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5 December 2020 at 4:16 am #688911
No one has yet answered your bench depth question. I have built 3 benches so far (just finished the Roubo 3 months ago and it will be my last), the first was 3’ wide counting the tool well and it was too deep, the second was 23.5” deep counting the tool well which was a great depth but I felt the tool well was a waste of time, and the Roubo is 23” wide with no tool well and it is perfect (for me). Check out Chris Schwartz’ blog about benches at Lost Art Press, he gives a great wealth of information on bench types, heights, and widths. FWIW Paul’s opinion about bench height is more accurate for me than Chris’s.
17 June 2020 at 8:20 pm #665908It is a dado plane to cut cross grain dados or housings(?) I think you call them in the U.K. Very useful if the width between the scribe knives fits you panel.if your panel is thicker you can cut the first groove and then move your fence over the required amount to make a wider dado.
27 July 2019 at 8:14 pm #593914I do glue the mortise and tenon joint even when it is draw bored. Added strength is always good.
18 February 2019 at 6:52 pm #555181Adding pegs to a glued up mortise and tenon would make it stronger. And yes the are pegs sometimes added that are purely aesthetic, I recently finished an arts and crafts from plans by Norm that have a fake square ebony peg at each M/T joint. I think there were about 50 of them. See also Green&Green.
2 February 2019 at 3:07 am #554864I realize this is an old post but as a ‘professional’ in the woodworking industry I have always had an interest in the history of woodworking so take this as my training, research, and opinion.
1) Treenails were used historically because the only glue available was hide glue which while it has many positive aspects, it is not waterproof so not suitable for anything liable to be exposed to the elements or be immersed constantly.
2) As modern adhesives became available i.e., urea-formaldehyde, resourcinal, and PVA, the thru mortise and other ‘deep’ tennon joints were replaced by less expensive and easier-to-make-with-machines, stub tennons held together with adhesive.
I too prefer the drawbored M&T joint for its beauty and tradition. -
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