(Sigh)....Roubo time

[pkinneb]

Any chance you can post a pic of the issue? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around it.

[Coop]

11 minutes ago, pkinneb said:

Any chance you can post a pic of the issue? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around it.

+1

[wtnhighlander]

Sounds like you WANT rounded ends, but maybe the walls aren't straight and smooth? Like steps where the router didn't travel the exact distance with each pass? In that case, plunging the ends with the router would be my choice. In fact, I typically do a series of plunges first, to remove most of the waste, before traversing the cut at full depth to clean the walls.

[Tpt life]

Router plane. 

[Johnny4]

Highlander....you got it right! Will give it a shot

 

 

Quick question...the ends of the mortises I cut aren’t super clean. It was my first time routing that deep, and there are “steps” in the ends of them. What’s the best way to clean those up? My ideas are:

1) drill press with forstner bit

2) router with spiral bit and make a slow, controlled plunge.

Thoughts? Better suggestions?

[Johnny4]

Hey friends, 

Back to work on the bench. I have cut the short stretchers for the legs, but when I put everything together, one side was about 1/8” too high, and the other was 1/8” too low. Marc’s advice on the video was to “adjust the tenon.” My question is, “How do I adjust it?” 

Thanks!

[wtnhighlander]

The tenon is hidden, so you can trim material from one side, then add to the opposite side, to shift it around.

[SawDustB]

8 hours ago, wtnhighlander said:

The tenon is hidden, so you can trim material from one side, then add to the opposite side, to shift it around.

Exactly. They're large, with lots of glue surface, and they also get draw bored, so I wouldn't bother adding anything to the other side. Just use a chisel or rasp to remove some of the material in the way.

[Johnny4]

Is the idea to bring the high side down or the low side up? 

[wtnhighlander]

54 minutes ago, Johnny4 said:

Is the idea to bring the high side down or the low side up? 

Which one makes it straight and square? Might need a bit of both.

[Tpt life]

Maybe try flipping the stretcher end for end? Start simple. 

[Johnny4]

Hey friends....since the baby was born, I have been chipping away bit by bit. Finally got the base together. I originally planned on the knockdown, but once I got through the directions and it told me I had to remake the front rail, I abandoned that course and went with the pegs. Here’s where we are today:

 

[Mark J]

Keep at it.  It's gonna look great.

[pkinneb]

That is really coming together nicely!!

[Chip Sawdust]

That there's a purty lookin bench! You're gonna make some good looking pieces on the top side of it I can tell.

[Coop]

Looking really sweet! 

[Chestnut]

Awesome.

With the top being removable i don't think there as much need for knockdown.

[Johnny4]

Well Ladies and gents...it's finally done. I logged in at 210 hours including tearing apart my jointer and learning how to tune that up. Thank you all for your help and guidance along the way. I think I will go make something small now...or just look at it. Bit by bit, hour by hour, I got through it. 

See ya on the flip side..

[Chestnut]

Hey... um ... someone installed the vises on the wrong ends of the bench you made for me . Looks great! Do you have a first project in mind?

[Gary Beasley]

That is a work of art in itself!

[pkinneb]

2 hours ago, Chestnut said:

Hey... um ... someone installed the vises on the wrong ends of the bench you made for me . Looks great! Do you have a first project in mind?

That was my first thought as well LOL

Awesome job johnny4!!

[Johnny4]

I am a lefty....it happens. As far as first projects: a step stool for my daughter. I also need to come to terms with some sort of tool cabinet or wall. 
Whatever it is needs to be anchored to the foundation wall, or dropped from the joists.

What’s been your experience with cabinet vs wall?
 

 

 

Well...210 hours and a lot of learning later, WE ARE DONE.

Thanks to all of y’all for your help and encouragement along the way. Now, I think I will build something simple, like a small stool for my daughter. Or a baby rattle.

[pkinneb]

LOL. I have a chest and it works great for traveling but I will make a cabinet at some point primarily becuase my chest doesn't have enough room.

[Chet]

3 hours ago, Chestnut said:

Hey... um ... someone installed the vises on the wrong ends of the bench you made

 

46 minutes ago, pkinneb said:

That was my first thought as well LOL

Didn't bother me.

24 minutes ago, Johnny4 said:

I am a lefty....it happens.

Me too!

[wtnhighlander]

Given that some folks have tool chests bigger than my shop, I vote tool wall. Why close all your stuff up in a box, when it can hang right where you need it?