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If you are in the process of building the sellers bench, then just make the top a complete slab rather than a tool well and flush mount the face vise and you should do fine. Use that experience to learn what you like and don't like and then determine if you want to make a new bench. If holdfasts and does feet are part of your workholding workflow, and you still want a split top, then any gap in the top should be like 1-1/2" at most. Take a look at the Mike Siemsen workholding video on YouTube for examples.
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I've finally finished putting the top of my workbench together:  The laminations are poor compared to what could be achieved with either an electric jointer + planer or some actual experience, but so far as a learning exercise on how to flatten and join boards I think it could have gone worse. If I had done it all at once, rather than glue up 4, then 4, then 5 and had three tough boards that would not flex, I may have been able to shrink some of those gaps. Next step is to figure out how or if I should bother filling some of these gaps:  I watched a Shwarz video where he filled in some gaps with epoxy, but as this bench is a) construction lumber, and b) likely destined to be replaced in a few years, once I have some experience, I'm tempted to just push forward and learn how to make the legs and stretchers. None of the gaps are more than about 1/16ish.
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Meow Meow Meow posted:I love having a twin screw vice that runs the width of my bench as an end vice. It serves double duty though, I use it for end vice things, and also for dovetailing. I've got 18" between screws so it works great. The Fine Woodworking guys have been talking up a twin screw they put on a Shaker workbench. They said that after using one is hard to go back to a bench that doesn't have it. Is yours a chain driven?
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wormil posted:The Fine Woodworking guys have been talking up a twin screw they put on a Shaker workbench. They said that after using one is hard to go back to a bench that doesn't have it. Is yours a chain driven? Yes, it's the Veritas twin screw vice which is chain driven. A bit finicky to set up, when I had it on my old bench the chain would skip teeth every now and then which was a minor inconvenience. When I switched to my new bench I got it dialled in much tighter and it works awesome. It has a tonne of clamping pressure and also never racks which is great when using it as an end vice. I had it as a front vice on my old bench and while it worked, I found it a bit bulky when edge planing.
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Jan 23, 2017 00:15
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Zhent posted:
I think I'd just fill the gaps with wood glue and saw dust.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:17
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dyne posted:I think I'd just fill the gaps with wood glue and saw dust. They look long enough he could probably use some plane shavings, which would be way less tedious
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Jan 23, 2017 03:21
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Tool chest progress: I made it a fair bit wider than Schwartz's plans call for, because I wanted to fit my full-size handsaws in there. It will be mostly stationary, though I do plan to sometimes move it to e.g. the rental workshop during winter. I was hoping to glue up tonight, but turns out my clamps aren't big enough! Guess I'm heading to the hardware store tomorrow. timg-ed progress shots, admire my plywood "bench" workholding savvy.      
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Jan 24, 2017 03:25
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Speaking of clamps, does anyone have any favorite styles? Is there any reason to go for pricier options, or is just going with Menards Cheapo Whatever good enough?
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ColdPie posted:Speaking of clamps, does anyone have any favorite styles? Is there any reason to go for pricier options, or is just going with Menards Cheapo Whatever good enough? Nice progress on the dutch chest. As long as you don't move it often you'll be fine but that extra width is going to make moving it loaded a strain. For basic f-style clamps, I see not reason to not buy the Bessey combo packs at home depot, they are a good bit better than my harbor freight ones for very little more money. For longer clamps k-bodies are great for carcass assembly and all around usefulness but they are expensive, they are also heavy and unwieldly in certain cases. The aluminum bar clamps are great for panel glue ups but not great at much else. Pipe clamps are worse at both tasks the others are good at but are also much cheaper than either. I have some k-bodies knockoff Stanley's I bought when Stanley got out of that business that are my super long clamps, and about 6 3/4" pipe clamps. My next purchases are going to be the aluminum bar clamps for panel glue ups.
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Jan 24, 2017 05:26
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My only complaint about K-bodies outside of the price is that if they happen to fall wrong, those plastic feet that keep them stable while you set up your glue-up break like they're barely there. Wish they'd gone with a more resilient material for them.
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Dont forget you can easily join two shorter clamps into one longer clamp.
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Jan 24, 2017 06:38
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Recent storms got one of the trees on my property leaning against the fence, so I got the tree taken down and rescued some of the wood to play with. Looks like a some nice seats for a small table to me, and the smaller limbs could be legs for a stool. Don't know anything about that species though.
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I was talking with some other woodworkers about my milling attempts, and one of them said "My neighbor lost an elm tree in a storm. I'll be milling it into slabs today; want to come?" Heck yes! I may owe work an afternoon of productivity, but I now have two smallish elm slabs (about 4' long, 1.5-2' long, 2-4" thick) and a bunch of smaller pieces to play with.  I could have taken one of the full-length slabs; they were on offer. But it's not like they'd've fit inside my car.  
