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  @dustinspinner20404 күн бұрын

  Very nice.

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  @dpoluektovАй бұрын

  I"ve seen a lot of slick and clean benches on the KZread, seems this is real work bench of real working man.

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  @petercoates2882Ай бұрын

  Why thank you. It is certainly for use and not ostentation, as the man said.

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  @jayejaycurry54852 ай бұрын

  Its very obvious that youve put in a lot of time planning, building, modifying, and evolving the low bench design. Quite impressive.

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  @JB-to8vy2 ай бұрын

  Masterpiece! I rarely comment but you sir made something speacial!

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  @petercoates28822 ай бұрын

  You are too kind! One thing I'd do differently if I were doing it again is make it a little taller. Maybe three inches.

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  @carl88252 ай бұрын

  Excellent and informative video. Thank you for your video.

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  @petercoates28822 ай бұрын

  Thank you. Stone carving tools are one of the easiest things you can make that is as good as you can buy!

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  @JB-to8vy2 ай бұрын

  This is the slickest work bench ive come across This is the inspiration for mine! Thank you sir!

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  @petercoates28822 ай бұрын

  Well thank you. BTW, the video before this one is also informative. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYqXm6Zph6S-Z9I.html

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  @JB-to8vy2 ай бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 Checking it out for sure!

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  @urhor3 ай бұрын

  About the face vise at the end: some people say there is a max thickness for holdfasts to hold, but it doesn't seem to be a problem here. Is it that it actually works despite the thickness or is there some sort of gimmick?

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  @ronharper22723 ай бұрын

  Have you posted a plan?

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  @petercoates28823 ай бұрын

  drive.google.com/file/d/14dQIidz0MqxI0UM1tqfegHlMuY_mdJZ1/view?usp=drive_link Here you go!

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  @teeflo27577 ай бұрын

  2 years old but still super useful, thank you. 👍🏼✌🏼🖖🏼

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  @mmgross1447 ай бұрын

  C clamp history: There is archeological evidence of screw-type mobile clamps dating from around 362 AD (or CE if you insist) but the first modern use comes from carriage makers in the 1600’s. So I guess you can claim that c clamps are “traditional “. Great video and ingenious idea resurrecting a Roman workbench (knee high) with combined elements of traditional workbenches and saw bench plus great work holders! I am modifying a bench that was built by my wife’s grandfather into a saw bench and I will incorporate some of your innovations.

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  @petercoates28827 ай бұрын

  I didn't know they were so old. What were they using--bronze? Wrought iron? I'm not actually into traditional tech for it's own sake, btw--I'll use anything! The clamps I reach for most often are actually the Jorgensen hand screws. I love those things. Use them all the time on the bench, most often by using one to clamp down another that can serve as a vice. Be sure to post a picture of what you come up with!

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  @user-qo1ld2lp6o8 ай бұрын

  Збоченці запалюють війни. Поверніть інквізицію.

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  @user-qo1ld2lp6o8 ай бұрын

  Чудово. Просто і геніально. Дякую. Хочу такий станок мати.

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  @joefranich49338 ай бұрын

  Thanks for posting this video. Very interesting. I like the heavy under beam idea. The design has a lot of lag bolts holding it together. How is that holding up over time? You find that you need to tighten or replace the bolts very often?

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  @petercoates28828 ай бұрын

  Surprisingly, no problem at all, especially as it's in shop where humidity is not at all constant throughout the year. As I'm sure you know, people more often use rods that run across the full width with threads on each end. But I had a ton of those long thin lags left over from a long ago project and I wanted to use them up. I did a 30x30 platform of the same height and used rods. It's also extremely robust as I use it for heavy stone. But I've never had to tighten up either one. Go figger. BTW, there was an earlier video you might likekzread.info/dash/bejne/kYqXm6Zph6S-Z9I.html and another one about a shave-horse attachment.

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  @100BearPaw8 ай бұрын

  Very nicely done!

