I haven’t posted much lately because I haven’t had anything much of interest to post. I have been continuing to work on building a work bench, and as it is with many projects, the last 10 percent of the detail work takes a loonnng time!
It seems as though I’ve been working on this bench forever. I made some wooden jaws for the vise, and I had to remove the vise to install them, then reinstall it. Then I drilled 15 “dog holes” in the top and two more on the vise jaw. (Drilling that many holes in 1-1/2″ thick maple is time-consuming and eats up drill bits!) The dog holes accept bench dogs–the pegs you can see in the picture–that are used to clamp wood to the bench top for working. I still need to put some finish into the holes to protect the top from absorbing moisture.
