Face Vise and Moravian Build Finale'

Finally, not only do I finish the face vise in this video, I also finish the entire Moravian Workbench! There were some real downturns in this final process, but nothing I couldn't surmount and make a final product I'm proud of. This concludes the Moravian Workbench Series. That means a new project is on the way!
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[@mohdalisyed]

Love the music and the fact that you are actually building a workhorse and not a show piece. You've filled up voids several times and that's encouraging for me: doing a similar project now

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you! Keep going, you'll feel so rewarded when you're done.

[@camgreer]

I watched this whole series, and I've gotta say it's cool that you showed your challenges and failures along with the successes, because this is real woodworking. When does a project go perfect? Not often, in my experience. You didn't 'sanitize' it for public consumption but you checked your ego and gave an honest account. Good for you. You've still got a nice workbench to show for it.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you so much! I mean really, how can we learn until someone shows us the wrong way...right?

[@fredmeyer3063]

@@DBacaMaker Thank you for making this series of videos. I have been considering making a Moravian workbench, but one thing that concerned me was having the vise shear off the dowel pins holding the top on if clamping a thin piece of wood (I didn't know how the back piece of the vise was secured; now I know there is an upper tenon as well as a lower one). I appreciate your candor and your patience with yourself in working through the challenges that you faced. It was a good example for me!

[@dirdick43]

"This is a workbench. It's not a showpiece" --- Refreshing - I beat up one workbench; now I need another - collapsible one. Love it

[@dirdick43]

I learned more about bench building here than I would have imagined. Again, Dan, Thank you.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you very much!

[@dbrown1576]

What I really like about your video, is that you make some of the same mistakes I do, and it cracks me up that I’m not the only one that does those.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you for that. I do think it can be encouraging to people when they can see I am j7st as dumb sometimes. LOL

[@dmartin1650]

Well done pushing through the trials and tribulations. Using what's available, making it work, and finding solutions on the fly are the mark of an agile mind and a determined personality... bravo. Mind you, she's not a pretty beast, but a beast she certainly is!

[@thinkforyourself7262]

love you put the mistakes in. Awesome well done

[@DBacaMaker]

Thanks!

[@dcolorado7483]

I appreciate your showing the build process in a manner I could relate to. I like the way you roll with things when the result is not perfect. Watching your build helped me see what to do and how I would do different. Thanks

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you so much! I'm gratified to know my little demonstration are helping people get through projects despite imperfections

[@ChaimbenKalman1]

Dan, I have to say, one of the reasons I like your videos is you build like me. It's like watching myself stumbling and mumbling around until I figure out how to solve my... mistakes. My "workbench" is a hardwood cutting board from Goodwill, and a (jerry rigged) plywood moxon vise. I love your "back drops" too!!!!

[@DBacaMaker]

I think we ALL do that. And as for backdrops, you mean the junk strewn all over? LOL.

[@DBacaMaker]

Also, Talk about jerry rigged moxons, did you see my very first video, the workbench box? Look at the "emergency moxon vise" devised by Izzy Swan on that thing.

[@mikeg3660]

Well done ... I applaud your acceptance of imperfections to keep moving forward. Your second one will be so much easier :)

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you very much! It will also be a bec de corbin rather than a halberd

[@nardu]

That is excellent work, well done! I'm yet to experience the heartache of the vice that came appart, you handled it like a champ!

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you very much! I should have foreseen the walnut would do that but I just wanted that look. I DO want to rebuild that vise out of stronger wood, though. Maybe in the not to distant future.

[@bigokie50]

Very impressive. You definitely took a good design and made it your own. You used what you could get or re-purpose as your material and It came out outstanding. And you did it with hand tools for the most part! Now I will go back and watch all the videos again and look forward to the next.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you. It's what I try to do as much as possible. I mean did you see the "stock" I have to work through in that yard? I must add, the power tools I received for free were actually kind of a hindrance is some cases. Just about the only time-saver was the radial arm saw for making kerf cuts. When I'm out at the stage or another job, the hand tools are what I use. I just had to push through this to move forward.

[@varano6836]

thank you dan

[@DBacaMaker]

My pleasure!

[@walther9161]

Good work especially in the hot temps!!! Only one suggestion is I’d table saw off all rounded edges of any 2”x Doug fir. It’ll make joinery easier and give a more finished look.. kudos for a great bench!!!

[@jcoul1sc]

Nightmare build. I bought a parkinson vise from the 1950s, a Record Irwin competitor that was sold to colleges in the UK and someone rescued it from the skip, that when I got it. Nothing wrong with using metal vise either I bought some rubber grips for mine. Thanks for sharing.

[@VooDooTennessee]

nice brother

[@DBacaMaker]

Thanks

[@HeartlandMakesAndOutdoors]

I honestly dont think anyone has worked harder on a bench and vise than you sir, Good job on not giving up and thank you so much for sharing the failures so we can all learn from the mistakes. I did notice the check in the end, I wonder if you can put a few bow ties in the check that would look cool and possible keep it from checking further. Man, I am so so excited for you and your bench. Looking forward to the next video sir, you have us hanging in threads, Collab.. Im excited to see it. Have a blessed week my friend. Dale

[@DBacaMaker]

Yep, butterflies will land on it! A previous, more glum, closing comment clip had me highlighting the idea, but I forgot about it in the published one. The worst of the check runs on the bottom but I'll put at least one on top near the end there.

