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5th May 2013, 08:20 PM #31
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5th May 2013, 09:21 PM #32
Perhaps "special" would have been a better choice of words. They include Stanley 4 1/2, 5C, 80 & 271. Record 71 and 76. Clifton 6 and some big chisels (slicks?).
Amongst my users are a Veritas block plane, Records 60 1/2 & 7, Stanley 3, some spoke shaves, smaller chisels, pull saws and draw knives.
Mostly I have collected these second hand and fixed them up (especially chisels and smaller tools) and don't think of them in the same way as say the Clifton (which was also second hand but has never been neglected and is really a jewel of a tool). I suppose both lots are "good", some fit my usage better than others and they stay closer to hand than others. In the drawer are also some cheap and nasty stuff (like 2$ cheap Chinese chisels) which I can use in ways I wouldn't with "proper" tools.
Regards
SWK
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6th May 2013, 10:14 AM #33
Ahh, now that I fully understand! I have two or three chisels that are kept for just such situations....
But my tool cupboard philosophy is possibly the reverse of yours. Only the 'best' get to live in the main storage cupboard, a pace & a half to the right of my bench & ready to hand. In a separate box, I keep tools that I'm thinking what to do with, like the set of chisels from my father's shed, and other 'finds' that I didn't need but were too good not to let them follow me home at the time. The idea is that eventually, these will all find good homes where they'll be properly fed & exercised.....
Cheers,IW
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6th May 2013, 10:46 AM #34
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18th July 2013, 12:19 AM #35
My version of the essential workbench
POST TITLE:
My version of the essential workbench
Workbench-4A.jpgWorkbench-3A.jpgWorkbench-2A.jpgWorkbench-1A.jpg
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Hand planing & sawing, assembly, table saw outfeed table, power tools (sanding, leigh FMT, leigh D4, routing larger pieces)
DIMENSIONS in mm:
(length x depth x height) 1800 x 600 x 860
MATERIALS (timber species etc):
Messmate/vic ash benchtop - 70 mm thick
Jarrah skirt (1500 mm thick) and vice jaws.
Redgum/jarah base
VISES INCLUDED:
Veritas Twin Screw Vice and Veritas Quick Release Face Vice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/proje.../011167038.pdf
My workbench is similar to this design except for the following:
(1) I have lowered the top rails for better access to dog holes and for adding a shelf later to put my tools
(2) The front apron, legs and 2 front rails (top & bottom) are all flush for clamping to a larger surface
(3) Used twin mortice & tenons & bench bolts to join rails to the trestle legs
(4) Round dog holes when I get them done
(5) Bottom and top shelves between the rails.
THINGS YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE :
The vices work well and I can use the face vice to clamp work to the left leg when used with the veritas anti-racking shims
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE (in retrospect):
Location of end bolts and twin screw rub supports so that they do not interfere with doghole locations.
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD INCORPORATE NEXT TIME :
Just finished yesterday so I haven't had time to work out what can be improved if anything.
WHAT or WHO INSPIRED SOME OF THE INCLUSIONS (provide links):
Christopher Swartz - wanted a front apron but with the benefit of no overhang, all the front elements had to be flush like the roubo bench. Didn't like the fact that Roubo benches cannot be easily disassembled for transportion. However, my bench can be disassembled into the top, four rails, and two trestle legs.
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18th July 2013, 10:14 AM #36
aju, your bench looks really good. Thanks for posting
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19th July 2013, 12:57 PM #37
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19th July 2013, 01:14 PM #38
That's a very interesting finish you have on top there Hugh. I imagine it was quite slow to apply?
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19th July 2013, 01:46 PM #39
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24th July 2013, 05:47 PM #40Senior Member
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- Feb 2011
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- Brisbane - Southside
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My (hopefully Temporary) bench
POST TITLE:
Makeshift (for 2 years thus far) bench
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Hand Tools work primarily (due to SWMBO with supernatural hearing)
DIMENSIONS in mm:
Not sure 2040 x 770th x buggerall ? It's basically some MDF over a semi solid door.
