bonesbr549
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Well I just completed the building of my MOXON Vice using www.benchrafted.com hardware for cutting dovetails by hand. I have to say it's impressive how well this has helped me along. It took some time to do, and I used 8/4 hard maple, but its done. Inside face has leather and the opposite jaw, is raw wood. Finish is Armour Seal.
Rather than invest in new standard dogs, I decided to leverage my clamps I have for my MFT/3. So I placed 20mm holes evenly on the table and jaw. I've included a picture of my finish product and a link to my build pics. Having that light there and the heavy surface up where i'm not bending over sure has helped. I'm down to 35 min on a good finished hand cut dove tail, with for me is pretty dang good. For others it's probably not a big deal. I wanted to really begin improving the skills and hand cut dovetails is one of those. Cheers.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/22447246@N06/21VWf0
Rather than invest in new standard dogs, I decided to leverage my clamps I have for my MFT/3. So I placed 20mm holes evenly on the table and jaw. I've included a picture of my finish product and a link to my build pics. Having that light there and the heavy surface up where i'm not bending over sure has helped. I'm down to 35 min on a good finished hand cut dove tail, with for me is pretty dang good. For others it's probably not a big deal. I wanted to really begin improving the skills and hand cut dovetails is one of those. Cheers.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/22447246@N06/21VWf0
