02-03-2016 04:05 PM
by HappyHowie |
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LEGS CONTINUED..
My next steps were to make the legs for this mini bench. I had already glued the two plywood sheets together. I also had my cherry hardwood parts ready. I used a marking knife to define the the grooves I would cut in order to fit the plywood stretchers. The grooves would be very shallow, but enough to align the stretchers. I used a DADO setup to cut the grooves. I used test pieces first to define the depth. When I was satisfied with the saw blade depth setting I cut...
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01-30-2016 02:38 PM
by HappyHowie |
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With my sore back, I needed a solution when working at my workbench. Clamping a mini-bench seems like a good step to take. Of the plans I have seen I like Steve Latta’s miniature bench that was presented in Fine Woodworking Magazine. I bought the plan and printed the article. The reason I like it is because along the working edge of the bench, the legs are flush with the benchtop. This allows the user to clamp boards, etc to the side of the mini-bench.
I had most of the lumber al...
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05-06-2013 02:26 PM
by JSB |
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Because of the good response of my mini picnic table condiment holder I decided to take the concept a bit further. I am about 2 weeks out for this project due to some other scheduling but wanted to go ahead and get the sketchup design knocked out. Here are 2 videos. The first is 36 seconds showing how I got the idea and the second is the design process in sketchup.
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03-20-2013 10:28 PM
by RaggedKerf |
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Jumping back in to the icebox, I mean shop, I finished up the Moxon mini-bench today and am well pleased.
First order of business was to get the poplar nut-housings cut and chopped so I can make the handles for the threaded rods like on my leg vise. These are about half the size of the leg vise hardware so it went a lot faster. Especially because I could take the mini-bench (as it is) in the house where it’s warm and hack out the holes without worrying about damaging furniture! I ...
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