Ok most of ya know i had a little distraction with planes along the way building this bench. So i played hooky today and went out to get some progress on the workbench.
1) I have cut the ends of the top with a router. Did not have a bit long enough for single pass so had to cut both ends and flip and cut again.
2)Milled and glued up cheap ash
i bought and cut to size and put the 45 in for the deadman rail. This is for the Roubo tweeks that this cheapo bench is getting.
3) Bought the LV tail vise screw for the leg vice
4) Painted the old vice
yup sorry guys I know ya all said to leave it alone but i told ya all this was a Canadian Bench and as such would have bling and the Red of the Canadian flag in it.
I just love it the way the new rattle cans spray.
5) Had to spray the leg vice screw as well to match
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6) Then after going for quiet a drive a week or two ago i found a place that had the bolts I wanted for mounting the vice.
This was one thing i was committed to getting this baby bedded down so if something is going to move its the whole bench thats going. (Hangover from the old school days when those bench vices we had oh boy the were hanging by a thread). So I cut a slot you can see here and took a piece of flat bar
(now sprayed red
) tapped it and put it in the slot.
After recessing the vice rear jaw into the workbench I then clamped it in position and drilled the perfect fit holes all the way through to the slot to accomodate the countersunk cap screw 3/8" by 4.5 " long bolt. Now some might say thats enough but nooooo not for my liking after all i am a "if in doubt build it stout" kinda guy and this vice aint going nowhere less i let it. So onto the 2 inch lag bolts at the rear
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Now shes mounted solid and deserves capping with this Brazillian Oak.
Then the outer jaw will be cut from this piece of Oak you can see clamped in the jaw.
Well she is all glued up after todays session and the top is now fixed to the legs (touch wood it all works out).
Next session i will cut the leather hide i got from Tandy Leather in Barrie ( thanks to Don Braer for that tip what a great store.. Canadians take note its in our back yard).
Cut the outer jaw to size and glue the leather to it and then mount the end piece that is covering the vice rear jaw as well as recess the front face into the front wood jaw and mount that.
Then it will be on to finish the leg vice and deadman essentials.
Lastly i will add the bench dog holes to the top and make some benchdogs as well as finish the walnut trim( Oh yeah Mr. Merlau your walnut is in there for sure
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Final thing will be to cut out and recess the maple leaf in the center of the work surface. But thats a way off for now.
At present i have to say i am sorry now that i used HD pine. Its all soft junk. Nothing like Southern Yellow.
But i guess this is not the last bench i make.
Next time i will spring for Maple
Comments suggestions welcome.
Not that i can speak for him but judging by his prior comment i would be prepared to bet on it.
and closed
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. Making these involved a little detour cause since i now have used my "original workbench" as a lathe stand, my mechanical vice has been out of action causing a great deal of frustration. So i used a little of the thick scrap offcuts as is to make up a vice mounting block to enable me to drop the mechanical vice into the tailvice and use a hacksaw to cut off the mounting wings of the casters.
