01-15-2017, 10:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2017, 10:31 PM by mr_skittle.)
I teach some hand plane classes and have recently found the need to take my show on the road. After much research and many questions I've gone and built a portable workbench. Following a post on the Close Grain blog I built it out of some pine and maple that I had around. I've been playing around with it a bit since I finished it before Christmas and I'm pretty happy with the results. There are some big walnut hooks on the sides for edge planing, a few long planing stops, a doe's foot, and my very first holdfast. I had a face vice that I was considering putting on, but there just wasn't a good spot for it. I had the holdfast made by a local blacksmith. I brought the bench along to the local Forging Community's shop and watched as it was made and tried it out until we got it just right. I paid much more for it than the Gramercy ones that are so popular but the experience plus the product was worth it. Now I just need to use it and figure out it nuances.
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How do you know you're learning anything if you don't screw up once in awhile?
My blog: http://birdsandboards.blogspot.com/
My blog: http://birdsandboards.blogspot.com/