bjorn rettig Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I finished all the mortises and tenons in the base, next would be the leg vise, but I want to use a special piece of wood for that, but I haven't found one yet. So, I went back to my front slab and finished the tail vise. I was procrastinating a bit with that part, because I had my end cap problems and while I believe I had fixed the problems, I wasn't 100% sure. Well, I shouldn't have been doubting myself - everything fit perfectly. The vise works great! Having that all done, I wanted to have a few bench dogs. I created the first one and then a "dog breeder" to crank out 11 more. After I was done and had all the springs attached, I looked at the plan again and realized that for whatever reason I made them 2 inch too long. lol. They actually work fine, but I probably will shorten them anyway. It's easy to do Anyway, I'm quite happy with the progress and I hope to find an excellent piece of wood for my leg vise soon, so that I can push on next weekend. Happy woodworking, --bjorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Well done Bjorn! The end cap turned out great and it looks like the tail vise is going to perform like a champ. Congrats my friend and thanks for the progress update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Looks great, Bjorn! I wouldn't worry about shortening your dogs. Most of the pics I see are quite longer than the ones I made. Investigate before you do any surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjorn rettig Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Looks great, Bjorn! I wouldn't worry about shortening your dogs. Most of the pics I see are quite longer than the ones I made. Investigate before you do any surgery. I would only change them, if they create a problem. Right now I actually like them. Just to make sure I know what I'm missing I shortened one. And besides being shorter I see no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I would only change them, if they create a problem. Right now I actually like them. Just to make sure I know what I'm missing I shortened one. And besides being shorter I see no difference. I made mine shorter and wish I'd gone about another inch long. Oh well. At some point, I'll batch out another 19 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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