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I'll give it a go. I am confident there are no high spots, though - but I'd love to be wrong! I could always lower the shoulder that fits tight and then square the bar to the face. Actually, someone might have suggested that before but I've only just realised what they meant. Cheers

My first attempt yesterday was an ordeal. I went past my lines slightly on the mortise so I made a new bar to fit the holes. Then after doing all that, I hammered it home and It was tight... too tight! It went in all nice and was lovely and square. Then I realised why it suddenly went in...

I bet it has moved. I squared it, left it then marked it without double-checking it was still square. D'oh! I wish I had a tiny square to fit in those mortise holes to check. Cheers

Thanks. That was my worry but I have no idea how I can check if the mortise is running through square. They're too small to get my square in to check. I didn't use a mortise gauge, just a marking gauge off the same edge. That was squared at another - time yesterday I think. I wonder if it...

I have taken slight shavings off the tenon and the mortise but the gap persists. The worry is I'm missing something else and I'll make it too loose once I discover what that other thing is! I was thinking maybe the top tenon is at an angle somehow or something I hadn't thought of. You may be...

Thanks. I do have one shoulder plane but it's a bit big for them shoulders. I have tried to see any high spots and used my square to check. I got them straight off the saw and they seemed dead on. I did the line all of the way around and they are identical. Actually, I did that by using the...

Thanks. Definitely no fluff and it is a through tenon so it doesn't matter how long they are. I think maybe a couple more shavings might do it in that area. I'll try that tomorrow. Cheers.

I meant to say this is literally the second time ( the first one went belly up) I've ever done a mortise and tenon so don't think I've thought of the obvious... I won't have.

I've been building my first workbench using only hand tools and posting my progress here ... https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/yet-another-english-style-workbench-build.124501/ I'm a complete beginner, but things have gone quite well up until building the face vice. This is my second...

Right, I finally had a spare weekend and replaced my twisted boards to get the top on. The only difficult part here was chopping out the square hole for the planing stop. I had a couple of practices doing the speedy method Richard shows on the video, but they didn't come out very neat for me...

I've had lots of interactions with Amazon customer support over the years. I once received an email telling me that my replacement Garmin watch had been sent out and I was to return the faulty one or be charged within some time period. I thought that was going to be a right pain to sort out...

Right on with the worlds longest workbench build. I'm glad I started this thread, though. At least I can see that I began at the start of July - so that's 3 months so far! I would've said I'd been just over a month into the build if I was to guess. I did get held up for a bit waiting for my...

Thanks, MikeG. I suppose I have nothing to lose giving it a go with the plane. I'll see how thin it ends up. If it goes really thin I could use it as a tool well in the middle! I think I'll probably end up getting a new length, though.

You're right. I've just looked at prices for hardwood and I think I'll be sticking with redwood pine!

Thanks very much, MusicMan. I'll have a look at those. Species of wood is something I know absolutely nothing about!

Thanks, Blaidd-Drwg and Phil pascoe. Good idea - It'd be nice to get it outside on a nice day!

Thanks, Ian. I read that post yesterday and gave it the thumbs up! I was amazed that you could hold things in that many different ways - and with no vice. I've mentioned this before, but as a beginner, trying to work out the best way to position and hold things is difficult (or I've found it...

Thanks, AndyT & thetyreman. The twist is too strong to get out with hand pressure, but I've just got it out with clamps on either end. I think I'll take both of your advice and get a new length for it. I could even get one hardwood plank to go as the front board where most of the work will be...

Right onto the glueing and hammering. I watched a David Charlesworth video a couple of weeks ago where he referred to this stage as the point where within a few minutes you can ruin days of work (something along those lines anyway!) With those words of encouragement, I started to think about...