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132716 "Joe West" <joewest64@m...> 2004‑04‑28 Re: Bio and project completion
All

Why is the tail vise end of a traditional cabinetmakers workbench, like
Clifs, unsupported? That end of the bench hangs way over from the legs.

Joe West

>From: Clif Palmberg  Reply-To: Clif Palmberg
> To: "oldtools"  Subject:
>Re:[oldtools] Bio and project completion Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004
>19:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
>
> >Absolutely beautiful, Clif. Did you have much trouble fitting the the
> >tail vise. What hardware did you use?
>
>The tail vise wasn't too bad to fit. Before the apron, before the three
>rows of 1" wood I glued on for the dogholes, I very carefully made sure
>the entire length the front edge of the bench was square to the top.
>After that, using the top as a reference, I used my 55 (actually, my
>great-grandfather who settled the fam in Kansas' 55) to plough a 1/2"
>thick and 1/2" deep slot in the edge of the bench. Not changing any
>settings, I did this to the apron. From there, built up the dog holes,
>carefully glued on the apron and attached the endcap (held by dovetails
>in the apron, tongue and groove in the end of the bench and two bolts
>with captured nuts). I made the vise jaw taller than needed, and planed
>it down. Hardware - the vise runs on a pair of cocobolo slides -
>naturally oily and sturdy. Where the wood contacts has beeswax
>coatings. The acutal screw is the shoulder vise screw from lee valley.
>That made the setup about $30. (Technically, the screw was a christmas
>present - thanks Scott!) If I need to take out the jaw, I remove four
>screws from the bottom, and removed the slides from the bottom.
>
>I've got pictures of the whole process I can post if anyone's
>interested. They're shot with my palm pilot and not the highest
>quality, but you can see how it all works.
>
>
> >If you need a place nearby to store it for a few (or more) years, let
> >me know. I would be willing to move my current bench out into the
> >rain to make room for it. :-)
>
>If you can single-handedly move it out of my garage and into the back
>of the truck, maybe. On second thought, Galoots are pretty resourceful
>folks and you'd probably pull up with some sort of sliding dovetail
>contraption based off of a pole drill to lift it. I'll have to pass on
>the offer. :)
>
>-Clif in Dallas, TX
>
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