Last night I finished the leg vise, drilled the holdfast holes and installed the shelf.
Now I just have to flatten the top (and yes, tooth it) and tend to some accessories:
1. A drawer to the right of the right leg.
2. A swing-out grease box.
3. A tool rack at the rear.
I hope to flatten the benchtop today because tomorrow this bench is going to work. I have a potential buyer for my 2005 Southern yellow pine bench stopping by early Friday morning.
— Christopher Schwarz
I’m guess you won’t be taking this one with you to WIA? Which I won’t make this year (sadly).
Marilyn,
We are going to try to take it to WIA for the Roubo book release party. Seems the perfect prop.
Doh! I agree, perfect! I hope to get to see sometime.
You could get all the benches together for a reunion!
Did Roubo tooth?
cheers,
Burbidge.
Not yet. Need to buy a load of lumber and set up my new table saw.
That’s a very nice bench. I hope to build one someday.
Regarding the holdfast holes, are you counter boring from the bottom in order to help them work (hold) better? I’m only asking because the top looks really thick. I have no idea if it’s too thick or not.
The holdfast works very well. It is an antique French one that Brian Anderson sent me. It uses a 1″ hole.
Oh I see. Not the standard issue. 🙂 Thanks for the reply.
OK, be honest with us. If Roubo didn’t have the drawer in Plate 11, would you put it on?
Nope.
What about the tallow well?
How are you liking the toothed Peter Ross planing stop/hook? I’m thinking of having one for my (eventual) bench build.
Would like to see the leg vise in action? Bench looks great. So, are you done building benches yet?
If I recall, the leg vise has no garter or parallel guide, which I assume necessitates the floor length. Any concerns about wearing a groove(s) on the sun room floor?
How is it that a piece of wood (your bench top) from the 18th Century still be wet?
It was felled in 1999.
Am I crazy or is there something wrong with the back left leg in that top photo? It appears that the wooden screw is behind what looks like a double back leg. Confused.
Chris H
You are seeing the planing stop I believe.
I noticed you only put one peg per stretcher tenon. Was this due to space limitations with the fat 5/8 pins? I’m just about to glue up my oak bench and need to make a choice between one or two pins. My stretchers are 5″ wide with a 4″ tenon. Also got some Menards oak dowels 5/8″…Was going to use old brown glue. How about the drawbore offset of white oak? Thanks.
Yeah. The 5/8″ were too big to double up with on each stretcher.
With 5/8″ pins I can offset by 1/8″ — maybe a bit more.
Good luck!
I like the look of that leg vice. The screw looks meaty, especially with that iron handle. How big is the actual screw on that? I would also love to see it in action.
Chris
Would be interested in assessment of 8 year old 05 pine bench, pros/cons mantainence needed?
I would do it again in a heartbeat.
SYP gets hard and is very stable. Easy to flatten. Cheap to buy. There are no cons.
What do you use for a drawbore pin when you are setting the 5/8 inch pegs? The commercially available ones from Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen are only useful for up to about 3/8 inch.
I made a “hook pin” from oak. It’s basically a drawbore pin made from straight-grain oak (rived is preferred). I used this to check the fit.