The inter board is the vise backer and the outer board is the chop. I've marked where the vise screw hole needs to be drilled on the backer board. The vise needs to be disassembled to drill the screw hole and install the nut. The backer board also needs a top and bottom stub tenon cut along with cutting the left edge at an angle so the backer board fits against the base assembly.
After finishing the vise unit the slab needs to be installed on the base so the vise backer board mortises can be marked. After marking the mortises the whole thing needs to be taken apart to chop the vise backer board mortises. Once the mortises are chopped everything goes back together and the basic bench is finished.
I will make a tool tray for the bench and I expect a full length tool holder for the back edge of the slab.
The fat lady ain't singing but this ol' horse can smell the barn.
ken
"Stub tenons" on the backer board. Any reason why not making normal tenons in a backer board long enough. Or did I misunderstood?
ReplyDeleteSylvain
Sylvain,
ReplyDeleteThe whole vise assembly is designed to be easily removable. The vise backer board "floats" in a long stretcher mortise and is retained by a mortise in the slab. I have not tried longer tenons but according to Will they shouldn't be longer than 25mm. I've stuck with that limit on the other builds and it has worked well.
ken
I misunderstood; confounding stub tenon and loose tenon.
DeleteEnglish is not my mother language.
Sylvain
Sylvain,
DeleteNor is it mine, I speak Texan :-). It gets interesting here in Casa Chaos at times, MsBubba is Scottish and we use words that sound alike but have totally different meanings. Sometimes I get looks that could kill.
ken
Lookingood! The top is a thing of beauty.
ReplyDeleteStan,
ReplyDeleteThanks, It's close to the short rows now. I expect to install the slab sometime this week and maybe finish by the weekend. Not likely but it could happen if everything works.
ken