Brendon_t Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I received my spiral straight bit this week and had some time last week to go to work. Firstly, I was very inconsistent with the tennon cut. The blade in my circular saw was slightly tilted so it took some time to fix that issue. Once the tennon walls,shoulders and cheeks were tuned up thanks to way too much time with the block plane, I was able to rout out the groove for the tail vise. It was a lot of changing of settings but was fun,and messy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Good news first or bad news first? Ok good, let's stay positive. The deep hand held mortises went off without any issue. The white side bit did what it was supposed to. bad news, I made an error visualizing the layout. The cross stretcher mortises were put on the inside of the rail, not the outside. So two hours of making plugs to seat in that two inch hole and I'm back to flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brendon_t Posted February 16, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Ok so this build has totally taken over my whole shop, I'm enjoying the heck out of it but man its a lot of work in a small space. Made some decent progress today. Leg mortises are complete, tennons on the legs cut, most of the leg holes drilled and long and short rails milled up and joinery cut. I fit one side assembled together before giving up for the day. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Wow! Good progress Brendon! How you liking the new shop space? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Good day's work, especially in somewhat cramped quarters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 The new space is good. It's still way too small for two benches. The old bench is where it belongs, the saw horses with the bench tops are sitting in the walkway between the mitre station, jointer and drum sander so it's really cramped up. I also haven't yet figured out a good way to pipe in the dust collector. once I have one bench in there, it should feel much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 The new space is good. It's still way too small for two benches. The old bench is where it belongs, the saw horses with the bench tops are sitting in the walkway between the mitre station, jointer and drum sander so it's really cramped up. I also haven't yet figured out a good way to pipe in the dust collector. once I have one bench in there, it should feel much better. You going to give us a video tour once you're all settled? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 If there's an interest, I could do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I don't mean to offend but your shop looks like the chaos i tend to get myself into. My shop is a long hallway basically and i'm always tripping over stuff. This bench is going to be really nice the concept of from scratch is awesome as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 You're calling a duck a duck. I usually will stop to pick up every hour or two. Being that I can barely walk around in there, I haven't been cleaning up too much today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Looking good and you're at the stage where it is taking up the most room. I was happy when I finally put the top on and got rid of my old solid core door bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Yeah, it's going to be great to get this beast in its home. I still don't have hardware yet, hence I'm jumping around the build a bit. I'm trying to get everything that can be done, done so that when I get it, we're off to the races. Tonight hopefully should yield a dog hole strip if I can get this template to print the correct size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 lookin good man. I can see how space would be a challenge for you. I have almost 600 sq/ft and it was still a pita. Your moving along great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Another relatively productive bench building day. After rounding the tennons for the other side assembly, I have both side sub assemblies dry fit and ready. I haven't done the long stretchers yet. Taking marcs advise, I built my dog hole template out of 1/2" ply. After milling the board I had designated, I come to find that my router guide bushing sticks down 5/8". FAIL. Rebuild and it's ready to go. 13 dog holes routed, backing strip attached and after sitting in clamps for 3 hours, I clamped it to the front slab. Also got the end cap lamination glued up and the sliding dog block glued up. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I'm going to sound really umm ignornant. How do you make the square holes the exact right size? They are for the tail vise right? Did you use a space or some sort of joinery? I realize an easy way to answer that would be to buy the plans and build one but I'm just curious at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 32 minutes ago, Chestnut said: I'm going to sound really umm ignornant. How do you make the square holes the exact right size? They are for the tail vise right? Did you use a space or some sort of joinery? I realize an easy way to answer that would be to buy the plans and build one but I'm just curious at this point. You have to pay for that kind of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 <pulls out a crisp $5 bill> They say Lincoln never told a lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Chestnut said: <pulls out a crisp $5 bill> They say Lincoln never told a lie. I'll take that. Router jig, two routers, two bits, skinny piece laid over the open channels makes a square hole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 3 hours ago, Brendon_t said: I'll take that. Router jig, two routers, two bits, skinny piece laid over the open channels makes a square hole. Damn, you took the hard way of doing it. I used a shaper and a magical unicorn bit. Looking good Brendon. It's funny when you think of the bench as the stack of boards in the way. Then you mill and glue em up have have slabs in the way, and then a base and slabs and saw horses in the way. Then when it's done you wonder how you got to where you are now with the bench being completed and the whole process starts to fade away as you enjoy using the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I can definately see that. Right now, it's a huge pain in the butt. I'm having a blast doing it but am seriously thinking about moving my drum sander and router table into the "laundry room" to get them out of my way since I'm not using them for this in the foreseeable future of the bench build. It would be nice to be able to lean the slabs out of the way up against the wall but a) their super heavy and b ) I'm actually using them which is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Thomas Weber Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 If I can get a good deal on lumber that's 4-5 feet long, can I use that for the top, or should I only use continuous 8ft boards? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Eric, you can certainly mak a perfectly servicable lamination from shorter boards, it just won't be as pretty. I suppose that over time there could be some risk of weakness where the shorter pieces meet end to end, but I doubt it would be a serious problem. Just don't make a 'zipper' of slightly staggered joints right in the middle! I take it the guy in Hernando has what you were looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'll fix this for Ross... 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: Eric, you can certainly mak a perfectly servicable lamination from shorter boards, it just won't be as pretty. I suppose that over time there could be some risk of weakness where the shorter pieces meet end to end, but I doubt it would be a serious problem. Just don't make a 'zipper' of slightly staggered joints right in the middle! Buy 8' boards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Eric this is a fun project but also a lot of work. The top is the heart of it and not something I would want to risk having to redo so I would use 8/4 full length boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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