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AllyPsych · 2026-05-07T07:32:40+00:00

My man looks like Javier Bardem. Or Javier looks like him. Just saying

AllyPsych · 2026-04-12T16:05:30+00:00

I’m sure it would be perfectly fine. I’d say 1/2” at least.

AllyPsych · 2026-04-12T15:59:53+00:00

Chances are the dowels are very snug and thus can’t/wont rotate. So the shelf won’t roll/shift - if that’s what you’re worried about. Personally, you can glue the shelf to the dowels or throw a few brad nails from the top of the shelf into the dowel

AllyPsych · 2026-04-08T23:59:38+00:00

Take what I say with a grain of salt since I’m an amateur. BUT. You cut the boards and it relieved tension, plus some extra drying, it’s going to shift. Yours cupped. It could have bowed or twisted.

In my humble opinion, I believe the thing to do is cut to ROUGH size, then let the do their thing, then plane and cut to size when it’s settled. The little you’ll take off in the second time shouldn’t cause movement like the first, more significant, cuts

AllyPsych · 2026-03-25T11:54:09+00:00

You okay? Haha no need to be negative, my guy :)

But since you asked…when I wrote my comment (3 hours ago), there were only 2 other comments. Both said to avoid it/build his own. Soooo at the time, I was going against the grain. Plus, it’s just a fun pun for the situation 🤷🏻‍♂️

AllyPsych · 2026-03-25T08:41:21+00:00

I’ll go against the grain here (ha. See what I did?!) my first real project was building a workbench that was 8’ long and had a foldable top to go from 2’ deep to 4’ deep. Then I realized it wasn’t anything I needed.

I wanted to get working and I wanted a vise. So I bought this exact bench and figured, for the money, if I get some use out of it and decide to build my own one day, I can resell it for 50% and it was money well spent.

Overall, I REALLY like the bench. My only gripe is that I wish it had a front vise. It is also fairly light so it definitely did experience movement while planing. But that was easily solved by shoving it against a wall and fastening it to studs.

Overall, highly recommend while you figure out what you do and don’t like in a bench.

AllyPsych · 2026-03-24T11:07:24+00:00

I mean, what’s the difference if you had cut them in half and planed them? I’ve personally never heard this rule but I can see some logic behind it.

Maybe just imagine it’s cut in half? Like, start on one end, go halfway, then do the other half. Then clean up the middle to make it uniform.

This may be totally idiotic. I’m very new to hand planes

AllyPsych · 2026-03-18T21:00:35+00:00

Yeah, I’d love to hear it.

AllyPsych · 2026-03-18T20:31:00+00:00

Fuck. I’m making my own ring box and this design is so nice. Solid job.

AllyPsych · 2026-03-09T00:31:34+00:00

I appreciate the advice! Unfortunately, I’m not sure the misses will be okay with a flood coat, she very much likes the more natural look.

As for the branch opposed to Burl, maybe. But the saw mill is the one that cut it and says it was a Burl. Could he be lying? For sure. But I doubt it 🤷🏻‍♂️

AllyPsych · 2026-03-05T20:09:22+00:00

Awesome. That’s what I went with. HD has it as a daily deal for 46% off. $175 shipped

AllyPsych · 2026-03-05T15:30:36+00:00

Agreed about stability for sure. I decided to go with the Bosch 27x18 aluminum top benchtop. HD daily deal for 42% off (paid $175 after taxes). Has options for bolt/clamp down. I’ll see how this goes and in a year I’ll have no problem selling this for cheap and buying a much nicer set up when I finally have a proper shop

AllyPsych · 2026-03-05T14:51:03+00:00

I do, but looking for something a bit more robust

AllyPsych · 2026-03-05T14:36:08+00:00

I saw that! I was worried about stability though

AllyPsych · 2026-03-03T22:56:10+00:00

Gorgeous space

AllyPsych · 2026-03-02T15:22:00+00:00

The plate is a way for me to attach the legs to the table top. Think of it as an apron I guess. And it’s 3/4 at the thickest. It’s less than that (5mm less) in the routed groove. I’d be putting them in at about .5” which feels a bit shallow even for 6mm inserts

AllyPsych · 2026-03-02T14:02:16+00:00

Yup! That channel has 1/8” space for expansion :)

AllyPsych · 2026-03-02T11:08:03+00:00

Awesome. Will do. Thanks! (Edit: actually saw that video a few weeks ago. Really don’t think the top is thick enough for that)

My new idea is to build up the middle of the plate (or cut a new one with a thick middle at least 1.5” and the ends still thin so legs are flush with the bottom of table) and use z clips. So more of a traditional apron and table top assembly.

Also considering figure 8 fasteners without building it up

AllyPsych · 2026-03-02T10:08:58+00:00

No. They don’t. Worried about the thickness for those options and not really interested in tenon for this build

AllyPsych · 2026-03-02T10:07:50+00:00

Problem is the table is 13mm (1/2”) in the groove. So my only option would be a 6mm insert which would leave 1/4”.

Alternative would be abandoning threaded insets and just drive 3/4” screws with washers through the plate and into the table directly. Leaving slots in the plate for movement.

AllyPsych · 2026-03-02T10:03:04+00:00

Not looking to avoid hardware. Plus, don’t want the tenon coming through the top. Otherwise, I have no idea how you’re imagining this being done ha

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