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Hi Aaron,
The front apron is glued to the bench slab, the long grain to long grain glue joint wont be improved by bolts or screws IMO.
At the corners it is attached to the end caps with half blind...

Bob,
i've only had the AI chisels a couple of weeks, but so far I really like them. They come ready to use, although not polished they are very sharp.

And it only takes a few minutes to spruce...

Larry,
I bought the cork at a hobby store (Hobby Lobby), it was a roll 2' wide by 8'.
3/16"

Thanks Kent,
The chisels in the drawer by themselves are Ashley Iles American Pattern bevel edge chisels.

the two in the lower drawer are a couple of old Shapleigh DE chisels passed down from...

Thanks all for the very nice comments.

I've always wanted to build a nice bench, and this has been a good "therapy" project for me as I await the return of my wife from Iraq, 39 days and...

I wanted to do something different on the back so I left room for a 4” deep tool cabinet in the back.
I just haven’t figured out how I want to configure it yet
...

I’m working on the drawer dividers now
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And some pics along the way
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I'm making progress on the work bench..
It’s still a work in progress, but I thought I’d share what I have so far.

It is based on the Lon Schleining bench from his book “The Workbench”, the main...

Ed,

sorry about your mishap.
fwiw, for a user you can use any cap that fits a #8, they are readily available. heck for that matter in apinch you could grab the cap off your #7 (assuming you have...

Jim,
I'll take a stab at this...

The real work takes place from the toe to just behind the iron, so the knob and tote are placed accordingly so that even pressure is applied to the iron.

The...

:eek: <thunk> Denny passes out


Man that is cool:cool:
I really need to get a cabinet built for my stuff....better to see what I still need:D

Very nice job

Denny

Veritas® Scraping Plane
Item 05P2901
1 unit backordered., Expected to ship on 01/19/2005 :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I've been waiting over a month....
Biut it looks like its shaping up to be a...

Nice score..It just kills me when I see a socket chisel that someone has beat down to a mushroom head (upper right of your photo)

I had one similar..I cleaned it up and discovered it was an old...

I recieved this link in an email.
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God bless them all and keep them safe.

Happy Holidays

Denny

Jim, thanks..when thinking about the storage needs in my shop/garage, my goal is to keep everything off of the concrete so that I have room to move the bigger mobile tools around. But I also wanted...

Thanks

The cabinets hang on a french cleat, there will be four cabinets on the wall pictured.
I probably overkilled when I mounted, the cabinet is hung on the cleat, then there are two screws at...

I finally got started on my shop cabinets, It seems other projects have always pushed ahead of this one.
My incentive to get going is actually the next project, I had never done raised panels on a...

I saw a picture of one sometime back..Woonet perhaps...of one with 3 routers:cool:

It was cool looking, I don't see any reason that a two-holer wouldn't be feasable.

Denny

Ok I'll give my .02..:) by way of an analogy..

Donnie & I can both hand cut dovetails...that shows craftsmanship

his look better than mine:o , even though I tried my best...that I believe...

Thats true of universal type motors,the HP is rated at the point where the motor self desructs. but not necessarily induction type motors. I would expect that the GE motor would actually perform...

I don't have any expensive ones, but what I have is square (i think)

I have several plastic drafting squares (triangles), a couple of old stanley combo squares, a couple of framing squares, and my...

Well if the old saying is true that one must take time to enjoy the journey..not just the destination..

Then you are having one heck of a Journey:eek: :D

Just funnin ya..This is the first...

Ted,

Outstanding work;)
Beautiful:)

Another vote here for the Freud 2+2, matching R&S bits also available.


You can also buy in sets and save $$
I bought mine at Woodworkers Supply
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