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  @slidersson9 ай бұрын

  Maybe make it even lower, for the hobbits

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  @bobwhelk21158 ай бұрын

  Very cool bench but my back is killing me just watching this

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  @slidersson9 ай бұрын

  Oh look a bench for dwarfs

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  Yes. In ancient Rome people had not yet evolved vertebrae so they were able to do this to save wood.

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  @spayced9 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the demonstration. Hitting holdfasts with a metal hammer hurts my ears tho. No idea how people can do that!

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  @Ki_Thanh10 ай бұрын

  I love this

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  @LitoGeorge10 ай бұрын

  It seems as if you are far too self deprecating. Your creativity and craftiness has spawned an amazingly versatile and useful workbench. Judging by the comments section, I am not alone in my opinion on that. The best Roman workbench series on KZread. That coming from a non sculpting, hand tools only woodworker. Strong tip of my hat.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much! It's working out for me, BTW. I still use the conventional tall workbench too, and often go back and forth depending on what aspect of something I'm working on.

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  @LitoGeorge9 ай бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 Peter, I am in the process of making one of these and I was looking at your plans on google docs, and I for the life of me cant see where you detail the length of this bench. Please advise? Also, do you think a 48" long bench would be too short? Tx

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  @@LitoGeorge Hmm. I thought I replied but got another notification. Maybe I somehow failed to post it? No, I think 48" would be ok. Mine: 57" top, 47" outside of leg to outside of leg, and 24" apron. I think you could knock 10" off. Not sure where you would best lose the length. Maybe an inch on each end, and the rest half from the apron and half from the other part? Lay it out first, and be sure! I do find the plank across for holding tool boxes very useful, so be sure you have room. One other thing minor thing is, I don't think so many notches are necessary. One on each side is nice, because I often want to put in two 2x4 or 4x4 uprights that I can lash things to. But if I were doing it again, I'd hold off on the other two unless you find a reason. They were intended to anchor the legs of the sawhorse, but I haven't ended up doing that very often.If you do put in four, make the angles on the outside for both (mine were all on the same side which is inconvenient for fasting other work surfaces.) What I DO use for a higher work surface is a strong plywood box held down by holdfasts or C clamps. Very versatile, and easy to clamp or screw to. Also, you can mount it either the tall way or the short way as needed. Super easy and the space inside is handy tool space while working.

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  @LitoGeorge10 ай бұрын

  New sub. Just brilliant ways to hold things down, something I struggle with.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Yes, you and everyone else! There are a million little tricks.

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  @nobuckle4010 ай бұрын

  Those are very nice solutions. It's good to be a machinist or know someone who is.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thanks. I'm not really much of a machinist, btw. I have a small lathe and mill that I got online some years ago. Mine are from Little Machine Shop, but most of the brands come from the same nameless factory in China somewhere. But just to be clear, a lot of that stuff could be made from hardwood.

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  @ianpearse448010 ай бұрын

  Some interesting ideas. Thank you for sharing.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @user-qo1ld2lp6o11 ай бұрын

  Геніально! Чудо-станок. Вперше таке бачу. Дякую. Хочу зробити для себе подібне.

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  @opotime Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for sharing. I will stop to use a Workshop and need a way to fit it all at Home... And here are lots of ideas to build a takedown bench with lots of Features. Greatz from Germany and have a nice Day opo

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thank you. Everyone's problem---how to make it all fit!

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  @LitoGeorge Жыл бұрын

  Question for you: how would I hold a 1/2" thick piece of oak thats about 4"x4" high and long without a vice, while it stands on edge? I need to shave it with a spokeshave, possibly drawknife, and then plane the edge.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  For such a small piece, I would generally just clamp it in a wooden Jorgensen-style clamp and clamp the clamp to the workbench.

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  @LitoGeorge10 ай бұрын

  @@petercoates2882advice well worth the wait. Thank you kindly.

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  @arrasmithf Жыл бұрын

  Did you build your shave horse attachment from a set of plans or did you design yourself? Either way, would you share shave horse plans if you have them?

