> On Jan 22, 2020, at 4:05 PM, Ed Minch  wrote:
> 
> Agree with Richard on everything - I glue on my bench, chisel, pound, etc, and
have no qualms.  I used yellow pine framing lumber and it turned out great - I
love it, it’s my most used tool.  The only problem with YP is that the grain is
busy and when I am in Bill Ghio’s shop working at his maple bench, things look
different.
> 
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Since Ed brought it up a link to mine, when it was pristine, is below. The frame
is Mulberry, free from a friend. The jaw on the Record vice is Long Leaf Maple,
a Galoot-a-Claus gift. Most of the Maple top came from a Craigs List ad at about
$1.80 a board foot. Didn’t get quite enough of the Maple for my design so was
looking for more when a local antiques dealer called to let me know about a
nearby wood hoard being liquidated. Part of what I bought there was Tiger Maple
that ran well under $3 a BF, I just don’t recall the exact price. Some of that
became the band around the bench to get the top to final dimension. The
patternmaker’s vice was a $20 yard sale gloat from c. 1999. It gets treated just
as Ed’s does and no longer looks pristine. A couple of yeas ago I went over the
whole thing w/ a toothing plane and I really like the high friction surface that
resulted from that treatment.

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Bill