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16 July 2013 at 1:16 am #14847
Mark,
This is going to be a crosscut saw. It’s 14 ppi with a 15 degree rake. Have not decided on the fleam angle yet, I’m thinking around 15 degrees.
Dan Marshall
15 July 2013 at 1:23 am #14782I can tell you that the holdfast and batten works really and is dead simple. Also I would put it heads up against any end vise for speed and I feel that it does not flex the board as much as the end vice. Just my two cents.
Dan Marshall
15 July 2013 at 1:08 am #14778Ok in the last post I mentioned that I was having a little trouble with aligning the screws and nuts. It was a bit more of a challenge than I thought it would be. In Matt’s video he recomnds that you drill one small hole all the way through the tote. Then you use the pilot hole to center the bits for the counter bore. The problem that I have with this is that the forsner bit that I used wanted to wander a little bit and I think that this caused the bore to get off center. That is where the trouble started. This made it hard to get the screws through the saw plate. I had to use a round file to enlarge the holes a little you can see the pictures how off it was. There is also a picture below of the saw assembled. Next up on the todo list is final shaping of the tote.
Dan Marshall
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You must be logged in to view attached files.14 July 2013 at 3:36 am #14735The mallet looks great. Gotta ask what are the ski goggles on your bench for?
Dan Marshall
13 July 2013 at 3:47 am #14700Scott to answer your question you can either glue the plate into the back or hammer the back closed onto the plate. I think I’m going to epoxy it because I nervousness to hammer it and knock things out of line. Folded backs are a little different and I have been thinking about doing one like bob does @ the logan cabinet shoppe blog.
Here are a few more pictures of the tote progress. First is it roughed out with the coping saw then tuned up with files. The last photo is a close up of the mortise for the back. I have one nut fitted but the other is giving me a little trouble, more on that later.
Thanks
Dan Marshall
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You must be logged in to view attached files.10 July 2013 at 6:53 pm #14616Nice work looks good, maybe I need to beta dog house and a workmate.
Dan Marshall
7 July 2013 at 3:32 am #14514I’m late on this one but I figured I would pile on. I finished my roubo style bench a month or so back. The top is 5 inches thick pine made from 2×6 material. The legs are about 5 1/2 square made from non treated Doug fir beams. This one has the through tenon and sliding dovetail connecting the legs to the top. Honestly I like the bench but I think that it was too much for one of my first projects with hand tools. I have to admit that I did thickness the boards for the top with a power planer. I flattened one face with my jack plane and then ran them through to get parallel faces. You can see my moxon vise in one photo. The is 8/4 poplar jaws and hand wheels made from walnut. Other than that I use planing stops, holdfasts, and bench hooks for the bulk of my work holding.
Dan Marshall
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