Reggaebass Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Si600 said: Dimensions please 🤔 Here you go si 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) I installed these little 5mm thick plates for the bottom of the scissor mechanism to run on, it pushes it out far enough for the chop to be parallel. And now with the fore edge repair planed to fit. The chop is a smidgen short, so the new face is a little proud. Anyone would think it was deliberate. Varnish and final fit to come. I had hoped to be done today, but waiting for extra glue to dry put paid to that. Edited July 3, 2020 by Si600 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 So the next question is... what you building with it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Now that you've dressed it a bit it is looking good. That will be an asset for lots of workpieces. A slurry and buff finish after you've christened it with coffee stains perhaps? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: So the next question is... what you building with it? Oh Crom, don't ask awkward questions! There's a bitsa 5er in the not too distant future, along with a chisel stand, a deep box picture frame and other random projects as and when I can think of them. Edited July 3, 2020 by Si600 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I think it’s gorgeous.... wish I had a bench this good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Si600 said: a chisel stand That's what workshops are for. Making workshop equipment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Because I neglected the cheese wire warriors over the last few updates they got the big reveal first. It's finished!! Three coats of varnish over the weekend, interrupted by going away and it's now installed. Sensible handle for @Stub Mandrel. It's got a maximum opening of 250 mm, any more than that then the screw disengages. Side to side, is technically the width of the room, realistically, a meter would probably be enough. Likewise depth is also about a meter, but that's only because the floor gets in the way. 1500mm maybe before the end is too high to work on? If the leg met the chop all the way down then you'd get an even clamping force all the way to the floor, about 900 mm, long enough for a through neck So there it is. It's a little rough in places and certainly not perfect but it works, it's solid and I suspect will break whatever goes in the jaws before it does. The weak point is the M6 coach bolts, I think they'll bend first. If they need to be bigger in the future it's not a huge job to do. I hope you've enjoyed the trip into the Heart of Darkness, and that all the mistakes have been made by me for you, should any of you want to make a variation of it. Edited July 6, 2020 by Si600 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Excellent, good job Si. Nothing like using self-made tools to give you a grin 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Er... How did you get your knob to go through that eyelet? (I'm on about the handle.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: Er... How did you get your knob to go through that eyelet? (I'm on about the handle.) Magic. It's not attached when you buy it, so just glued on. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Si600 said: Magic. It's not attached when you buy it, so just glued on. I knew it had to be but I also noticed a distinct lack of knob gags on this build. It's looking fine. I wish you many years of use out of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 54 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: I knew it had to be but I also noticed a distinct lack of knob gags on this build. Just demonstrates how the knob on the end is to stop it slipping out of your grasp at a critical moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Just demonstrates how the knob on the end is to stop it slipping out of your grasp at a critical moment. Now you understand why I like a volute, especially on a headless bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: Now you understand why I like a volute, especially on a headless bass. So rather than a Hardly Bent-One, you prefer a NoBend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just now, Stub Mandrel said: So rather than a Hardly Bent-One, you prefer a NoBend? I know you like a UBass so I'll go with the flow and say U-bend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Si600 said: 'Tis a thing of beauty! And, as often happens of this forum, I find I have been on a journey from ignorance that something even exists, through quizzical puzzling about how it works, through amazement that someone is making one, to deciding I will really really need one! Hats off again, and thank you for a most interesting build diary! 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Superb, @Si600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 15 hours ago, Si600 said: Because I neglected the cheese wire warriors over the last few updates they got the big reveal first. It's finished!! Three coats of varnish over the weekend, interrupted by going away and it's now installed. Sensible handle for @Stub Mandrel. It's got a maximum opening of 250 mm, any more than that then the screw disengages. Side to side, is technically the width of the room, realistically, a meter would probably be enough. Likewise depth is also about a meter, but that's only because the floor gets in the way. 1500mm maybe before the end is too high to work on? If the leg met the chop all the way down then you'd get an even clamping force all the way to the floor, about 900 mm, long enough for a through neck So there it is. It's a little rough in places and certainly not perfect but it works, it's solid and I suspect will break whatever goes in the jaws before it does. The weak point is the M6 coach bolts, I think they'll bend first. If they need to be bigger in the future it's not a huge job to do. I hope you've enjoyed the trip into the Heart of Darkness, and that all the mistakes have been made by me for you, should any of you want to make a variation of it. I think you may be surprised at how much punishment those M^6 coach bolts will take 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 NICE!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Oh lackaday! Woe! Lamentations! This has just happened. It's the insert which I had to fit after knocking the wrong corner of the chop off. Unsurprisingly I suppose, it's the top edge of long grain and taking all the force of clamping boards on the edges. However, what to do about it. I've got some oak, mahogany or ash to go in there, but it will be long grain again but bigger, or I can go pine again. Or... say nuts to it and fit a whole new face to the vice with the grain running vertically. Then I lose the massive flat clamping surface. Or a short length of vertical grain inset into the chop. Edited April 8, 2021 by Si600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I’d reface it with a decent piece of ply, the cross grain won’t break out then 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Ply I have, 12mm from memory. Would you cut the break out and square it off, or just leave it as is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 24 minutes ago, Si600 said: Ply I have, 12mm from memory. Would you cut the break out and square it off, or just leave it as is? I’d cut the break out Si, and replace it for support behind the ply so it’s solid, in case you want to clamp something on the edge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 What he said.^^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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