them up. I'm still an inch wide on the rear slab and 3/4 wide on the front but it's too late to plane those down now. Too attempt and get the grain running in the right way across the slabs, I took the #4 to each board and oriented the grain sweeps the correct way on all but one board that is all wonky. I took notes on the end to keep everything in order. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Looking good, Brendon! I doubt you will have any trouble with BDS (bench dance syndrom) while planing on that! Now you need a Frank Howarth style gantry crane to move it into place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 I wouldn't sweat those small knots and probably wouldn't fill them until you flatten the entire top. Those might go away and new ones might appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sweet way to make a glue up start off terribly, have the 4" paint roller NOT WORK for spreading glue at all. . I was able to rush into the finishing cabinet and grab my glue roller and use that like a paint roller. Definately need to grab a different roller for the back slab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BYVMFC?keywords=brayer&qid=1455051413&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 23 minutes ago, Eric. said: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BYVMFC?keywords=brayer&qid=1455051413&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2 Does dried glue stick to this if you forget to rinse right away? I have an acrylic one and it doesn't but is getting close to needing replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'm assuming it would just peel off since it's all rubber, plastic and metal. I keep a Tupperware with water nearby so I've never found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 That's the exact one I have and reached for Eric, and mike, yes, glue will stick to it and kind of seep into the rubber making it very hard to get totally off. I made the mistake once of forgetting about it, had to buy a new one and I don't forget now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 A bit of progress today, glued up both slabs this morning. It was 82° in my shop so I didn't feel bad about taking the clamps off the front slab at 4. In spite of using biscuits which didn't do crap for alignment, the slab was very flat out of clamps. The very back board was about 1/32" high on one end, three swipes with the lajp and it's about perfect. One thing I did notice last night while planning a few boards thinner to get to the final measurements was my dc does not like the spaghetti like 4.25" long "chips" coming off of the planer. Two times, the shavings clogged up in the vertical stack. Not fun to un clog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Sexy kinda. the back slab with all the knots is upside down with epoxy in them. I was able to orient most of the defects to the bottom, there are two small ones on the top but I'll fill those after the final flattening. One cool thing I've learned so far on this build, my old craftsman #5 that I could never get to take a good enough edge to take fine wispy shavings, will do work as a scrub plane. I knocked the corners off cave it a decent hand honing and it made short work on getting the bottoms flat enough. I'm really happy I can use it for something. It may be a 15$ plane but it was in my grandfathers tool box when we cleaned out his garage. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Brendon_t said: it was in my grandfathers tool box when we cleaned out his garage. Now you have a little touch of his generation imbedded in your Roubo for generations to come. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Awesome !! More pics! Show the plane and some shavings from it ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Lookin good, Man. It's pretty cool you were involved in milling the wood used for your bench. Taking it from tree to finished product will be super rewarding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Yeah that is definately a cool history I'll have with the bench. It would have been easier going with lumber yard KD knows graded stuff but that's what I think will make the bench uniquely mine. I was worried about knots or weird grain and all that for a while but have accepted it now. My bench will not Look as clean as most do. There will be some epoxy fillings that will be visible but that's part of the experience i am having and I'm embracing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 They are not flaws they are features that add character ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 hour ago, wdwerker said: They are not flaws they are features that add character ! Agreed. I like the way you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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