The Workbench Book: A Craftsman's Guide from the Publishers by Scott Landis

By Scott Landis

"If I in basic terms acquired one woodwork publication, this primary and definitive ebook at the workbench will be it".--"Woodworker Magazine". 278 colour images. 185 drawings.

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Right up there with the select pine. So I picked through the cheaper boards to find the best. After carefully matching the boards for best edges (for glueup) and for grain match, I glued the panels for the top, the shelves and for the two sides. The shelves and two sides are sized to finish at 11"-wide, which is two 1×6s glued together. The top was two 1×8s that were then ripped to finish width. PUTTING IT TOGETHER Construction was pretty straightforward. After cutting the finished panels to length I used pocket screws to attach the three shelves between the two sides.

Chiseling the entire slot out sounded like too much work, so I looked around at my tools and decided my biscuit jointer would work nicely. 32 Z7617i_pg026-033 Gamble House Mi32 32 9/23/10 4:24:29 PM G A MBL E H OU SE M IRROR 13 After clamping the piece tightely, I set the fence of my biscuit jointer to make the first cut starting 1⁄4" down from the top. With the tool set to make a cut for a No. 20 biscuit, I centered the tool and plunged from first one side, and then the other. 14 15 16 To clean up the ends of the slots, I did need to use a mallet and chisel, but that was an easy task compared to clearing the whole slot by hand.

Because of this I’ve acquired a few smaller files and rasps. The one shown in photo 11 gets used a lot. The rounded face works great for corbels, and the flat side smooths out the transition from round-to-flat on the piece. The next step is to assemble the base frames. To do this, I used countersunk and plugged screws through the edges of the legs and into the ends of the stretchers. Because the legs are 11∕2" wide, I needed to use 21∕2" screws to make a solid joint. I adjusted the length of my countersink bit to make sure I would properly pre-drill the hole.

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