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IMG_1036.JPGChip repair 1194 viewsWhile I had the top upside down on the scrounged table, I used its end dog hole along with a holdfast to hold the legs and stretchers while I mortised and planed them. When I flipped the top over to mount it on the finished base I saw there had been some chipping due to the lack of any countersinking or chamfering around the hole, so I needed to fix it...TRexF16
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IMG_1038.JPGChip repair 2189 viewsI sorted through the offcuts from the top hoping to find a candidate with matching grain and color. There is a lot of variance in the maple in my top, as this photo shows.TRexF16
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IMG_1041.JPGChip repair 3189 viewsI cut a recess with a fitted replacement piece. It is undercut a bit (like a dovetail) at the part of the slot opposite the hole.TRexF16
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IMG_1042.JPGChip Repair 4201 viewsTHe replacement piece held for gluing with a holdfast.TRexF16
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IMG_1043.JPGChip Repair 5197 viewsFinished repair. It turned out I didn't get as good a grain and color match as I'd hoped but it still looks a lot better than before.TRexF16
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IMG_1031.JPGDeadman 1: Layout258 views[Galoot In Training] Taylor and I lay out the curve for the waist of the deadman with an old set of Stanley #4 Trammel points. TRexF16
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IMG_1033.JPGDeadman 2: 214 viewsDeadman installed but no linseed oil on it yet. The top hole is at the correct level that the top of a 3/4 inch dog in the deadman is dead even with the top of the vise screws on the face vise. So if I clamp a long narrow board I'll get even support from the deadman and clamping from the face vise and a holdfast in the right leg.TRexF16
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IMG_1054.JPGDeadman 3: Finished236 viewsHere is the finished deadman amid all the shavings from flattening the topTRexF16
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IMG_1025.JPGEnd Vise Close up208 viewsHere's a pic of the old Columbian quick action vise that serves as the end vise.TRexF16
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IMG_1026.JPGEnd Vise221 viewsHere's the quick action end vise in the closed (but not tightened) position. The chop is built to touch at the top first when it's closed so that when it is tightened up under full tension the opposing faces of the end cap and the vise chop are parallel and hold best. At this stage I'm flushing up the end grain of the end cap, the front of the bench and end of the vise chop all coplanar. The glass with the brush in it holds denatured alcohol. Brushing this on end grain greatly eases planing.TRexF16
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IMG_1028.JPGTwin Screw Face Vise234 viewsHere is the big face vise clamped in place while I mark for the screw holes on the back sideTRexF16
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IMG_0996.JPGTruing the top flush to the legs450 viewsEverything is all bolted up here and I'm planing the legs dead flush to the front face of the top with a #8 jointer plane. The entire front of the bench - top, legs, and stretcher, is now coplanar for ease of clamping. The front of the deadman will lie in the same plane.TRexF16
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