Cut slots in the top of your tenons, fit wedges that protrude above the tenons by about an inch, then when you drive them into their mortices, they will be forced into the top if each leg causing it to spread open to fill the mortice. This should tighten thing up a tad.
@MartinMMeiss-mj6li3 жыл бұрын
He could just drive in slim wooden wedges along side where the legs enter the holes.
@jplamb773 жыл бұрын
Excellent leg support and reinforcing.,,!!!!!! For now,, Iam living in a apartment/with a garage on site. I’ve been working on 2 smaller versions of yours. One I’ll mount on a lowboy dolly, so it’s mobile. The other will be as Your’s is. To save me from building an additional bench for spoons, pull saw and spatula making,, as you have. Iam going to build a “clamp down “, type vice on the other end of my bench;, to use for spoons or spatula’s. Excellent Video,,, Thank You,,,,!!!!!! Joshua
@scottwardcarvings3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you.
@CreationsByWill4 жыл бұрын
linseed, pine and turpentine... sounds like a a good song ;)
@BushCraftBums6 жыл бұрын
Nice build! Thanks for taking us along! Blessings
@crossgrainwoodproductsltd92305 жыл бұрын
I need to build one of these for working outside on nice days. For more stability, I'm going to countersink some PVC pipe just slightly larger than the leg diameter & at the same angle. Then, I will put the legs of the mule log into those pipes and hopefully that will stop the racking. I have never seen someone use a sealer on the surfaces and I think that it is a great idea. Nice build!!
@johnwalker59383 жыл бұрын
Looks great, nice job. You might be able to bang some wedges into the mortise holes to secure the undersized tenons.
@Александр-у1р3е4 жыл бұрын
Great job
@rickschuman29262 жыл бұрын
Good to see someone putting substantial legs on one of these. Still looks a bit wobbly to me but at least it won't be bouncing around.
@TheBeardedCarpenter5 жыл бұрын
I like that broad axe! Just found your channel- subscribing. God bless
@mayaikejim3 жыл бұрын
My family put a black smith shop, livery stable & general store in eastern NC right around the time they were figuring up our constitutional structure. My Uncle was a gun smith. He used axes & hatches to take wood for stocks & such, & I'd help hand checker them. When work was over, you whittled while you shot the shit. Everybody worked wood - growing up in the 1960s we still didn't see any sense in going to a lumber yard when it rose right out of the ground behind your house. No sense in buying nails either. So I know how to slap together a carving bench & that this altogether enjoyable video has another target market. Yet when the cool righteous morning fades and I get run inside, I sit and watch with utter pleasure. Why? Cause there's something about working wood that balances things; ya'll know what I'm talking about. And you transport yourself right there doing what that fella's doing in that video. Plus you remember how much you like chickens. Some videos take you off in the woods and by the time you're done watchin' you've plum forgot what was irritating you in the first place. And that dag on dog in one of them videos piddling around in the background while a log's gettin' rough hewned sure looks like ol' Charlie. . . If I were King, and that ain't a good idea, my first edict would command that all shall whittle up something before they make any major decision in their lives; figure that ought to steady things up well enough. So thank you for this video partner, and thanks to every single one of you folks workin' a little wood that make them. Appreciate ya'll.
@pondlife19522 жыл бұрын
That was a good read. This morning's objective is, therefore, to whittle a spoon before making no big decisions; just to enjoy the meditation. We come from different parts but not necessarily backgrounds. Best wishes.
@rafaelmercado62102 жыл бұрын
Why did you not just split the log into halves with your chain saw? It could have been a lot easier, faster and smoother. Just asking.
@ForgeFireCustoms2 жыл бұрын
Splitting it was easier. That large of a rip cut with a chainsaw that is sharpened for a cross cut is not that easy.
@WarrenRCG6 жыл бұрын
Looks great! All ya need is a diagonal member, or 2, to tie the bottom of the bench to the bottom cross member(s) that hold the legs spread. I have a crazy feeling of de ja vu, like I've seen this before. *scratches head, squints eyes*
@ForgeFireCustoms6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, been moving some of my older videos over here, lol. I forget what I did to brace it up. Last winter a crazy heifer in heat got loose, tried to mount it and broke a leg off. Haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.
@carsongoodman55815 жыл бұрын
Nice project, I think racking could be solved with some 6ft branches as legs (tar them up) shove them in the ground until it suits you’re personal preference:)