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  1. #16
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    I have one also. I use it to support longer pieces when edge jointing, and occassionally to hold long boards vertically against the leg or bench top side. Not something that it used a lot, but glad I have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brian zawatsky View Post
    Thinking about adding a sliding deadman. Any thoughts? Pros/cons?
    Brian,

    I had a sliding deadman on a previous bench and found it in the way much more often than useable. With my current main bench I left it off and used a bench jack until I found a Beech board that was perfect for an English style apron. Of course everyone works differently and what works for me might drive you to barking at the moon.

    Good luck on your build, BTW, a bench is a support surface and a large clamp. Anything that gets in the way of those two functions should be removed or not included.

    Ken as always....YMMV

  3. #18
    Beautiful bench that you are building!

    Do you plan to enlarge the bench dog holes from the bottom in order to use holdfasts?

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    I use the Grammercy 3/4" holdfasts and I did not have to counter drill my 3/4" holes to make the holdfasts work in my 4" thick SYP bench. I was prepared to do so, but did not have any problems when first trying it out.
    David

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    I was fortunate to be able to visit Lie Nielsen's Warren, Maine showroom this past fall. They had several benches there, and a full compliment of planes & tools you could test. In the process of comparing the bevel up rabbet plane with the 10 1\4 bevel down version i used a holdfast to secure a batten to the benchtop. It was a 3\4" holdfast in a 4" thick bench and it grabbed at the first tap, no problem. So no, I wasn't anticipating having to counter bore.
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    After a really busy weekend in which I didn’t get as much shop time in as I had hoped, there is finally a bit of progress to report. Not a lot, but a bit. Milled the stock for the legs & cut tenons on the ends that will seat in the bench top. This afforded me an opportunity to try out the Emmert. I think I am going to like this vise. Cut & milled the stretchers, then marked out mortises on the legs & tenons on the stretchers. The legs are 6” wide x 4” thick, stretchers are 5” wide x 3” thick, and the mortises for the stretchers are 4” deep. I figured with drawbored tenons that long the base should be rock solid. Still have one more set of M&T’s to cut for the short stretchers between the front and back legs.

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    Finally got some more work done on the base. Finished cutting tenons and mortises, then went over them all and tweaked the tenons for a good slip fit. Drilled holes for 2 drawbored walnut pins 3/8” in diameter in each tenon. Once the frame was glued & pegged I placed it on the upside-down bench top to mark out the mortises.
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    Looking good Brian..Much progress....Must be the NE Pa. Influence
    Jerry

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    Cutting mortises...
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    Managed to wrestle this beast up onto its feet yesterday. Quite a chore! During the process of moving the top around & flipping it over a bunch of times (its damn heavy with that Emmert hanging off of it) something was yanked out of alignment on the tail vise & it bound up. First order of business was to disassemble it, check everything for square & coplanar, make a couple small adjustments, and it’s working properly again. The hardware is very unforgiving in terms of alignment.
    Ive decided on a cabinet underneath to help clean up my clutter of small tools EVERYWHERE. One large drawer on the bottom for planes etc and 4 smaller drawers above, split 2 left and 2 right. More to come.
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    That looks great Brian! Well done. That certainly is a beast of a vise. Look forward to following the cabinet add.

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    Thanks Phil & Jerry, appreciate the kind words! Had a little time after work to drill the dog holes & hit the top with the old No 7 one last time, and even broke out the 112 just for fun. I am going to hold off on the BLO until I complete the cabinet & drawers for underneath. Nice that I have a fully functional bench to work on it this weekend. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve now - all day at work I was daydreaming about finishing up the bench top. Now I’ll be designing the cabinet in my head for the rest of the week lol
    Thanks for looking guys. More to come

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    Nice, nice work Brian. That tail vise looks ready to grab something.
    David

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    Thanks David. Looking forward to putting it to work
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    That's an impressive bench Brian! Also looking forward to seeing you cabinet beneath, as I'm also considering one based on the N. Bennett Street cabinets for my small tools (i've a plane till above the bench).

    Best,
    Chris
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