carrera4s Posted June 25, 2018 Share Let’s revive this thread a bit. My new workbench is almost done;https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/5a9141cc39b2b417d0c26cb6a5bfaa54.heichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/4c56d2c7e403543d8a3c778f398ec747.heic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Bugger! Nicely done! Those dovetails look perfect! What woods did you use? How did you cater for wood movement? You left-handed? Edited June 25, 2018 by carrera4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted June 25, 2018 Share Let’s revive this thread a bit. My new workbench is almost done;https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/5a9141cc39b2b417d0c26cb6a5bfaa54.heichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/4c56d2c7e403543d8a3c778f398ec747.heic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalkwell done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted June 25, 2018 Share That is most excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted June 25, 2018 Share Let’s revive this thread a bit. My new workbench is almost done;https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/5a9141cc39b2b417d0c26cb6a5bfaa54.heichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/4c56d2c7e403543d8a3c778f398ec747.heic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That looks like it belongs in the house not in the garage...!! DJR and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefmeister Posted June 25, 2018 Share Bugger! Nicely done! Those dovetails look perfect! What woods did you use? How did you cater for wood movement? You left-handed?Thanks, they took quite a bit of time. I used steamed Beech, and some walnut for contrast. The top is only attached to the 4 legs with through tenons that are wedged in. The walnut piece is only glued at the front/dovetail and bolted at the rear with the hole oversized. Hopefully the only movement in the top will only be in the vertical plane. Yes, and a lefty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretched@Birth Posted June 25, 2018 Share Let’s revive this thread a bit. My new workbench is almost done;https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/5a9141cc39b2b417d0c26cb6a5bfaa54.heichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/4c56d2c7e403543d8a3c778f398ec747.heic Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYour workbench, or your piece of fine furniture? I'd be too scared to work on it in case I damage it! Beautiful work, well done! DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromp Posted June 25, 2018 Share Let’s revive this thread a bit. My new workbench is almost done;https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/5a9141cc39b2b417d0c26cb6a5bfaa54.heichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/4c56d2c7e403543d8a3c778f398ec747.heicSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Some seriaas tools.I can only dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted June 25, 2018 Share Let’s revive this thread a bit. My new workbench is almost done;https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/5a9141cc39b2b417d0c26cb6a5bfaa54.heichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180625/4c56d2c7e403543d8a3c778f398ec747.heic Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkWow that is seriously nice, the dovetailed ends look just like Matt Eslea's one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefmeister Posted June 25, 2018 Share Wow that is seriously nice, the dovetailed ends look just like Matt Eslea's one.[emoji1360]Don’t know, but the correct name is a houndstooth dovetail...I think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Capricorn and DJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted June 25, 2018 Share Fantastic Stefmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted June 27, 2018 Share This was a bit of a baitch. It's actually a screen for the biggest domestic airconditioner I have ever seen, on a 6th floor penthouse in Sea Point. (The aircon is too high to allow the box to fit flush with the tiles, which irritates the heck out of my OCD.) I wish I had could've charged appropriately. But I always see jobs as easier in my head than they really are. This is made of balau, because of the exposed position. The wood, unfortunately, moves a lot so that had to be taken into account in the design. The top, for example, is breadboarded with serious bracing underneath to allow the boards to slide without any buckling. Similarly, the door at the side has a floating panel - it's there to allow access to the outdoor plugpoint, in case you thought it an arb place for a door! The slats were all ripped from a large plank. Most of the job was done on my old Triton 2000, and the Bosch router. However! Some bits, like planing the top, were done with handtools like my Record No. 5. Sheesh. That Balau is tough. Half of the time, the plane just skates over it unless your blades are 110% sharp. Eddy Gordo, Sidersky, Spoke101 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberdrake Posted June 27, 2018 Share Man my OCD is taking a hit with that tile overlap!I feel for you Pants Boy, Grebel and LeTurbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted June 27, 2018 Share i like how they chained the braai cover to the braai stand. rough hood? LeTurbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted June 27, 2018 Share i like how they chained the braai cover to the braai stand. rough hood?wind maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted June 27, 2018 Share wind maybe? Most definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSG Posted July 3, 2018 Share And here we going with the frames again, 2 more Sheppard's houses and all 3 will be finished hopefully before December 2018. The lengths I bought while the boss was overseas is 6.6m, first he [emoji90]ed me out and when we had the ribs on he said that 6.6m is actually going to work better. [emoji849] The 1st one is only 6.0m. Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk Edited July 3, 2018 by BSG Hairy and Wannabe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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