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Slab Number 2 Glued Up
Author: Mark
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Wheel of Fortune
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Wife in Labor
A guy calls the hospital. He says, “You gotta send help! My wife’s going into labor!”
The nurse says, “Calm down. Is this her first child?”
He says, “No! This is her husband!”
A dad is washing the car with his son.
After a moment, the son asks his father, “Do you think we could use a sponge instead?”
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First Slab Glued Up
I glued up the first slab yesterday and took it out of the clamps.
I’m going to glue up the second slab today.
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Tools I’m Using
I’m trying to use hand tools only when building the workbench. Here are some of the ones I use the most so far.
Planes The both of them are Stanley planes. The top one is my dad’s from teh 1970s. The wooden one is from the 1950s and was one of my grandfathers.
Brace and Bits A bit brace I bought at the flea market (works great) and a cool old WWI .30cal ammo box with a bunch of auger bits.
Squares and tape The two tops squares are from flea markets. They are both pretty old (the wooden one is really old I think). The bottom square is from Lowes and was WAY out of square until I fixed it.
Chisels These are some cheapo chisels I bought at Harbor Freight. I made them sharp as shit.
A couple mallets The rubber one is for knocking in my holdfasts and stuff. I made the bottom one last summer out of firewood using only hand tools. I followed a series of videos by Paul Sellers.
Clamps These are all cheapo clamps. I have about 10 clamps of different shapes and sizes.
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Practice Glue Up
I did my first glue up of the bench top.
Two of the boards for the top are glued up.
In the middle of that mess of clamps is the first part of one bench top slab.
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Anthrax & Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOOOOOYYYEEEEEEEEE!
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Run Run Away – Slade
A cool tune from 1984 that features an electric violin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMiQZF-mAY
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Cross cut a board “the nice way”
With the right simple technique you can make nice, accurate cuts with a hand saw. Your tools need to be good (sharp saw, a square that is actually square, sharp knife, sharp chisel).
This accuracy is not actually required for this step of the workbench (rough cut to length) but I’m practicing 🙂
Mark the length you want to cut with a sharp knife (WAY more precise than a pencil)
Place the knife in the mark you made, and slide a square next to the blade. Strike a square line using multiple knife strokes a little deeper with each pass. This cut is actually the one that you will see.
Use the knife and square to transfer the line to all 4 sides of the board. Use 1 reference face as much as possible to minimize error.
Use a sharp chisel to make a small V shaped notch on the waste side of the wood. This notch will guide the saw. Leave the good side alone the knife cut will be the edge. Paul Sellers calls this a “knife wall”.
Place the blade of your sharp saw in the notch and cut away. Go slow at the end so you don’t splinter the back side.
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