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Getting into a hobby like woodworking is a surefire way to regret not getting the hatchback/wagon.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I was talking with some other woodworkers about my milling attempts, and one of them said "My neighbor lost an elm tree in a storm. I'll be milling it into slabs today; want to come?" Heck yes! I may owe work an afternoon of productivity, but I now have two smallish elm slabs (about 4' long, 1.5-2' long, 2-4" thick) and a bunch of smaller pieces to play with. Elm is almost impossible to find around here. Are you going to tackle it with hand planes?
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GEMorris posted:Getting into a hobby like woodworking is a surefire way to regret not getting the hatchback/wagon. Don't think of it as a way to regret not getting a hatchback, think of it as motivation to buy the cheapest pickup that you can find for the occasional hauling. Or have a nearby family member who did the same thing. $500 30 year old F150s are a wonderful thing.
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mds2 posted:Elm is almost impossible to find around here. Are you going to tackle it with hand planes? I think it was described as a Chinese elm, so it may not be a "real" elm tree. And yeah, I think my only realistic option is hand planing; a belt sander would be too imprecise, they're too wide for my thickness planer (and one side is irregular anyway), and I'm not aware of other options for flattening/smoothing large pieces of wood. Waldstein Sonata posted:Don't think of it as a way to regret not getting a hatchback, think of it as motivation to buy the cheapest pickup that you can find for the occasional hauling. See, what I really want is an electric truck. Too bad nobody's making them (EDIT: though, I know a guy who got a Prius, chopped the back half off, and stuck a truck bed on there). The Tesla Model X is technically an electric SUV but I'd be surprised if it was well-suited to moving lumber or tools. Maybe I should get a trailer. TooMuchAbstraction fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Jan 26, 2017 |
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Jan 26, 2017 04:37
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Hybrid F-150 is coming, but not until 2020. And you're right, the X is a people hauler, not a *stuff* hauler.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:and I'm not aware of other options for flattening/smoothing large pieces of wood. A router sled will handle nearly any size slab. You would still need to finish it off with something else, but it would do the majority of it.
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I made this box with my pops recently and it turned out okay. It's made for carrying all my tabletop gaming crap. (the cloth on the inside wasn't glued on at the time I took the pic, which is why it looks off) I was thinking of putting a carrying handle on it, but yesterday I realized that the symbol on top is the wrong way around for that (it would be upside down if it was carried by a handle on the side with the latches) so rip
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Waldstein Sonata posted:Don't think of it as a way to regret not getting a hatchback, think of it as motivation to buy the cheapest pickup that you can find for the occasional hauling. I have a Yaris, but I fitted a trailer hitch to it so I can take a trailer, this has made it an extremely capable car. I think trailers are much more practical than a pickup where 99% of the time you drive around with unused capacity. And over here even an old pickup is expensive to just own due to taxes, in fact an old heavy gas guzzling pickup is more expensive tax wise than my little yaris. If not for the tax and insurance I would need, I'd like a pickup though, it's sit at home 99% of the time. But no it would just be a money drain.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I have a Yaris, but I fitted a trailer hitch to it so I can take a trailer, this has made it an extremely capable car. I think trailers are much more practical than a pickup where 99% of the time you drive around with unused capacity. And over here even an old pickup is expensive to just own due to taxes, in fact an old heavy gas guzzling pickup is more expensive tax wise than my little yaris. I have a trailer as well, but I've found a roof rack and straps can handle a lot of situations just fine as well.
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Minorkos posted:I made this box with my pops recently and it turned out okay. It's made for carrying all my tabletop gaming crap. That's a pretty sweet box. And welcome to the creative world, where you will notice the things that are wrong with your own creation, but no one else will. Especially not if it's just a symbol that's upside down some of the time.
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GEMorris posted:I have a trailer as well, but I've found a roof rack and straps can handle a lot of situations just fine as well. I bought a set of aftermarket rack bars for my Civic, but they take a fair amount of time to install securely, and I didn't want to leave them on all the time because of the impact they have on mileage and road noise, so I ended up getting rid of them. They do substantially improve hauling capacity though.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I bought a set of aftermarket rack bars for my Civic, but they take a fair amount of time to install securely, and I didn't want to leave them on all the time because of the impact they have on mileage and road noise, so I ended up getting rid of them. They do substantially improve hauling capacity though. Yeah, while I had the car with a roof rack my commute was all city so they didn't do much to mileage. Now I drive a Miata so I have to borrow my wife's mazda3 which works for a lot of stuff but it does have a hitch so I can pull out the trailer the few times of year that I need it. Personally I wouldn't even consider owning a 3rd vehicle or dailying a truck, but that's me. I realize not everyone has a place to store a trailer.
