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February 11, 2010
Cutting Large Tenons for the Holtzapffel Workbench: Part IThere are a lot of good information in print and on the Internet about building the Holtzapffel workbench. Because of that, I don't want to duplicate the work of others that have done a great job in explaining overall how to build this awesome bench. But as I was building mine, I came across obstacles I had to overcome just because of the sear size of the parts I was dealing with. So I thought I'd share some of the trickier parts in building this bench. In this episode I look at different ways of dealing with cutting large tenons. The way that the top is connected to the base of the bench is with a mortise and tenon joint. Now cutting tenons is usually straight forward, but when those tenons are on a 3" x 5 1/2" beam, some problems can come up. Check out how I dealt with some of those issues in this episode. |
Comments (1)
That aftermarket miter gauge is a vast improvement over the stock unit supplied with most table saws,
but still isn't as rigid as a crosscut sled.
I have a dedicated crosscut sled that I use with my dado stack. An extra advantage with this is the zero clearance effect on the left of the cut which takes care of any tear out.
Rick
Posted by Rick | August 31, 2010 1:14 AM
Posted on August 31, 2010 01:14