Split Top Roubo Bench Build

[iamnothim]

After this clue it will be difficult to come up with a clue without giving the answer.

Clue #10  Logo

 

[bkharman]

I am doing this on my phone. Can't see the pics fast enough.

I have a headache. Where is my bourbon? 

 

[Runhard]

FOG 10k in reply #214

 

[iamnothim]

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[bkharman]

Harbor freight tools!!

Holy crap

 

[iamnothim]

Harbor freight tools!!

Holy crap

winner winner "Chicken Dinner"

 

[bkharman]

Ok so when was the first instance of it?  Which post #??

 

[iamnothim]

Ok so when was the first instance of it?  Which post #??

May 3rd  Post 231
And every Albert since

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[iamnothim]

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[bkharman]

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[member=21412]bkharman[/member]

I feel honored??

Thanks Luke!  I couldn't tell if my headache was from looking at the pics or from the Bourbon last night...  It was fun to try and find that tiny little box. ;^)

I looked to see if I could use the Amazon gift card to buy Harbor Freight tools but alas...  I also looked to see if I could use it to donate to Charity Choice but Amazon was not on there.  So I am going to let my kids pick something for $5.00 each.

Too bad Amazon doesn't do 3D printing, I would send the image of my "trophy" in and use the money for that!

Thanks for the levity on this thread Luke... Now back to that kick-Ash bench... Err, I mean Maple.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[iamnothim]

Best tenon I ever made.
6 cuts with the bandsaw, 2 cuts with the dozuki, finished with a shoulder plane.

To bad it's a practice piece.

I have twelve production ones to make.

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[tbellemare]

Congrat's on your lovely trophy, Bryan!

Congrat's on your lovely tenon, Luke!

I still think you made the tie clip WAY TOO small...

Tom

 

[iamnothim]

It would have looked better if I remembered to match the grain direction.
I thought about it during all the processes, except gluing

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[tiralie]

It would have looked better if I remembered to match the grain direction.

Knowing how to fix mistakes is always a good skill. Often they are the lessons one learns first...
Tim

 

[iamnothim]

I needed a break so I posted.
Going back to finish the mortises and drill holes.
Then the legs will be finished.    They are now cut to the correct length ( I hope)

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[Tinker]

@ Luke,
I have an old Stanley 71 I inherited from my Dad.  I have used it a few times with increasingly good results.  I rough cut as close as I thought I should go with the bandsaw the first time.  That method gave me a rough shoulder to work on. I wa not so happy with the results.  Also, with each successive try, i was having problems with shaving the tendons exact.

After a few tries, i decided to use my TS 55 and guide rail for the wide cuts of the tendons by nibbling and then trimming close with chisel and then final trim with the 71.  That way, I was still ending up with the side of the 71 hanging off in mid air and it was still ending up sort of free hand.  I finally got the idea to leave a nib of the full sized piece at he ends of the tendons for support of the free end of the 71 to rest on at same height as the main body.  After shaving the tendon successfully and evenly, I then chiseled off the knob at the end.  That method turned out much better.  I think it was the way the 71 was meant to work.

Then came the chopping out of the mortices.  I have not found an easy way to do them other than to make two pieces and route out the half mortices and glue together. 

I think you will enjoy working with your router plane. 
Tinker

 

[JJ Wavra]

Tinker,
With the router plane you put another board of the same thickness next to the tenon board to support the plane. You can usually just use the board with the mortise unless they are different thicknesses. Hope this helps.
JJ

 

[Gene Davis]

I just bought a Stanley 71, not complete, as it is missing a fence, but it has the shoe, and a 1/2" spearpoint blade.  The Lee Valley blades will fit it just fine.

Had been trimming tenons with a Stanley #90 bullnose and a Veritas medium shoulder rabbet plane, but this should give a little more precision.  Watch Chris Schwartz show how to sharpen router blades using waterstones and a thin steel ruler.  My ruler is from Harbor Freight.  Rob Cosman is a fan of the ruler method of sharpening, and I saw the trick first on one of his YouTube vids.

 

[Tinker]

I just bought a Stanley 71, not complete, as it is missing a fence, but it has the shoe, and a 1/2" spearpoint blade.  The Lee Valley blades will fit it just fine.

Had been trimming tenons with a Stanley #90 bullnose and a Veritas medium shoulder rabbet plane, but this should give a little more precision.  Watch Chris Schwartz show how to sharpen router blades using waterstones and a thin steel ruler.  My ruler is from Harbor Freight.  Rob Cosman is a fan of the ruler method of sharpening, and I saw the trick first on one of his YouTube vids.

It's good to know that Lee Valley irons fit the 71.  I only have found the 1/2" straight cutter.  It seems to me, i have more somewhere in the piles in my shop.  when I saw them, I had no idea where or what they were supposed to fit and what the purpose.  Now that i know, i can't find.

Next week I'll get organized  :

I have tried to sharpen the 1/2" cutter, but always seem to end up with one side angled.  I have seen Rob Cosman's method, but so far, I have not mastered it.  In time!!!!!
Tinker

 

[Gene Davis]

Watched a YouTube video showing the use of the LV blades in a 71, which gave me the confidence to order a couple for my yet-to-be-received "vintage" 71.  Some say you gotta reverse the adjusting nut.  We'll see.

Would use the 71 for trimming cheeks, but for the shoulders of tenons, that LV shoulder-rabbet plane is the real deal.  Sharpened scary, of course.