Wanted to make some dovetails so I bought a brace

[Jasper Homminga]

I think I've gone mad.

I recently got some nice walnut and decided to turn it into a small side table with one drawer. Also I wanted to try and do this using handtools only. Ripping and planing went fine, so I started thinking about the drawer ...

Now, I have never been impressed with my vices when it comes to holding planks for dovetailing (too low & vibration). So I decided a "bench on a bench" with a double screw vice and a small assortment of Veritas bench dogs and wonderdogs was needed ...

Being metric I don't have an 3/4 inch (or even 19mm) drill, so I went looking for an older drill in that size on Marktplaats (dutch ebay). Found one but it was an old auger bit ... :roll:

So naturally I now needed a brace. Found one of those as well, problem solved.

Only haven't made any progress with the side table. ](*,)

Jasper

 

[Paul Chapman]

I think I've gone mad.

That's OK Jasper - you're now like everyone else on here :lol: :lol:

Paul

 

[bugbear]

That's perfectly normal - I wanted to make some dovetails so I bought a saw vice, some files, some old saws, made some jigs, read some websites, coupla' saw sets...

wrote a web site...

http://www.geocities.com/plybench/saw_sharpen.html

(I think I eventually cut some dovetails - my memory is hazy :wink

BugBear

 

[Jasper Homminga]

bought a saw vice, some files, some old saws, made some jigs, read some websites, coupla' saw sets

Good, happy to see I am in good company.
Thing is I forgot ^o) to mention that I bought another set of auger bits to replace the missing ones from the first set. And this set just happened to come with two more braces.

Jasper