maranoblet
Member
Hi,
Long time lurker but first time poster here.
Finished building my first work bench last year (around October ish) and was well pleased with the result. However, I have now got a problem with the previously "tight as a gnat's chuff" planing stop dropping out of its mortise on it's own. Clearly it's down to recent timber movement due to the warmer weather but I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this, short of re making the stop?
The bench is a traditional english style (based of Richard Maguires design) softwood top and base with an oak planing stop (two bits laminated together). The stop is tight at first and has to be hammered in right until the last half inch or so but it doesn't matter which way up I have it, it drops through after that.
If I do have to remake the stop is it best to make it during peak summer time heat or will it then be too tight in the winter? (struggling to get my head arround timber movement as you can see!)
Pics for info (apologies if they don't appear, never done this before):-
Long time lurker but first time poster here.
Finished building my first work bench last year (around October ish) and was well pleased with the result. However, I have now got a problem with the previously "tight as a gnat's chuff" planing stop dropping out of its mortise on it's own. Clearly it's down to recent timber movement due to the warmer weather but I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this, short of re making the stop?
The bench is a traditional english style (based of Richard Maguires design) softwood top and base with an oak planing stop (two bits laminated together). The stop is tight at first and has to be hammered in right until the last half inch or so but it doesn't matter which way up I have it, it drops through after that.
If I do have to remake the stop is it best to make it during peak summer time heat or will it then be too tight in the winter? (struggling to get my head arround timber movement as you can see!)
Pics for info (apologies if they don't appear, never done this before):-