Tmize

Some of the greatest memory’s with my grand dad is helping him with projects in his basement. I was a senior in high school he got a big kitchen cabinet project we did together. Still til this day every time some one ask me about a project I’m working on he will bring up that job. I think it meant as much to him as it does to me now. At the time is was just a job. Now it’s a great memory. So keep it up Chet it will mean even more to both of you as the years go by.

It’s a plenty strong. If your worried you could peg the joint after the glue set. One thing I learned on this one is my tooling is set up for this big scale joints an piece

Well it’s been a week or so since I’ve done anything with the bench. Work has been slammed and not lifting up til the holiday weekend I’ll be all by myself the kids an wife are off to visit her sister for the weekend. I did get my bench crafted criss cross finely. So when I get back started on it I’ll be able to finish it. All I’ve got left is draw bore the base install the vise an surface the top

Happy Father’s Day to everyone

Well to late for that now ?

Chet is correct the top is not glued down. I still have only dry fitted the base. Would it be beneficial to do my glue up of the base freestanding or attached to the top. Does this make better sense?

I’m borrowing it from a guy at work. He said he bought it at yard sale for $20. If I hadn’t found one I had a plan on how to use my chainsaw. It’s coming along good I would probably have it all glued up by now if wasn’t for work this week. Hoping to to get the base planed an cleaned up an possibly have it glued an pegged this week. Then it’s just the vice an flatten the top left. Question I’m thinking of glueing the base up upside down with the tenons in the top. My thoughts on this is if I end up out of square any I won’t have to then fight the two together later. Does anyone see a problem in my thinking. Or should I glue the base up separate then sit the top down on the base

Trussville is more north east where I’m true north of Birmingham

I found a saw big enough to cut my bench top in one pass. 16” blade

Progress photo Laying out for the mortise into top now. I should finish it tonight. I’ve had a screwed work schedule the past few days. Had to shutdowns back to back so alternating from days to nights will screw with you. It’s coming along tho. Once I get the legs in the top I’ll lay out the top rail that will screw to the top. I’m doing a 1”(d)x5”(w)x1 1/2”(w) mortise for the leg to go into. I’m hogging most of it out with the router

I forgot the skil saw would cut all the way thru the slab so I finished the last section off with a hand plane. My plan was to use pattern bit in the router but it was 1/4” to short. Slab turned out at 3 5/8”. I’m asking around at work this week an see if anyone has a 10 1/4” skil saw. So I can cut the ends in one pass.

Got all the mortises cut in the legs and the final glue up on the slab done. Cut the tenons on the long rails. Once the slab is dry I can get the length of the short rails an layout the mortises in the slab. I have about 5 joint lines in the top that didn’t come out very tight I may try an fix later. Here so pictures of the way I jointed the two slabs together. I used the blue tape a super glue trick to hold the batten down an steady in the middle. Homemade track saw.

The stuff I use is about a medium thickness. I would use the thinness you have on hand

After much disappointment last night I can’t use my new mortiser. The leg is to wide it won’t fit between the chisel an table. The other way it’s so wide I have to take the clamp off to fit on the table. So guess I’m going old school glad I went with poplar for the base?

I’m thinking about making the top removable? In doing that I’ll still tenon the legs into the top. Instead of drawboring the leg into top I’ll run another rail an lag bolt up thru it into the top. I’m torn on wrath to make it removable or not. I’m afraid I’ll lose some of the rigidness of the bench by making it removable. Problem is if we ever move I’ll have to move this massive thing in one piece. I’m not planning on moving but I’m young an this is our second house so far it is possible we could

When is 36”x24” it seems a bit to big most of the time on my saw

That is you of the best tricks I’ve learned. I think I got it from one of your videos. A long shoulder like that is extremely hard to get perfect. I’ve got to where I’ll put a slight belly on the breadboard end. Then clamp it which I find helps the joint line look cleaner.

Glue peels right off to

I’ve looked at them a few time. I’ve just got a few of the plastic palte knives. They work good on m&t and dovetails not so much for edges.

Not really but I’ve never used a ink roller. I do think it is less waste than spreading it with a piece of plywood or old card something.

I got the second section glued up tonight. I used a 6” cabinet roller a paint liner to put the glue on each board. This lil trick is awesome nowhere near the mess an faster. That gives some extra time for clamp set up

We have all made similar mistakes I promise. An sharing may keep someone else from maybe make that same mistake themselves. I know I’ve read an learned more from others mishaps than I could have learned in 100 years as a hobby woodworker.

Yea I knew it was a haul.

I started with the top on mine. Since my legs I want flush with the edge of the top. That lamination is a bear I promise. ?

I live about 30 minutes north of Birmingham,Alabama