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[dev null]

I have heard good things about the Veritas blades, did you notice any difference with them from the stock Stanley ones?

Doesnt look like they do a chip breaker though but that isnt world ending.

 

These look like properly solid chip breakers:

http://www.hocktools.com/products/bp.html

 

LV also do the chip breakers.

 

http://www.leevalley.com/us/Wood/page.aspx?p=66868&cat=1,41182

Edited September 28, 2017 by Moridin

[eccc whippet]

Why are people so reluctant to spend good money on tools?

 

Have we become so used to cheap Chinese tools that we forget that many years ago our grandfathers spend a month's wages on a good Stanley plane (when they were still built in the USA) and a Rabone or Starret combination square.

 

No wonder then that these days you can only find cheap Chinese tools in the big stores.

i was just messing with you okes...if there is one thing i dont do is skimp when i comes to buying tools.

[dev null]

i was just messing with you okes...if there is one thing i dont do is skimp when i comes to buying tools.

 

 Not to worry. Nothing much upsets me except MTB tyre prices. 

Edited September 29, 2017 by Moridin

[Rocket-Boy]

LV also do the chip breakers.

 

http://www.leevalley.com/us/Wood/page.aspx?p=66868&cat=1,41182

My search skills were lacking. That is even cheaper for a combo then a Hock set is and this way I get to use the excuse of buying from Lee Valley so may as well pick up the other Veritas kit I was looking at. Such win.

[BSG]

Where we are at now. All rails and shower seat on paraplegic heights. Still needs to be fastened.

 

Hou die rubber op die grond!

Sjo did we struggle today to find wheelchair friendly basin, shower trap, taps and toilet in George today. We bought what we needed from 4 different shops. Weird how bathroom accessory shops don't cater for paraplegic necessary items.

 

Hou die rubber op die grond!

[deanbean]

Does your Ryobi have the geared height adjustment? I dont think I have seen any with it and that just means its going to be a nightmare to keep consistent. The Martlett bench version looks like good value for money and it feels really solid.

 

Talking about slack in blade adjustment screws... I think I need about a turn and a half to take up the slack in the little Stanley smoother I use!! I just need to finish my bench and then I will get back on to the made in USA 5c that I was working on.

 

You dont perhaps have any idea where I can find a replacement blade for a Stanley no8?

Mine literally has about 2mm left before it breaks through to the channel in the middle and its way past the hardened steel already. I literally cant find one anywhere in SA but its probably because its an unusual size at 2 5/8"(66mm)

Try OH Sales in West Bank. My new fav tool shop. They have been able to source some metal working hand tools that I've been struggling to find for ages.

[Rocket-Boy]

Try OH Sales in West Bank. My new fav tool shop. They have been able to source some metal working hand tools that I've been struggling to find for ages.

Thanks, never heard of them before but will definitely take a look.

I have been using JMJ lately and they keep a lot of stuff that the rest of the locals dont, hand tools arent really their thing though.

[Rocket-Boy]

So its been another busy weekend of getting this workbench done.

I planed for about 6 hours on Saturday getting the top flattened. Its gone from around 90mm thick to 65mm if that is any indication of how much work I did!!

There is still a little strip that is lower which has the black reference lines on it, not too concerned about it though because it will be the back section against the wall.

Another hassle I had was the holes in the top, these were all different sizes due to the threaded rods used when it was still a pallet. The spacing was also incorrect for making them into dog holes.

So I bought some 19mm hardwood dowel and a 19mm MAD bit because a forstner wouldnt be long enough.

Problem with forstner/MAD/spade/auger bits is that they like something to centre them to get started, seeing as how I dont have a drill press I had to come up with another solution.

So this was what I used.

The small centre hole was drilled off centre so I could rotate the dowel to position it and get the MAD bit centred over the hole. This was the second solution, the first involved turning a bunch of tapered pine pieces on the lathe to act as sacrificial plugs. The pine was a disaster though because it was too soft to properly hold the centre pin and the bit started creeping.

The dowel was wrapped in masking tape depending on the size of the hole so that it would sit snug but could still be hammered through and used again once the bit had gone deep enough to support itself.

 

Next up is installing that monster of a vice, that means locating the top at the correct point and then drilling holes in the side stretcher for the supports and main screw to go through.

[Pants Boy]

I just love the ingenuity of carpenters

[Capricorn]

So its been another busy weekend of getting this workbench done.

I planed for about 6 hours on Saturday getting the top flattened. Its gone from around 90mm thick to 65mm if that is any indication of how much work I did!!

 

 

woa. that much twist, or did you enter a trance while planing and forgot about the time?

[Rocket-Boy]

woa. that much twist, or did you enter a trance while planing and forgot about the time?

haha! twist, cup and some bow.

Admittedly some of it was due to my absolute lack of experience in laminating.

This is an idea of what it looked like and this was only 3 pieces, it was way worse by the time it was all 6.

 

[dev null]

Always better to laminate on the long edge, not the short.

[Plentipotential]

haha! twist, cup and some bow.

Admittedly some of it was due to my absolute lack of experience in laminating.

This is an idea of what it looked like and this was only 3 pieces, it was way worse by the time it was all 6.

 

sadness.jpg

 

Might be an idea to check if the blade is square to the table top, or check that the square is in fact square.

[Rocket-Boy]

Always better to laminate on the long edge, not the short.

It was my original intention but then I wouldnt have lost the majority of the width of the top.

I expected I was going to suck at it, Im still learning the ropes and I can see pretty clearly now that my planing was really bad. That was just amplified rather than self correcting as I hoped it would be!

 

Before I started with this build I had hardly used a plane and had definitely never done any kinds of joints which was why this was used to try figure some of that out.

[Rocket-Boy]

Might be an idea to check if the blade is square to the table top, or check that the square is in fact square.

I did check those, it was all pretty good, its me that was the problem. I will get there eventually though, for now Im just really happy there are so many helpful people in this thread who have given me tons of tips.

[Hairy]

It was my original intention but then I wouldnt have lost the majority of the width of the top.

I expected I was going to suck at it, Im still learning the ropes and I can see pretty clearly now that my planing was really bad. That was just amplified rather than self correcting as I hoped it would be!

 

Before I started with this build I had hardly used a plane and had definitely never done any kinds of joints which was why this was used to try figure some of that out.

At least you are trying and learning while you are going Tchjina!