[@ChaimbenKalman1]

Thanks for pushing thru to the completion. I'm looking forward to seeing more projects from you. If I can throw in my $.02; please be more careful. At 3:34 you were cleaning the dovetail & pushing the chisel directly towards your left hand. One slip and "it's off to the emergency room. Also, take better care of your thumb... :)

[@DBacaMaker]

Had I really been applying pressure instead of short scraping motions I would have clamped it down. That was just cleaning off bits of fuzz; however, heh, you noticed the bruise on my nail. That was a screw gun bit bumping slipping out of a screw into the area just below my nail back in November of 2019. It surprised the !@#$ out of me when a bruise rose up. LOL

[@fletchro789]

Have you thought about adding a planing stop to your workbench so you don't need a bench-long bench hook? Holes for hold fasts? Ultimately, I'm really impressed that you stuck it out and finished what seemed like a real bear of a project. And in such heat, too!

[@DBacaMaker]

Oh definitely I want to add dog holes. I just haven't done it yet due to other projects. After all that, it became another horizontal surface. Thank you! There is SO much I want to add, like dogs on the legs for long boards, a removable shelf underneath with portable tool drawers. SO many improvements over the months.

[@drawlele]

I wonder if the Roy Underhill bench hooks would work out better for you than a hook that goes the entire distance of the bench, maybe make three that way you could put one on each end and one in the center or wherever you happen to be cutting so that you dont have bend in the center, plus with his hook system you can also cut very small pieces. Yeah I saw that check near the end of the video and was like oh boy that's not good I like Heartland Outdoor Living's idea of using bowties to bring that check "into check". The bench did turn out nice though, looking forward to next video

[@DBacaMaker]

Roy's hooks were what I had in mind. But I could certainly have fun with long pieces to flatten and square the length of the bench. As for the check. Yes, a few butterflies are going to land on it for sure. Most of the crack is underneath. Once that's treated I can look to some kind of tail vise situations. Thanks!

[@mitchwoodwork]

Well done. A few problems along the way, but you've solved them nicely.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you! I hope, now that I have a customized work bench I can get a lot more creative. Cheers!

[@davetoepfer]

Much respect all around. But I love the external garter (sliding screen stay). I may steal that idea when I make mine. But you'll get the credit for that idea, even if I tweak it a bit.

[@ronaldgerhold5215]

I give you a lot of credit you got to your Moravian bench build. I've been wanting to build mine for years now. I am slowly getting clamps and wood I will need to build mine. great job for your first one. of you ever build one out of say Oak you will be ahead of the game.

[@mohdalisyed]

I got recycled timber, a bunch of the cheapest clamps and some cheap hand tools, second hand where possible. Just a set of chisels, a Japanese saw a no. 4 hand plane and an electric drill driver with a set of cheap spade bits. Spent less than $200 in tools and less than $100 in timber. That's all you need! Wish you best luck.

[@tylerbingham4150]

Nice overcome challenges.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you 🤗

[@williamweatherall8333]

You didn’t buy anything did you? This is super creative! It’s cool watching you make a vise from almost scratch.

[@williamweatherall8333]

Also, in the DVD he suggests oblong holes in the slab on the side that is away from the front to help with wood movement. If your top shrinks or grows it could get stuck

[@DBacaMaker]

I was lucky to pay no money. But getting the parts I used required some sweat at another job. But yes, I came out way ahead on this.

[@DBacaMaker]

LOL I did that by mistake anyway. Unsteady hand a drilling.

[@JamesSmith-su3oz]

Yes. Two things concern me, firse is the way you left hand was in the way of the chisle when you were dove tailing. Next is the vice handel it will damage the larger wood end of the screw. Get some O rings to fit over the pipe caps ($.30$ fix). I like what you have made and how you made the bench.

[@DBacaMaker]

Thank you! First, the chisel was being use in short scraping cuts with care, but not pressure, just to remove a few bits of fuzz and fibers. But thank you for the concern. Second, I expect the handle will break, and I do plan to put in bushings throughout the vise; however, considering how crooked the handle is on the screw, I somewhat want it to break off eventually so I can fix that. It is, after all, only a store-bought bit of 4x4. I want to find a good piece of oak to make the next hub for the handle.

[@brucewelty7684]

@4'07" mark on your arm. Please get that biopsied.

[@DBacaMaker]

The blue mole? I had a doctor look at it already because I was worried. Not a cancerous tumor, just a mole. The red mark by my elbow, a bit of a scrape that's healing slowly. Thank you so much for your concern. I do keep an eye on it. If it suddenly changes, I go right in for biopsy.

[@zacharyyoung1083]

If this is your first bench, build a Nicholson Style. You need zero vises, hardly any joinery skills, and a drill bit. With these you can build a bench that can hold work and teach you how to build and join properly.

[@DBacaMaker]

I have a Nicholson style bench as well, this one was meant to be my portable bench for when I work out at my theater group's stage. As it turned out, I haven't been able to use it that way.

[@y-notforge8913]

.. she's a little wobbly like me, so it would do me fine!! rub a bit of a wax candle where the wood hits wood. Ail in all, Good job sir...!!

[@DBacaMaker]

That would certainly help with the assembly. Once the tusks are driven home it's pretty durn solid, which always surprises me. Thanks!🔨🔨🔨