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  @petercoates2882 Жыл бұрын

  Hi Frank. Yes, I designed it. I have no plans, but I'll take some pictures for you and make them available. Once you see how it works, it will be obvious. It works great but it could have been much more lightly built and still work!

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  @BrandonWorkshop Жыл бұрын

  thanks for this video! Does anyone have plans or know where to find any to build my own pointer tool? These are ridiculously expensive!

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/25/the-figure-10-pointing-and-carving/ Oddly enough...

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  I sent you a blog piece on a pointing machine that I made and use. But you might be interested in this too--it's two parts. The second has more sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/08/20/a-sculpture-enlarging-machine/ pictures.sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/19/a-sculpture-enlarging-machine-part-2/

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/25/the-figure-10-pointing-and-carving/ The pointing machine is more robust than you need for small work, but you can use rods of any length to scale it up. The reason it's so overbuilt is that I thought maybe if it were strong enough, I could drill right through the holes, but that wasn't practical. The blocks were 1.25" cold--rolled steel, but you could go smaller, and CR isn't necessary--ordinary hot-rolled mild steel would be fine. The CR is nice for the rods though. The bolts are just ordinary 3/8 coarse thread bolts from the big box store. The only power tool you absolutely need is a drill press and a vice. Don't drill without one, because with holes that big it will easily snatch the steel and throw it! A cutoff saw is nice, but I actually sawed it all with a hacksaw. I've used it for years and it works great.

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  @jocelynbeauregard4456 Жыл бұрын

  Nice job Peter by the way what is the total length of this bench and these 2 slabs if you don’t mind…😊

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  drive.google.com/file/d/14dQIidz0MqxI0UM1tqfegHlMuY_mdJZ1/view?usp=drive_link Thanks. All the measurements are in this PDF file. The measurements in the other direction are more important, btw. Height and length can be anything, but the width actually matters because it assumes that standard dimension lumber will add up a certain way.

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  @jocelynbeauregard4456 Жыл бұрын

  Nice job Peter! I’m gonna do this low bench for sure….again thanks.

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  @jocelynbeauregard4456 Жыл бұрын

  Hey Peter what is the total length of your low Roman bench top and those 2 (2x8) slabs if you don’t mind…thanks and have a nice weekend.😊

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  Hi Jocelyn. Sorry--dum-ass thing to not put in the plans! For mine: top is 57" outside to outside of legs is 47" and the apron is 24". I don't think the length really matters. The width dimensions are what are important! Nice to see someone building one. If I were doing it again, I think I'd make it a few inches higher, but I'm quite tall. You might consider it anyway. If you're going to make matching horses, remember, they should be the same height and the main rail's should be the same height as the bench. Please let me know how it goes and send a picture!

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  @jocelynbeauregard44569 ай бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 thanks Peter, it’s almost done…have a nice evening!

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  @michaelosborne4050 Жыл бұрын

  Your an amazing craftsman sir and video maker …. I really want one like this …. With all the attachments. I could make one maybe if I had the stuff and knew how to do it …

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  @gm2407 Жыл бұрын

  @12:17 just the chance to do this and have the revertable workbench functionality makes this excellent.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thank you. Sorry to be so long replying.

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  @makenchips Жыл бұрын

  Pretty good. Looks like a hammer clamp moxon vise! You could glue or pin a location on the board so your clamps don't rotate while your positioning in the wood. Just make it a little easier to position everything. Enjoyed your videos on this bench build!

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  @rossklucker21732 жыл бұрын

  Best workbench on youtube. Finally being able to settle into my space. I am going to build your version to get started. Brilliant and beautiful. Thank you. I like your Volcom shirt.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thanks. It's been a year---did you build it?

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  @robertcornelius35142 жыл бұрын

  So glad to see someone else doing a video on the Roman bench. Can't stand that Schwartz guy.

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  @ikust0072 жыл бұрын

  Excellent . Merci !

