What did you do in your workshop today ?
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monkeybiter
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Very posh woodbrains! The recipients will be delighted with them.
Interesting lid location method, the dowels fitting into the corners.
Have you considered neodymium magnets? They maintain horizontal position surprisingly well. Last VD14 I made this, which I refer to as a prototype to explain the many defects :wink:
As you can see a small magnet [6mm] has a quite sufficient holding force. They could be hidden under a thin lamination which might suit the quality of your work.
Interesting lid location method, the dowels fitting into the corners.
Have you considered neodymium magnets? They maintain horizontal position surprisingly well. Last VD14 I made this, which I refer to as a prototype to explain the many defects :wink:
As you can see a small magnet [6mm] has a quite sufficient holding force. They could be hidden under a thin lamination which might suit the quality of your work.
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monkeybiter
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I've seen Norm [I think] do that with a router in two passes with two bits. It reduces the possibilities greatly of course.custard":2ohx9kux said:
Paul200
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woodbrains":3caq9g4t said:
Just beautiful. Original. Lovely, lovely things.
Sawdust=manglitter
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Lovely looking jewellery boxes there!
Not exactly the fine craftsmanship seen above, but I finally fitted my Veritas twin screw vice on the workbench I've been chipping away at over the last year!!!
Now I need to find a suitable piece of ash for bordering the rear of the workbench before I can sort the end caps, and then finally start the end vice, before finally drilling all the dog holes (will probably take another year, particularly now that the workbench is all the more useable with my new vice)
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Not exactly the fine craftsmanship seen above, but I finally fitted my Veritas twin screw vice on the workbench I've been chipping away at over the last year!!!
Now I need to find a suitable piece of ash for bordering the rear of the workbench before I can sort the end caps, and then finally start the end vice, before finally drilling all the dog holes (will probably take another year, particularly now that the workbench is all the more useable with my new vice)
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monkeybiter
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That looks beefy!
Sawdust=manglitter
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monkeybiter":2y5nmw2l said:
That was the idea
. It's mostly softwood with areas of Ash so wanted to make sure that it was heavy duty which would last me for hopefully another 50 years of woodworking. Also wanted something that wouldn't rock about when hand planingwoodbrains
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custard":2o43r1wc said:
Hello,
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.
Yes, I did turn it, but it might be deeper than you think. I was thinking of storage possibilities and thought a bracelet or bangle etc. might go well in a bowl. The bowl made sense being square, to rest on the lower dividers and fit with the little sliding trays, and I needed some way to lift the thing out, hence the turned pull in the centre.
As regarding neodymium magnets to hold the lid, I actually have a box of them ready to use, but I am in two minds. I like the dowels locating the lids in the corners, as it has the double duty of lifting the lid of the table when removed, so it is easy to pick up again. Incidentally, the dowels are turned too, the other lids had contrasting wood dowels in wenge, louro faia, Zebrano and sycamore, depending on the primary wood. Magnets might be gilding the lily. I probably will though, I never keep things as simple as I intend, I can't help it!
Mike.
woodbrains
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Sawdust=manglitter":3ajttyv6 said:Lovely looking jewellery boxes there!
Not exactly the fine craftsmanship seen above, but I finally fitted my Veritas twin screw vice on the workbench I've been chipping away at over the last year!!!
Now I need to find a suitable piece of ash for bordering the rear of the workbench before I can sort the end caps, and then finally start the end vice, before finally drilling all the dog holes (will probably take another year, particularly now that the workbench is all the more useable with my new vice)
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Hello,
Fine, sturdy bench. You have an excellent foundation to make great things there.
Mike.
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Sawdust=manglitter":fmetnfbh said:monkeybiter":fmetnfbh said:
That was the idea
Looks more like you'll get 150 years out of it, great job.
And woodbrains those boxes are beautiful. I love those corner dowels and the various intricacies of each box. As already mentioned, that centre lid (correct terminology?!) is a bit of a showstopper isn't it =D>
Sawdust=manglitter
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Thanks El Barto. I've been keeping an eye on your workbench wip, very impressed! After working on the bench for so long its such a nice feeling when you get to use it properly for the sirst time!!
Finished remounting and fitting new jaws to my old Paramo 51 vice.
I had never been happy with the parallelism of the jaws, which would always clamp harder on the left than the right. Finally decided to sort it out, along with a back jaw proud of the bench front (after trying a temporary one with double-sided tape, found that I preferred this). Oddly enough it was the vice at fault. It hadn't deteriorated or worn, but the guide rods didn't come out of the face at 90 degrees but were about 0.25 degrees skewed (though parallel to each other).
In this type of mounting (contrary to some advice online) the back face of the vice will actually bear against the face of the recess milled out of the back of the jaw. It is not correct to try to screw it to the front face of the bench. So I routed this recess at a 0.25 degree angle, which lined up the jaws and the grip is now great. Made some fancy new jaws too:
And the vice now lines up with the bench dogs!
Keith
I had never been happy with the parallelism of the jaws, which would always clamp harder on the left than the right. Finally decided to sort it out, along with a back jaw proud of the bench front (after trying a temporary one with double-sided tape, found that I preferred this). Oddly enough it was the vice at fault. It hadn't deteriorated or worn, but the guide rods didn't come out of the face at 90 degrees but were about 0.25 degrees skewed (though parallel to each other).
In this type of mounting (contrary to some advice online) the back face of the vice will actually bear against the face of the recess milled out of the back of the jaw. It is not correct to try to screw it to the front face of the bench. So I routed this recess at a 0.25 degree angle, which lined up the jaws and the grip is now great. Made some fancy new jaws too:
And the vice now lines up with the bench dogs!
Keith
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Jacob
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Parkinson's law - the more a storage space you have the sooner it will be filled with tat you don't really need.
There's a seriously critical point you could reach where you know you have something but you just can't put your hands on it. At this point your heap of tat starts going exponential.
There's a seriously critical point you could reach where you know you have something but you just can't put your hands on it. At this point your heap of tat starts going exponential.
Walney Col
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I think I was at that stage before making the drawers and labeling them all. Hopefully now it's not buried it'll start getting used up ! It does feel much better being able to find something straight away. Taking my time into consideration, it may have been more economical to chuck the lot out and start afresh :lol:Jacob":1kgivvqg said:
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