Wednesday, 30 April 2014

making wayne's bench




Recently I decided to build another bench. Crazy as it sounds the decision process in designing your own bench is a very difficult thing. Maybe it is the OCD that is in all woodworkers. We just don't want to get it wrong and we have to live with the thing for many years. Maybe we think we have something to prove.  I tell the ego that is inside me that if it is a problem just build another one. And so there will be probably be a few more benches in me. Mostly because they are fun to build. The tail vise design was created by JeremyTomlinson of  The Urban Woodworker .  It is a modified version of a Scandinavian vise sold by Lie Nielsen Tools . It is a simple design but the more I use it the more I like it. Thank you Jeremy.  The other vise is  The chain drive hardware from Lie-Nielsen. Very nice vice but it wasn't a wise decision for me to put it on the end although I love the ergonomics. Wood movement may cause a problem.

Wayne

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