The objective for today is flattening the bottom and milling the 6 rails. Lot of hand work with my planes. Been out of the shop for a few days. It was good to get back to the workbench build. The first task was to get the top out of the clamps. I had to lift […]
Workbench TWO – Day 12
Workbench TWO – Day 11
Workbench TWO – Day 10
Workbench TWO – Day 9
Workbench TWO – Day 8
The objective for Day 8 was dog holes ! Planning, reviewing the BenchCrafted web site, finding materials, making the jig, testing the jig and finally cutting the dog holes in the top piece. Before actually cutting the dog holes, I had to stop and figure out the placement of the alignment dominos I have been […]
Workbench TWO – Day 7
Workbench TWO – Day 6
Workbench TWO – Day 5
The goal for today is to complete the milling of all of the top boards. Also, I wanted to fix some problems with the jointing process. First, fixing the problems. I thought a lot about my milling processes and what could be causing the problems. Two possible problems came to mind. First it was hard […]