Project by Dan Katz | posted 06-04-2011 09:41 PM | 8201 views | 23 times favorited | 23 comments | ![]() |
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Hey Guys & Gals,
Been busy this year. Beginning last summer a friend gave me 20 good sized pine logs.
My buddy Alex rented me his Wood-Miser saw mill and we proceeded to mill out enough
lumber to build on to my shop last winter. I saved the largest log to mill out 2 large slabs
with a bench in mind. While they were drying I came up with this design. I wanted a
work table large enough to assemble a full sized door, low enough for hand planing work
and versatile for carving projects. The tilting table can be locked in any position from 0 to 90
so I can carve standing up or sitting down for detail work.
The bench tops and base are yellow pine and the vises are red oak.
The tops are 3 1/8 thick and are 102” long.
The jointers bench with the tail vise is 19 1/2 wide and the carvers bench is 17 1/2 wide.
I used gate hinges for the tilting top. The stretchers for the base are draw bolted.
The tail vise hardware was purched at Woodcraft. I used the smaller version
which is plenty long enough. The cut out space for that is about 17 1/2 long.
-- VillageCarver,Chattanooga
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WayneC
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#1 posted 06-04-2011 09:50 PM
Wow, this is a wonderful bench. Do you only carve in the vice or are there fixtures to use the face of the bench?
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Dan Katz
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#2 posted 06-04-2011 10:11 PM
Hi Wayne,
Thanks, and yes I intend on using the whole top surface to carve mantles and large panels etc.
I need to buy a new long bit to drill a series of holes in the top. Since the top is pine, I’m thinking of
sinking some 1 1/2×3/4 red oak rings in the top and then drill through them 3/4” holes for some dogs
and my hold fasts.
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Jorge Velez
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#3 posted 06-04-2011 10:26 PM
very nice bench, rock solid. well done and enjoy.
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jeffl
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#4 posted 06-04-2011 10:30 PM
Nice looking bench, sure you will enjoy it.
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John Ormsby
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#5 posted 06-04-2011 11:03 PM
Great bench!!! I really like the tilt system.
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Mauricio
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#6 posted 06-05-2011 12:40 AM
Insane!
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Dennisgrosen
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#7 posted 06-05-2011 12:57 AM
very nice build bench and with a piece of plywood you have a drafting table too :-)
thank“s for sharing
Dennis
StumpyNubs
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#8 posted 06-05-2011 02:06 AM
Wow- I love it when people come up with new ideas for big things in the shop! And I gotta tell you, that big pine slab with the rings on the end is BEAUTIFUL! I really think the beauty of pine is under-appreciated!
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chrisstef
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#9 posted 06-05-2011 02:47 AM
thats a homerun of a bench you got there dan ..
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amagineer
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#10 posted 06-05-2011 03:32 AM
very nice engineering work with the design
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Mauricio
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#11 posted 06-05-2011 03:36 AM
I agree pine is very underrated, beautiful.
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thiel
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#12 posted 06-05-2011 04:29 AM
Really cool idea.
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#13 posted 06-05-2011 02:33 PM
That is a massive bench and with the features that you’ve added it will be very efficient. Good work.
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Bertha
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#14 posted 06-05-2011 02:51 PM
That’s incredible! I love the tilt.
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Mauricio
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#15 posted 06-05-2011 04:05 PM
How did you surface that the top? Planing would be tricky since its got a few knotts. Also do you think checking on the ends will be an issue over time?
I wonder if someone could pull this off without a wood mizer? By just splitting a log with wedges, flattening it with a power planer, and hand planes? I guess its possible on a smaller scale, I’ve seen Roy Underhill do it.
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
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