MATERIALS (timber species etc):
MDF top over door with pine legs & apron.
VISES INCLUDED:
Inherited vise (not sure of manufacturer)
LINK TO YOUR BUILD THREAD (if applicable):
NA. Made it in a couple of hours (if that). Would've taken longer to photograph & catalogue tbh.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Flat and kinda heavy(ish)
THINGS YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE :
That I could make it quickly & start my woodworking journey.
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE (in retrospect):
Lots (if I had the money ... and probably more importantly the skills)
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD INCORPORATE NEXT TIME :
Put the vise on the end and add dog holes along the length (where solid timber exists under the mdf) to provide more much needed clamping options. I'd get a 2nd vise but this bench is temporary and as such will reassess all vise needs at the point of making a new bench..... soon.
WHAT or WHO INSPIRED SOME OF THE INCLUSIONS (provide links):
25% lackof budget, 25% lack of woodworking experience (to know what i want/need in a bench) & 50% lack of skill.
Certainly inspired by looking through the bench threads to have a crack at building a more sturdy bench with a solid timber top to allow dog holes and a couple of vises. Having been "mucking around" for 12 - 18 momths now I have a better idea of what i'd like in a bench.
Apologies for the somewhat obscure (and background style) pics but I have never taken a proper photo of my bench.
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25th August 2013, 04:16 PM #41SENIOR MEMBER
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- Nov 2008
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- Sydney
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Many thanks to all you coves who have posted on this thread. It is marvellous, I think.
Five-odd years ago we left the farm to live with our second son and family in Sydney. Our eldest is on the place now.
I am on a walking frame when trying to get to somewhere, a recliner when resting, a gas-lift chair when scroll sawing. My beautiful wife looks after me all day, every day. I fell this morning, could not get up. Lucky our grandaughter's boyfriend was here to lift me. He is very strong.
I miss my old shed with everything in it but I have been very fortunate since conception.
Sorry go go on. Many thanks for this wonderful community, Bill.
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25th August 2013, 04:20 PM #42
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25th August 2013, 04:23 PM #43
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26th August 2013, 12:23 AM #44
Bench
POST TITLE:
Not sure of any particular style but I wanted long, wide, flat, heavy, stable, lots of dog holes, lots of holding capability on the top and front
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Hand Tools / Power Tools / Hybrid/ fine furniture, and general woodworking
DIMENSIONS in mm:
(length x depth x height) e.g. 2400 x 900 x 900
MATERIALS (timber species etc):
Top is a mixed bag of recycled hardwood from a house demolition with some new bluegum milled by me, undercarriage is mostly ironbark, storage is cadaghi, various pines and plywood for the under bench shelving/storage/drawers yet to be constructed.
VISES INCLUDED:
Groz front vice and a HNT tail vice
LINK TO YOUR BUILD THREAD (if applicable):
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f213/w...ch-wip-166795/
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
As above
THINGS YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE :
I like that it is long, wide, flat, heavy and made from mostly reclaimed timber, other features I like are; the front face of the vise is level with the front of the bench top, lots of dog holes along the front apron as well as for the tail vice for holding options, two deadmen with dog holes for multiple work support options,
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE (in retrospect):
Struggling to think of anything I'd change, what I might do maybe next time is make the deadmen sliding, I overcome this with a board on the dogs if the need arises as it currently is tho
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD INCORPORATE NEXT TIME :
Can't think of anything ATM
WHAT or WHO INSPIRED SOME OF THE INCLUSIONS (provide links):
Some of the inclusions/design are/is based on use of other benches and how I thought that when I build a bench I want the features as outlined above
Pete
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7th September 2013, 07:53 AM #45New Member
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- Sep 2013
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- London
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I am soooo envious of the benches in this thread!
GP