The time invested in building a workbench pays back in multiples on the time one saves in woodworking because one can work more comfortably (in less awkward positions), grip the material more securely, and, overall, provide a more efficient and ergonomic workplace.
What the hell. I just wanted to build me a workbench so I had to justify pausing my boatbuilding for it.
Got some cheap-but-still-damp mahogany. Willy helped me dry them in his kiln. After many hours of ripping, squaring, and glueing:
That's the feet, legs, spacers, and stretchers.
The stretchers' tenons will be bolted onto the legs' mortises. The bolt will be inserted into the legs, out through the mortise, the inserted into the grooves inside the stretchers where nuts were inserted from the bottom with this contraption:
I notched some pegs, rammed nuts into the notches, then put some thickened epoxy resin to glue them and prevent any twist.
The top will be laminated from 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 planks of mahogany. The first 4 planks are awaiting glue-drying in the first photo. The rest are:
I'm just putting in about an hour every evening doing this so it'll be a slooow build.
Abangan ang susunod na kabanata!
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nice looking stocks Ding, seems you followed the woodsmith wb design... from the laminated stocks, it looks like a very nice long wb. Perfect for your applications and space... will keep an eye on this thread, keep em coming.
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Thanks, Timber. Yes, that's the Woodsmith plan.
BTW, what oil did you use on yours?
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Thanks, Timber. Yes, that's the Woodsmith plan.
BTW, what oil did you use on yours?
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Sadolin hardwood oil brader, I got mine from True value.
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I like the two upper legs.;)
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HA HA HA HA !!!!, sir ding, level up ka na rin ha ? Now its the workbench which really helps a lot and saves time in doing woodworking projects and that is the same in fabricating a well built welding table.
So GO GO GO GO, after the workbench sunod sunod na mga projects na gagawin, he he he .
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good luck on your wb build...
every ww projects need a wb...
pero nakakatawag ng pansin yang massive boat ( at the background ) you are building...
go go go !!!
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Thanks for the encouragement (pambubuyo), guys.
Sorry. no photos yet. Was too dark last night and too tired to go upstairs and get my camera and flash.
Finished laminating the planks for the top. There were 13 planks. I did the gluing in 4 batches: 3,3,3, and 4 so that I can still run each glued batch into the thicknesser. Then, glued all four and used pipe clamps.
After clamping, waiting for the glue to dry, I realized I forgot to make a caul. Too lazy, too tired, too late. I decided not to. The planks seemed aligned anyway. This morning, found the planks shifted a bit so I'll have to plane about half a mm. Lesson: Always use cauls.
Tonight, will be handpplaning.
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Every boatbuilder has a "moaning chair" where one sits at the end f the day and moans about all the stupid mistakes one made working on a boat (while secretly admiring it).
I found myself on my moaning chair after about an hour working at dawn today before heading out of town (so no woodworking all weekend:hang:).
Managed to adjust the tenons, drills some holes, and dry fit the legs to the stretchers, then plop the laminated top on it:
The top is not yet evened out.* Some more planing and sanding. I still have to make the front and back aprons then install the vises.* There should be a shelf restign on the stretchers but that can come later.
The keys (peg with nuts) also worked out fine.
The plan calls for the keys to go through from top to bottom of stretcher but I decided to hide it; inserted only frmo the bottom.* Will trim the extra later.
Now here's the moan:
What's wrong with the photo (aside from the obvious uneven surface (can be corrected) and gap (can be epoxy-puttied)?
The dogholes!
That row of dogholes on the right should be one plank to the left!* Aaaaargh!
Now, functionally, it should still work.* But, asthetically, it will be a blemish staring me in the face.
Forever.
But, that's what it simply is: a blemish.* The workbench will not be any less sturdy nor less useful for it.* And, after all, it's a workbench.* Not a work of art.* Though it may accidentally be.* I think I'll stay with it and make it as an eternal reminder for me to be careful and check and check and check.
What do you think?* Live with it or rip it out and make a new plank and relaminate?
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you can drill all the way to the other end and have a wb full of dogholes Ding, that way you don't have to moan much and have a full functioning doghole system for the entire bench (which is a good thing imho). Are you making a tailvise for this? and what size dog holes did you make (looks like 3/8" from here)...
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Thanks, Timber.
Yes, I'm installing both front and tail vises I got from Panda, the ones you recommended.
The dogholes are 1/2" for now. Couldn't find my bigger bits at the moment which is good, anyway, because I have a set of 4 plastic Rockler dogs in transit. I believe they're 3/4". Will enlarge the holes when I measure actual diameter of the dogs.
In flattening the top, I intend to lightly plane crosswise. Thinking of clamping a sacrificial plank to prevent blowout. Is there a better technique?
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In flattening the top, I intend to lightly plane crosswise. Thinking of clamping a sacrificial plank to prevent blowout. Is there a better technique?
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you can hit the top at a slight angle going across the grain. You also can plane from one end and not exiting the other, it adds a little more work since you have to go around the bench to plane all the sides (but that will work really well imo.
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Didn't have any time to work on the workbench today so did a bit of inspecting my Irwin vises. Good thing I did so I can plan out the apron properly where they will be attached.
I guess my next questions would be for Timber since he used the same vise but, instead of PM-ing, thought I'd post since otehrs may learn.
On installing the front vise, would lag screws be sufficient? Would they not wobble after some time since, I assume they bear the brunt of the clamping force? Should I used thru-the-top bolts and hide them by countersinking them putting wooden plugs? Or am I just being too paranoid?
How do I hide the rear jaw of the front vise behind the front apron? Do, in effect, carve out the jaw into the apron?
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Didn't have any time to work on the workbench today so did a bit of inspecting my Irwin vises. Good thing I did so I can plan out the apron properly where they will be attached.
I guess my next questions would be for Timber since he used the same vise but, instead of PM-ing, thought I'd post since otehrs may learn.
On installing the front vise, would lag screws be sufficient? Would they not wobble after some time since, I assume they bear the brunt of the clamping force? Should I used thru-the-top bolts and hide them by countersinking them putting wooden plugs? Or am I just being too paranoid?
How do I hide the rear jaw of the front vise behind the front apron? Do, in effect, carve out the jaw into the apron?
Ding, you can go back to my second wb build thread check post #65. Yes I use lag screws kaya lang 1/2" x 4" or 5" long screws yan. I do clamp heavy items like a whole board of 3" x 12" x 8' without issues and I clamp very tight too....
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