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Haha, never saw that coming. Hmmm...another Muji disciple in sheep's clothing 😀

Thanks for identifying the router and glad to hear a feedback about the Panther. You may get her at Timber's pigeon box anytime, just don't let him catch you :p

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Owyn, if you will be at the court Saturday I will make sure you get the calendar girl... picture 😀

Thanks Bigfoot for the lumber trip, finally got the materials for the apron, but since much time was used I only got to do as much...
cut the front apron to size, cut the recess for the vise too...

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Jarod insisted I go for the dovetailed aprons, I was very hesitant since it is a lot of work... But I tried...

had to be hand cut bec of the thickness of the boards...

but I did turn out nice, and yes its a lot of work...

the back apron will not need and will not get dovetails... its just too much. 😀

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Nice dovetails!

Never did any myself before. I can see it requires a lot of preparation (planning, measuring, marking) and precision cutting.

Just wondering, why did you put the dovetail fingers on the short side and not the long side?

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Jarod insisted I go for the dovetailed aprons, I was very hesitant since it is a lot of work... But I tried...
had to be hand cut bec of the thickness of the boards.
but I did turn out nice, and yes its a lot of work...

wheehww ! ! !, napapailing nalang ako master timber, those dovetails are so , i mean sooo very nice...i hope someday, I can cut dovetails...

how about " DOVETAIL" topics naman in the near future eb's...

bow ako sa work mo , seldom i saw someone does dovetails nowadays.

lots of work indeed, but in the end of the day, fullfilment of the heart is accomplished.

goodluck!!!

 

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[HTML]Just wondering, why did you put the dovetail fingers on the short side and not the long side?[/HTML]

you mean the tails?

since the wood species are the same, it will not be contrasty to place it (tails) on either ends.

id love to see the dovetailed apron's ends once the finish is applied.

sometimes i wish i could make another one..thankfully i made one already after i got hit with this tummy problem.

i could probably refurbish mine perhaps but not this soon yet..maybe next year.:p

hats off to you timber!!!

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[HTML]Just wondering, why did you put the dovetail fingers on the short side and not the long side?[/HTML]

you mean the tails?

since the wood species are the same, it will not be contrasty to place it (tails) on either ends.

id love to see the dovetailed apron's ends once the finish is applied.

Sorry, yes, I meant the tails. My question is really of a more structural (than aesthetic) nature. I always assumed (but, not sure if correct) that dovetails are strong because the wedge will prevent the joint from pulling apart. On the workbench end where the screw/tail vise is, I would have thought the tail is best positioned so that it wedges against the pull of the vise.

Sorry, I'm not criticizing. Just asking to learn as I am not sure myself of the theory behind dovetails. All I have is hardknocks schooling.

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Whew! Very nice pins timber!

but I did turn out nice, and yes its a lot of work...

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Thank You all for the nice words, though they are not perfect they look much better than a butt jointed apron 😉

Just wondering, why did you put the dovetail fingers on the short side and not the long side?

Thanks Ding, Yes I understand your question, now while I am aware that the wood will expand sideways more than towards the ends, I also considered that the boards on my top are sideways upward (cant fnd better words for it :D) I believe that expansion would be very minimal. also if it does expand, the tails will lock the top in place and limit movement.
Honestly it was made more for aesthetic reasons 😎

Day 7 Update:
well unfortunately I do not have pictures, with the help of Bigfoot I was able to mount the aprons... decided to dovetail the other ends of the aprons as well... lots of handplane work bukas then hopefully a first coat of oil...

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[HTML]On the workbench end where the screw/tail vise is, I would have thought the tail is best positioned so that it wedges against the pull of the vise.
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i cannot trust dovetail joints on a wb apron ends against wood contraction.

for this i will place bolts to further glue the side aprons to the laminations...about 6 inches apart if space permits.

by all intention, your point is clearly the way to go both aesthetically and structurally.

😉

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started from this which is where I left of yesterday...

cleaned, leveled, sanded and applied first coat of oil.

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what a gorgeous wb!

or some kind of a furniture...

cheers!

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started from this which is where I left of yesterday...

cleaned, leveled, sanded and applied first coat of oil.

Holy cr-p!

I would never have the heart to work on that bench!

Fantastic job, Timber.

Did you stain/seal it?

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grabe ! ! !

napakaganda ! ! !

hindi naman pangwork ang bench na yan eh ,

PANG DISPLAY yang WB mo master timber! ! !

ready na para binyagan mamya sa inauguration, i wonder if someone touch it or make use of your wb mamya sa inaugural, baka tapikin ni bigfoot...:p 😉

all details are perfect, very clean.

congratulations on the beautiful wb, that is really gorgeous.

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Doc, Thanks brader

Ding, salamat din. the wb has only has one coat of hardwood oil only.

Jonathan, Salamat din brader, pagnagkataon baka maging pang display nga yan 😮 the tail vise works very smooth, you should have a look at the construction of the wagon vise.

started cutting the dogs, will work later before the eb I hope it all gets done before that...

only drawback is, nagkulang nanaman wood ko for the front face ng vise... haaay...

😀