I am back in the shop, after taking care of some outdoor jobs like re-sealing the entire deck, opening the swimming pool (finally!), and helping with transportation to Swim Team practice for three of our granddaughters.
This time I am helping our son-in-law make a face frame and doors for a built-in cabinet he created in the bathroom. The frame needed just a tiny bit of touch-up at the top one edge to fit the opening in the wall. This was a job for my shop-made, Krenov-inspired smoothing hand plane and good, steady holding of the frame on the bench.
To get the job done I wanted to make sure the frame did not move as I hand planed the edge to get a perfect fit. It turned out this was the first time I finally used the support system at the far right of the workbench:
I remembered the right workbench leg has a set of five rectangular holes that accept a wooden scrap, just for the purpose of assisting with workholding. It worked perfectly!
— Al Navas
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Good trick and magnificent workbench!!. I hope you have good weather and to enjoy the pool all summer.
Have a great bath!!
Thanks, Ramon – I do enjoy the workbench, as it is very versatile. We hope to be able to enjoy the pool – but the weather has cooled quite a bit.
Nice bench, Al. I’ll have to peruse your site to see a better pic of it. By the way, we finally opened our pool at the 1st of June, which was 2 months late.
Thanks, Vic! On the pool: the oak trees kept shedding, until only a short while ago. Now we deal with “strong to very strong” thunderstorms, but so far it is staying beautifully clean.
You can see a better photo here – it is the Sjobergs behemoth, about 7 years old now:
Also, I made a little video of my 42-minute flattening effort, at http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2008/05/20/episode-11-flattening-the-workbench/