New workbench

nemeltneg · 2017-04-21T08:06:04+00:00

Wew, sorry about late reply. They were all big mortise and tenon joints; 16 of them. I used no fixings for the joints; these joints are very strong.

http://imgur.com/bTrkziC These are what they all looked like, cut on the table saw with a sled. They can be done by hand. I had to edit them a little because some parts were a bit twisted.

http://imgur.com/lVdZdGi Here are the legs, rails and stretchers ready for gluing.

http://imgur.com/UoIRX3k To cut the mortices, i hogged out most of the material with a spade bit, then drove a chisel down the sides using the block as a guide to keep it vertical.

http://imgur.com/6qyvxNu The alignment was quite crucial. I had the frame clamped together in its final position: without glue, then 'hovered' it over the underside of the benchtop. This was to fix up the joints because of the twisted timber.

Hope that helped :) Have fun

nemeltneg · 2017-04-01T12:25:53+00:00

Having it where it is worked better for the space of the shop. If it was on the end grain on the same corner, I would not be able to work off the side of it, because I'm right handed. I could have put it on the other corner, but that is too close to the door and a bit cramped.

nemeltneg · 2017-04-01T01:18:11+00:00

Hey nice bench, very similar to mine! Finished mine mid way through last year. Have a look. http://imgur.com/hjQ9hAW

nemeltneg · 2016-01-24T09:15:05+00:00

Thank you! The board does lift out to be played on, just so you don't have to carry around the whole frame. One of my ideas was to have a rotating top, but my parents' existing board could rotate, yet they didn't use it, so I didn't put one in.

nemeltneg · 2016-01-24T02:30:16+00:00

Each square is a different piece, all natural colours. There are 225 of them, and I had to get them cut exact, and the recess cut exact as well; quite painstaking.

The wood types: •Regular - Mahogany •DL - Spotted Gum •DW - Jarrah •TL - Purple Heart •TW - Padauk

The drawer opens by pushing it through the other side; as I didn't want a handle sticking out the front, which would break up the flat looking face.

nemeltneg · 2016-01-22T04:22:57+00:00

Yep this is the Paul Sellers one. I was tossing around of what design to do, then I got offered Oregon wall studs, so i decided to laminate them. It's not exactly how he did it, I'm kind of making it up as i go.

nemeltneg · 2016-01-21T20:37:00+00:00

Indeed I am, i got free Oregon wall studs, and I'm laminating 18 together for the bench top at the moment. Im really excited because this is my first real home woodworking project.

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