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Hey, could somebody check this link and tell me if it is working? I am trying to set up a prototype workbenches gallery to show to Joseph.
https://www.dropbox.com/l/a6vGRX6RJRsj0Iw3wNDzCe
Robin HC
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Works fine for me. Pictures load up very quickly.
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[quote quote=12007]Hey, could somebody check this link and tell me if it is working? I am trying to set up a prototype workbenches gallery to show to Joseph.
https://www.dropbox.com/l/a6vGRX6RJRsj0Iw3wNDzCe
Robin HC
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[quote quote=11999]I finely got my vise fitted today. I let the back jaw into the bench top, it is morticed a little deeper so I can cover it. Just need some timber for the front jaw now.
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So what timber do you guys recommend for the front jaw, or dose it matter.
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13 May 2013 at 11:13 pm #12017Ken…I don’t think that it matters. Just use something durable. I used birch because it was what I had and the grain made almost useless for anything else. I think Paul showed using plywood. I know that I have already drilled, chiseled and sawed into mine…so treat the jaw liners as disposable. I know it doesn’t seem like it right now…but once you get to working on projects the way the bench looks becomes less and less important. It’s a tool, its supposed to get beat up. If somebody told me that 6 months ago I wouldn’t have believed them…but now…I am almost, almost, to the point point where I don’t give my bench a second thought. That’s not to say that I deliberately do it harm…but if the saw hits it or the chisel cuts it…my heart is not broken.
13 May 2013 at 11:15 pm #12018I have used a bit of Douglas fir 1 1/8″ thick on quick release vise, but to be honest best to use a hardwood Ash, Oak, Beech.
My other vise has oak but it is a little thin as it is only 3/4″ thick should be double that as vise dose not have jaw plate like quick release vise.
Shame you do not see Parana pine as much as you used to very hard softwood used to make staircases i.e. strings and treads has a loverly red streak that runs through it.
Remember your apron will tend to compress a bit as only softwood.14 May 2013 at 5:42 pm #12030Ken
Bench looking good, A nice vice on a solid workbench is a joy to use14 May 2013 at 10:21 pm #12035Most of the vices at the workshop have a dense sort of ply with a very tough laminate on which work very well. Think Paul picked it up somewhere locally for a good price. I actually prefer it to the vices lined with oak, as it has a little bit of give in it, which I find holds pieces a bit better, especially when carving/shaping.
One of the vices I have used that is oak lined can be a bit of a pain to use as there is a bit of racking and the oak is unforgiving. To be honest, might be down to the vice being poorer quality than most of the old ones at the workshop.
Just a bit of food for thought.
Robin, gallery seems to be working well for me too. Also, asked Paul re lining vice with shelf stuff the other day, and think he likes the flexibility of being able to put it in when he wants to.. Still tempted to try it out on one of the benches though (-:
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