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What littile things about your bench bug you….and why haven't you fixed them yet? Going through a massive teardown redo on my bench right now. I posted this on HOYD but it would better fit here:
In a fit of annoyance. I tore apart my workbench this weekend all the little issues with it have started to add up. I started fixing them. Face vise now grips work like it should have in the first place. The handle is now secured with countersunk Phillips heads rather than the evil square heads that I could never tighten quickly because I always had to find the tool. Also I put shock absorption into the handle of the face vise handle by placing rubber rings in between the end caps and the metal t-handle…thank you Lie Nielsen for that idea. I also cut the end of my workbench off (square this time), and recessed my end vise. I reworked my shelf nailing it to the bottom of the stretchers as opposed to sitting on top (looks better and gives more room for hold fasts and clamps on both the top and the stretcher). While I had the thing upside down I took the time to rout a groove for an eventual sliding deadman. I now need to:
Recut a second jaw for my end vise
Drill a secondary set of doc holes.
Build and instal sliding deadman on the lower track I have yet to build.
Drill a set of dog holes for my face vise.
Install a planing stop on the end of my bench
Attach two walls to the shelves I installed to make sure nothing ends up on the floor that I don't want to.
My question….which I realize should be posted in the workbench smack-down forum is this: have you ever had one minor irritation turn into a several part project on you…what made you snap? For me it was my face vise slipping while trying to joint and edge.
I forgot, I also will be reshaping my face vise just to make it a tad prettier.
In a fit of annoyance. I tore apart my workbench this weekend all the little issues with it have started to add up. I started fixing them. Face vise now grips work like it should have in the first place. The handle is now secured with countersunk Phillips heads rather than the evil square heads that I could never tighten quickly because I always had to find the tool. Also I put shock absorption into the handle of the face vise handle by placing rubber rings in between the end caps and the metal t-handle…thank you Lie Nielsen for that idea. I also cut the end of my workbench off (square this time), and recessed my end vise. I reworked my shelf nailing it to the bottom of the stretchers as opposed to sitting on top (looks better and gives more room for hold fasts and clamps on both the top and the stretcher). While I had the thing upside down I took the time to rout a groove for an eventual sliding deadman. I now need to:
Recut a second jaw for my end vise
Drill a secondary set of doc holes.
Build and instal sliding deadman on the lower track I have yet to build.
Drill a set of dog holes for my face vise.
Install a planing stop on the end of my bench
Attach two walls to the shelves I installed to make sure nothing ends up on the floor that I don't want to.
My question….which I realize should be posted in the workbench smack-down forum is this: have you ever had one minor irritation turn into a several part project on you…what made you snap? For me it was my face vise slipping while trying to joint and edge.
I forgot, I also will be reshaping my face vise just to make it a tad prettier.
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No Brandon. I can only work in the kitchen if I am making something my wife has asked me to do. Funny that isn't it?
Actually I have the shell of a workshop, but it is being used for storage at the moment. I am waiting for my wife to finish sorting through stuff in our garage so the the stuff in my workshop can be moved into the garage. Then I have to lay on a proper electric supply and insulate the floor, walls and roof and then I can work in there. No workbench for me until all that is done. :-(
Actually I have the shell of a workshop, but it is being used for storage at the moment. I am waiting for my wife to finish sorting through stuff in our garage so the the stuff in my workshop can be moved into the garage. Then I have to lay on a proper electric supply and insulate the floor, walls and roof and then I can work in there. No workbench for me until all that is done. :-(
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^I know what it's like to wait for a proper shop, Andy. I've wanted a proper one for well over 10 years now. For the last 15 years or so, I've lived in a constant state of move expectation. Even though my shop is tiny, it's what I've wanted for so long. Now I just need a bench for it.
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Still not a single peep from the bigwoodvise guy. Took my money no problem; it's the contact that seems difficult for him. I've been giving him the benefit of the doubt (illness, etc.) but my patience is nearing an end.
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Should have gone Lake Eerie like everyone here recommended.
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Still not a single peep from the bigwoodvise guy. Took my money no problem; it's the contact that seems difficult for him. I've been giving him the benefit of the doubt (illness, etc.) but my patience is nearing an end.
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Should have gone Lake Eerie like everyone here recommended.
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Al, You know that i am with you and Andy on waiting for a proper shop. Such is the life of delayed gratification. But now is the time that you have worked so hard for. Enjoy.
Still. I'd love to have a free standing shop. If I could just get my wife to quit parking in my shop and convince my kids that they dont deserve bicycles or other toys and that the cats need to be exterminated THEN I would be happy.
Scratch that - I am happy with what I have.
Still. I'd love to have a free standing shop. If I could just get my wife to quit parking in my shop and convince my kids that they dont deserve bicycles or other toys and that the cats need to be exterminated THEN I would be happy.
Scratch that - I am happy with what I have.
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^Your shop is quite nice, Scott, and I know ENTIRELY what you had to do to get it. You can always build a freestanding shop in the future; I probably will end up doing the same.
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Update on the bigwood vise. Refunded without a single message. No "sorry", no "I'm sick", going out of business, etc. Now I'm a month behind on my screws and your bench is almost done
I should have gone Benchcrafted.
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Update on the bigwood vise. Refunded without a single message. No "sorry", no "I'm sick", going out of business, etc. Now I'm a month behind on my screws and your bench is almost done
I should have gone Benchcrafted.
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you guys know I just built my shop a little over a year ago. I had a shop back 15 years ago or so when I was in the business, but closed it up. After that I worked out of a 14×14 shed, so basically I was like Andy, pulling everything out to work in the back yard for anything but the smallest projects. Its so nice to have a place to really work.
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I'm getting by with a one-car garage. The car hasn't fit in there in a long time, but I have very little space once the tools started coming in. A table saw, lathe, router table, planer, SCMS, bandsaw, and now a workbench. It's a decent space for small projects, but once I start building anything big, I run out of space quickly.
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