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  @tullochgorum63232 жыл бұрын

  Very though provoking - the most refined Roman Bench I've seen. Do you ever miss a more conventional bench in your work? And if so, what are the tasks that this bench struggles to accommodate?

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  @petercoates28822 жыл бұрын

  Actually, for my purposes, the regular, boring, European style bench is essential. I use the low one for a lot of cutting, planing, etc., but mostly for carving. And I use conventional clamps with it a lot. The traditional tricks are handy for woodworking, but a lot of what I do is mounting platforms on it for attaching a carving vice, etc. So far, 80% has been me straddling it and chipping away at some carving held in the vice.

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  @tullochgorum63232 жыл бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 Thanks. I'm making small pieces of cabinetmaking, and in my small workspace it's tempting to go for one of these little benches. But it may be a step too far - I'll have to think it through. If I do end up building a Nicholson-style English workbench I may steal your idea of leaving a gap between the top and the skirt so I can use conventional C and F clamps. I think that this is your invention, and it looks interesting!

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  @petercoates28822 жыл бұрын

  @@tullochgorum6323 Honestly, if I had to have just one, it would be the 36" high one. The low benches are at their best if you're using all manual tools. The thing my tall bench doesn't have is the ability to use hold-fasts, because only the front edge is full thickness. The rest isn't thick enough to use them. If you're making one, that's a key feature (at least for me.)

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  @tullochgorum63232 жыл бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 I'm 100% with you on the usefulness of hold-fasts. I was trained at high-school in the '60s in an old-school shop and that's how we worked. If I go for the higher bench, I'm planning a Nicholson-style viceless design with a skirt and dog holes covering the top, sides and legs. Thanks to KZread I've found quick and elegant approaches to holding pretty much any kind of work on this type of bench - and it's a lot cheaper than buying a fancy vice!

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  @ianpearse44802 жыл бұрын

  Sir, do you intend to release the plans for your bench?

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  @danielreitermusic2 жыл бұрын

  Nice idea! Adding wood notch pieces to the chop to hold the flat tips of the holdfasts in place can make it easier to adjust the chop without them swinging around from gravity. A quick google image search for 'nicholson holdfast vise' should turn up what I'm talking about on Caleb James' blog.

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  @petercoates28822 жыл бұрын

  Hey thanks. I’ll have a look

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  @LarryLeeder2 жыл бұрын

  Wow, you've really presented some invaluable ideas to this brand new woodworker. I'm just about done building my first Roman-style workbench, based on Rex Krueger's video. I've glued and screwed nine 6' 2x4s together and I'll be drilling the leg holes tomorrow. My only contribution to the design was to add a series of slots to the underside of each second board in from the outside, to be used as purchase points for c-and f-clamps should I need to clamp boards to the outsides. I first drilled them with the same spade I'll be using for the legs, then sawed out the waste. I hope my description makes sense. Cheers, I'm off to watch some of your other videos, and thanks for the tips!

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  Oh! This reply is so old and I never replied. Hope it worked out. Good idea about accommodating clamps. People forget that they can be very handy and do jobs that a vice will not.

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  @schadik2 жыл бұрын

  Fantastic I want one for my new workshop I will be putting together in the near future!! I just signed the deed yesterday!! ;) Are there any plans available!?! Cheers!

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  drive.google.com/file/d/14dQIidz0MqxI0UM1tqfegHlMuY_mdJZ1/view?usp=drive_link Enjoy your new house!

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  @ryanms602 жыл бұрын

  It looks like the height is just above your knee. Do you find this height works well?

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  @petercoates28822 жыл бұрын

  Hello. Actually, I think I'd make it a little higher if I were doing it again. But a lot of people do make them pretty short. Me, I'm not a real Roman.

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  @rickreed1232 жыл бұрын

  Amazing. The Swiss Army knife of Roman Benches.

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  @petercoates288210 ай бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @fritzn.91002 жыл бұрын

  Thank You!

