The keys could be made on any bench but cleaning up the base units is much easier if the bench has an apron like an English bench. To do the clean up on a bench without an apron you would need a deadman, a bench jack, or setting clamps cross bench. All of which are a PITA compared to using a deep English style apron. The problem with the English apron is it makes using bench dogs a PITA.
My answer is to have two benches, one with an apron and one without. The job determines which bench is used.
ken
Your Roubo/Nicholson has an apron on one side "only" and you have room to work on the other side.
ReplyDeleteTrue luxury is space, silence (or choosing your noise) and time. I wish I had more space, although I could eliminate junk.
Sylvain
Sylvain,
Delete"..although I could eliminate junk." Couldn't we all. I make sportatic attempts and usually end up with little change and two months later needing whatever it was I threw away or sold.
ken
" I whish I had more space, although I could eliminate junk" You and me brother, you and me :-)
ReplyDeleteNot sure i follow your reasoning of dissavantages, but, heh, dont let me stop yah :-)
Bob babysitting Rudy and his girlfriend doggy, Diva. More like chaperoning :-)
Bob,
DeleteIt's my story and I'm sticking with it :-). I do pick which bench to work on per the job at hand. Not a lot of difference but enough to make me pick.
My two would team up to get what they wanted, bad cop, good cop routine most of the time.
ken
Oh yes these two know really well how to team up to get more treats :-)
ReplyDeleteBob back home with Rudy.