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7 September 2015 at 2:18 am #130134
It certainly is. I never glued up “mass quantities” as we do in making the workbench. Didn’t have enough clamps first top, didn’t pre-run the clamping second time. Planed and planed and planed. Then I glued all the legs up at once…didn’t come out so hot.
BUT That first leg-frame glue up came out great and it’s real exciting to have a part come out so true and square (of course it’s the jointery not the clamping).
Working on second one now-which should take half as long and be 10% better at least.
Hope my tops sit well and should find out really soon.
Clamping and gluing–not so easy as it looks. But now I’ve learned how that works… Great luck getting yours trued up-I would certainly true the full width.
23 August 2015 at 3:51 pm #129672No.
As one who has sold timber from these Southeastern Hardwoods (Hickory, Oak (Red/White), Maple, Poplar, Sassafras, Beech, Elm, Cherry, Walnut, and a few others) I can assure you that veneer doesn’t “grow on every tree”.
Logs are valued by grade, which varies by species and sizes. Veneer grade is the highest and also the rarest. To achieve veneer grade a log must be nearly flawless. There can be no knots, shake, mineral stains, metal, kink, twist, bow, bird-peck, insect or fire damage, etc. Every time a tree is felled some slight to severe damage occurs to a few of the trees left standing (the next crop) as it falls as well as during skidding.
Very few trees grow to this perfection. So long as trees grow out in the open subject to wind, weather, animals, insects, and man, I don’t expect this to change.
Until the time comes when they cut veneers from imperfect logs, I don’t see how it can change.
Also, you have those folks like me who absolutely despise veneered products and will never participate in the retail consumption of such things.
21 August 2015 at 3:02 pm #129592I just made this one. Guessing at it. Made a lot of mistakes. It’ll work and I can make a better one next time. Walnut and White Oak, from firewood.
18 August 2015 at 2:40 am #129449I’m part-way through building the bench Mr. Sellers shows us how to build. I started on a harvest table (antique, home-made and rickety) and two plastic folding saw horses that I acquired second-hand so long ago that I don’t recall where or when. Now I’m using the first two laminations as a workbench atop the sawbucks (as the photo above demonstrates).
My plane is borrowed (I had to recondition it). Most of my clamps are borrowed from another source. Used up my decent reclaimed 2×4’s and am now purchasing new ones to complete the build. Trying different glues as I go. And have learned a ton about running a plane.
Cannot wait to get the vise mounted and stop fiddling with clamps here there and everywhere each time I need to reposition the work. Cannot wait to have that bench done and begin making all the other things I’ve started, drawn, dreamed up, want, and think I can sell.
My point is (got carried away with myself there) that it takes VERY little in the way of tools and fixtures to make this bench. It becomes part of the working area as you build it. But do be prepared to spend days planing and getting a good workout and creating bushels upon bushels of shavings.
Caveat: Don’t start the “Sellers” bench without the ability to sharpen your chisel and plane iron-or a strong desire to learn such. As I already had them, I only use DMT Coarse and Fine then “strop” with 2500-grit abrasive. SHARP tools are a must and resharpening the plane will be a regular event.
Build what you can, brace it up and make it beefy. Once I understood the wedge interface of this bench, I knew I was on the RIGHT path. I intend to incorporate that feature into other knock-down designs.
HTH.
And that was my first post. Hola.
I have to call my bank to get international charges approved, then I’ll be “member” proper.
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