Olie Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Well I have a sanded and shaped chop. There are so many options and ways I could have shaped this chop but I just made a decision and went with it. The top chamfer ended up more than I planned but not bad and nothing lost. I cut it on the miter saw and forgot to lock the bevel and gouged it a little so I had to take another deeper cut. Doesn’t look too bad though. Here are some pics. I know a lot of pics! Can’t wait to get some finish on this bad boy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Looks awesome!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 You've done a really nice job! There are so many personal choices in something like this but, it really looks good! It would have been very easy for me to offer suggestions on this and chances are that you would have followed what I suggested. It was super cool for me to see you take the creative leap without any input from me and pull it off very well! Nice job! I think you knocked it out of the park! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Pretty darned sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 5 hours ago, Kev said: You've done a really nice job! There are so many personal choices in something like this but, it really looks good! It would have been very easy for me to offer suggestions on this and chances are that you would have followed what I suggested. It was super cool for me to see you take the creative leap without any input from me and pull it off very well! Nice job! I think you knocked it out of the park! Thanks for the kind words. It was definitely good to take the creative leap and develop something on my own. I do have lots of creative ideas all the time but I think sometimes I want buy in or confirmation of ideas when I need to just go with it and try stuff and make mistakes and learn. Could be partially due to being a newer woodworker and building confidence in my work and I’m definitely a perfectionist which can be both good and bad in this journey. Looking forward to getting this all finished up in the next week and move on to actual projects for the house! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Had a small detour on the bench. I upgraded the fence on my Harvey table saw to the big eye rip fence and needed to alter the back of my bench to fit into the new fence. The old fence had a C channel and this one is a bit different. The back of the fence has something that hangs down lower to clamp onto the rail as this fence design clamps in the front and the back. So far I love it and will add more about it in another post. As far as finishing the bench, I should have it wrapped up in the next day or two and here’s a sneak peek of the finishing process on the drawers. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Well done on both counts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted yesterday at 04:22 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:22 PM FINALLY finished this bench! Well about 97% done as I decided to just trim out the side cabinet and do some projects before I decide what to do with it. This bench took way longer than expected but life got in the way with a few deaths in the family, a demanding job, and 3 kiddos under the age of 7. Thanks to Kev for everything and all the guidance, the design, and time in the shop. I learned a lot and enjoyed doing more of the work on this bench than the last. There were a lot of “firsts” for me after taking it home from milling and gluing up the slabs in my shop to building jigs and routing mortises and building the cabinets the way I did and designing and installing vises to name a few. Everything turned out well. I finished it with one coat of Fiddes hard wax oil because that’s what I had on hand and my ruobo was finished with that and it turned out good. I can’t believe as a new woodworker that this bench and my ruobo are my first two benches. Wouldn’t have these if it wasn’t for Kev, so thanks again. Before I met Kev I was looking at building some construction lumber benches with pocket hole screws and although I could’ve still got some benches to get the job done it would not have been anything close. One unforeseen but a huge benefit to having these benches are the way it makes me feel when going into the shop and the motivation it gives me to keep going on this woodworking journey. I apologize in advance for all the photos. I took a lot at different times of the day in different lighting from just natural light coming in from the windows to artificial lighting or a combo of both. Instead of picking the best I did a big photo dump of them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted yesterday at 04:24 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:24 PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chet Posted yesterday at 04:43 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:43 PM That came out real nice. Good effort all around but it is time to ding it up making some furniture for your house. 1 Quote "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." - Epicurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted yesterday at 04:45 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:45 PM Just now, Chet said: That came out real nice. Good effort all around but it is time to ding it up making some furniture for your house. Yes for sure. After a little curing time I’m going to jump into some house furniture projects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted yesterday at 06:45 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:45 PM Great job Olie! Bench is sharp looking, should serve you well for the next decade or 6. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted yesterday at 07:24 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 07:24 PM Super nice job! I knew you could do it and was glad to have helped where/when I could. I'm sure I'll sound like your wife when I say you don't have any excuses now to get after some of that house furniture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted yesterday at 08:00 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:00 PM 35 minutes ago, Kev said: Super nice job! I knew you could do it and was glad to have helped where/when I could. I'm sure I'll sound like your wife when I say you don't have any excuses now to get after some of that house furniture! Wait! What? This is just a garage decoration and show piece! I’m buying furniture. Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Wow that looks like a piece of fine furniture!! Awesome job! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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