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  @makenchips2 жыл бұрын

  Ya Johnson pastes wax, an American staple, but the can's past it time! The can said easy to open lid? BS! If you use often, melt it down and put into a low wide mouth jar with a screw lid, then it will be convenient!

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  @petercoates28829 ай бұрын

  What a good idea. I've seen people render tallow from animal fat and use it for lubricating screws and such.

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  @gm24072 жыл бұрын

  My favourite one I have seen so far. Edit one year later: Downloaded the plans, this is awesome.

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  @johnhicks63673 жыл бұрын

  Awesome bench! Thanks for this video!

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  @easterstedman2363 жыл бұрын

  I did it with the Stodoys plans.

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  @chlebon3 жыл бұрын

  That is amazing ... bench - transformer

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  @Taurabirdy3 жыл бұрын

  I have been studying your drawings and I read all your notes that you linked to on your blog. I think I have it Except for what you describe under the picture looking at the apron sitting on the leg. You said as a caption to the photo, "another view showing how the apron sits on the leg plus a horizontal spacer attached to the trestle. The allignment blocks for the wedding notches sit on the same spacer." I don't see that horizontal piece or the alignment blocks accounted for in the diagrams. Can you explain what those are made out of and whether the horizontal piece was attached and then the notches cut out or did you cut actual blocks and screw those onto the trestle? Thanks so much for all this, I really want to make this bench, it is perfect for my carving and woodworking projects.

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  @petercoates28823 жыл бұрын

  Hi Taura. I hope I'm understanding your question. Here goes. The vertical trestle is 1.5 inches thick leaving a wide space between the trestle and the outer sides of the 7.5 inch wide legs. The horizontal member I'm referring to is that asymmetrical extra piece that is flush with the bottom of the trestle AND flush with outer vertical edge of the leg. Without it, there would be nothing to bolt the lower edge of the apron to. It also serves as a place to attach those blocks that line up with the vertical edge of the notches. Are those adjustable blocks really necessary? In theory, not, because the edge of the notch that is down in the picture should be perfectly perpendicular to the top and there are wooden cleats across the bottom pf the benchtop that also line up with that square edge making it 3.5 + 1.5 = 5 inches of square vertical surface., But in practice, wood isn't always perfectly straight, the cut might be off a little, etc. so those adjustable blocks give you another point of alignment that adds another 7.5 inches rather than just the 1.5 inch extension that the cleats add. Also, if you notice, the widths of all the pieces are chosen so that things line up naturally if your wood is standard dimension lumber. The trestle plus the spacer make an edge level with the edge of the leg, and two pieces of wood for the apron let the apron line up with the edge of the top. But this kind of wood will always move, so the apron is attached with lags to let you slide some shims in if things go out of alignment. BTW, it's very exiting that you are actually doing this! Let me know how it all goes and be sure to send some pix.

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  @petercoates28823 жыл бұрын

  Oh-and btw, the horizontal piece is the same dimensional fir that the rest is made of. It's glued and screwed to the trestle.

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  @Taurabirdy3 жыл бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 yes, this answers my question perfectly! I bought my wood, letting it sit. Will be starting on the top soon. Will post pics for sure.

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  @petercoates28823 жыл бұрын

  @@Taurabirdy It’s kind of an interesting experiment to weigh one of the big pieces of wood on the bathroom scale and then come back in a week or two. I wish I could lose weight that fast

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  @Taurabirdy3 жыл бұрын

  @@petercoates2882 hilarious, me too!

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  @dr.christianrapp3 жыл бұрын

  Recently, an old friend from school (he is a carpenter) gave me a red beech board for free ("These days they all want oak" he said). Planned to make a Roman Bench out of it with round legs. Luckily, my cousin is a blacksmith so holdfasts are there too. Your video now shows me how to pull things together. Excellent resource. Cheers Peter!

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  @petercoates28823 жыл бұрын

  I think beach would be a good choice. And I suspect old fasts made by a blacksmith from steel would be better than the ones you buy online. I’ve had a lot of them break. Good luck