Wednesday: We marked and drilled with a 3/8 bit for the oak pegs that strengthen the mortise and tenon joints. Putting in the pegs, we then used a Japanese saw to cut the pegs down to just proud of the surface. Then we made sure the place were the tail-vise attached the the bench was square, then we began installing the tail-vises on the benches.
When you get it right, those Benchcrafted tail-vises are amazing!
After that we started flattening the bench tops using a good jointer plane with a SHARP blade. That’s the only way to flatten the top!! You just can’t feed this though a machine! See our new online Sharpening Course here.
Drilling the holes
Hammering the pegs
Cutting the pegs
Trimming the pegs
Tools of the Trade
Ready to Flatten
Planing the top
Jonathan Schwennesen
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