Monday, December 03, 2018

The Fat Lady Has Sung, Fini

Done, time to sweep up and put tools away. I'll leave the portable up and in the way for a bit. As I clean up the build the slab may, will, need to come off a few times and the portable bench makes it easier.

Over the next few days I'll add some dog holes, clean up the slab end grain and the tool tray. A couple of stops need to be made and fitted. And somewhere in there I'll need to take it apart to clean up the stretchers and bases.

Future bench appliances will be ledgers and a lower shelf and maybe a deadman. The deadman I've used before were more in the way than helpful, I think I may have figured out how to make one work, we will see.

Some photos of the bench:




And last the Glamour shot:


What a great bench, all the advantages of a Roubo with none of the drawbacks.

ken

10 comments:

  1. Steve D9:51 AM

    It looks like you still have room for another workbench!

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  2. Steve,

    LOL. This may be the last for me. If someone wants help building one or another portable I'll think about it.

    Next up for the shop is an improved shavehorse.

    ken

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  3. She's a beauty, Ken. And she'll only look sweeter after the layout lines are all cleaned up. Nicely done!

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  4. Matt,

    Thanks.

    More than cleaning up layout lines, let it get a chisel and/or saw scar or two, a little spilled finish and a few glue drips. Then it will look like a bench and a thing of beauty. :-)

    ken

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  5. Mighty Fine! Now work the crap out of it!

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    1. Will,

      Thanks and I will.

      I can't thank you enough for rediscovering and reviving the form. I had spent a couple of years trying to figure out how to make a small but solid and usable portable bench before I ran across your build video. I knew you had nailed the portable part at first sight but only after working on the bench for awhile did I realize how brilliant the Moravians were in the design.

      Thanks again,

      ken

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  6. Nice job on the bench Ken. What is going to happen to the sibling in front of it? Is it going up for adoption? Oh, almost forgot, when is the next bench build starting?

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  7. Ralph,

    LOL.

    I expect I'll disassemble and stand it in a corner of the shop. That way if I need it to work on something in the either the front or back garden or even inside the house it will be easy to set up. If we are going somewhere like Houston in a few weeks I can throw in the back of the truck. I'll need it in Houston to repair the damaged changing table.

    I liken building benches to childbirth, In a few weeks I forget about the pain of the build and remember the joy of finishing. That few weeks hasn't passed yet but I expect it will. The only problem is finding someplace to put another bench.

    ken

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  8. Steve D6:51 AM

    If a bench build is like childbirth then a $1200 lumber bill must be the conception. I'll bet you didn't even get dinner and a movie with that.

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  9. Steve,

    Not even a kiss :-). Just a couple of splinters loading it on the truck.

    ken

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