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Hey, I got a big hunk of burl at a junk shop for a few bucks and (aside from ruining 2 bandsaw blades on embedded rocks) it is AMAZING! It machines like a dream. It almost has a waxy/soapy quality when drilling/sanding (fine paper loads up real fast, but it takes a shine without any oil/lacquer). Only problem is I have no idea what it is. It's hard, like oak, but very fine/closed grain. Also has no smell like pine/redwood when cutting. Anyone care to take a guess? Here's a couple slabs fresh off the bandsaw:  Here's one after sanding to 600grit:  Thanks! EDIT: Why don't the images show up for me? Right-click, Open image in new tab if you can't see them either.
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FetusPorn posted:EDIT: Why don't the images show up for me? Right-click, Open image in new tab if you can't see them either. Use imgur for inline images, most other sites don't like SA.  
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FetusPorn posted:Hey, I got a big hunk of burl at a junk shop for a few bucks and (aside from ruining 2 bandsaw blades on embedded rocks) it is AMAZING! It machines like a dream. It almost has a waxy/soapy quality when drilling/sanding (fine paper loads up real fast, but it takes a shine without any oil/lacquer). Yeah, you're gonna stump the panel with burl I think. There's several species that it's more common to, walnut being one. Since the rough cut looks like walnut, colorwise I'd go with it. That's all I got. It really is pretty, though, good snag.
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FetusPorn posted:EDIT: Why don't the images show up for me? Right-click, Open image in new tab if you can't see them either. SA is HTTPS now and doesn't allow images to load over regular HTTP.
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Well that explains it. Thanks for relinking! Also, that second pic looks way more red as I took it under different light. Didn't mean to pose a trick question ;-) I think Mambold is correct, I do detect a slight walnut smell on closer inspection. I've worked with regular non-burl walnut a lot and I've never felt this waxy smoothness before. And even though it doesn't really look that red in its finished state (more brown like Walnut), the sanding dust is REALLY red... very strange.
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Odd question but does anyone have suggestions for infusing books with glue to the point they would hold up in a lathe? With fascism in the wind I want to have a cudgel of words handy in a more tangible and club-shaped format. The starting point I'm imagining is clear epoxy resin and a vacuum chamber but not sure where to go from there shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Jan 27, 2017 |
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shame on an IGA posted:Odd question but does anyone have suggestions for infusing books with glue to the point they would hold up in a lathe? With fascism in the wind I want to have a cudgel of words handy in a more tangible and club-shaped format. Look up how DIY micarta is made and work from there.
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Is there any good reason to buy a sawzall and a hammer drill for woodworking or are they just mostly construction/home improvement tools? They have an amazing sale on them right now at Walmart in Canada for like half price. https://www.amazon.ca/BOSTITCH-BTE140K-2-Inch-2-Speed-Hammer/dp/B00FR6V6Z0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485565710&sr=8-2&keywords=bostitch+drill this is 55 CDN. https://www.amazon.ca/BOSTITCH-BTE3...h+reciprocating this is also 55 Cdn But I cant tell if Im just being blinded by the good deals.
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patonthebach posted:Is there any good reason to buy a sawzall and a hammer drill for woodworking or are they just mostly construction/home improvement tools? They have an amazing sale on them right now at Walmart in Canada for like half price. Sawzalls are only good for rapid demo, really.
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Yeah I can't think of a use for a hammer drill. A sawzall has more utility, but the last time I was involved with one, it was to saw off the entire back half of a car to have it welded to another car. The last time I used one was to chop off a fender through the frame. And to demo a lovely little grill so that it would fit in the recycle bin. Phone fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Jan 28, 2017 |
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What's a good supplier for those metal corner protectors you see on wood boxes that will get knocked around? Got to thinking about it because I scored a nice old pistol box (like the last linked one below) in need of some major TLC on the outside. Going to have to replace the tore up leatherette and I might as well add some extra protection if I'm going to get fancy with some pigskin or something, especially since a couple are already banged up pretty good. So if anyone wants some relatively easy cash from this hobby try making Bullseye Pistol Boxes like this amazing one. (thread link with more general pics) Here's a much more basic one like what I got for $250 for reference. http://www.larrysguns.com/Products/NEW-Saunders-4-Gun-Pistol-Box__SAU-spc-GB4.aspx Bullseye pistol shooters tend to have lots 'o cash for their hobby and I know some TFR folks would go apeshit for a fancy custom one.
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shame on an IGA posted:Odd question but does anyone have suggestions for infusing books with glue to the point they would hold up in a lathe? With fascism in the wind I want to have a cudgel of words handy in a more tangible and club-shaped format. You could take a few weeks worth of the Sunday editorial pages of the N.Y. Times, roller on some epoxy or hell, aliphatic (wood) glue- roll it up, rinse, repeat. Bind it up with velcro, no need for a vacuum. Voila, Louisville Slugger sized staff of vitriolic indignation. I think using a lathe would be, eh, see how it looks at that point.
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  Preparing rough cut lumber is like magic, this is so cool.
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Yes, yes it is! What plane is that? It looks really pretty.
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