Hand Crafted Woodworking
The object today was supposed to be finishing the tenons and short rails. In order to do that I needed an exact understanding of the relationship if the vises to the legs. The twin will has an control shaft that connects the two locking mechanisms. This will pass over one of the upper short […]
The objective for today is mortises for the legs. The leg tenons have been cut but need the mortises. Since this needed exact registration, I decided to make a router template and cut the mortise using a Whiteside Ultimate Trim bit. This is a very robust and smooth cutting bit. So this will be a […]
Objective to day is the Tail Vise end, vise placement and sizing the short rails for the legs. I started the day realizing I needed to 2″ stock. So this would have to be 12/4 stock to get a full 2″. I went over to my local Woodcraft. They had one piece of hard […]
The objective today is to really get the legs processed. This includes marking all the mortises and hole locations. That took about an hour. Then I am using my drill press to cut the mortises and of course drilling the pin and bolt holes. The measuring and marking went well. I have looked […]
The objective today is legs. Squaring the ends, cutting to final length, locating and cutting all of the mortises. This includes lots of work with the plans to find dimensions and locate the correct location on the correct face of the milled leg. The day started with the plans. I got out the large version. […]
