New reloading benches for my new reloading room

[ThorBird]

That is some kind of nice work. You have taken your reloading bench from something utilitarian, to a also being a family heirloom to be passed on through your family.

[McKinneyMike]

Thank you all for the kind words, but it is really not all that :) Mortise and tenon joints are not that hard to do if you can fab the required jigs and run a plunge router to make the mortises. The tenons can be made on a tablesaw or router table.
I just had a few weeks off over Christmas and wanted some shop time to get away from the wife :) The hardest part is the finishing as the sanding, sealing, waiting is the hardest part. I hate to wait to do anything for too long.

[Tim300wsm]

your reloading bench is seriously nicer than all my furniture its hands down the nicest I've seen mine is 2x4 and plywood scrapes from work

[memilanuk]

Mike,

Are those joints just doweled or draw-bored?

Very nice looking! I finally made a rolling shop cart (nothing fancy) for my gun cleaning station to replace the B&D Workmate 550 that I've used for the last 12 years. It's got me somewhat motivated to start making some more 'shop projects' that I've been putting off...

Monte

[McKinneyMike]

They are mortise and tenon joints. Not sure what the term drawbored means :) I pinned them with Maple dowels thru the tenons.
http://sawdustmaking.com/woodjoints/images/f128.jpg http://www.mortiseandtenon.net/images/blind_tenon.gif


Again thank you for all the kind thoughts. I do hope that it inspires you to build stuff!

[memilanuk]

Drawboring is an old-school technique from back when glues weren't what they are today. Similar to the pegged M&T joint that you used, but where the holes in the tenon are purposely offset perhaps 1/16" and the pegs don't start out round and are usually riven, and are tapered at one end. When the joint is assembled and the pegs driven home, the offset holes suck everything together and the riven pegs prevent any rotation or movement. From what I've gathered, the glue is almost optional! I'm not quite that trusting, though ;)

[McKinneyMike]

Thank you for that! I always like to know more about woodworking.

[memilanuk]

ah. found the pages I was looking for before...

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/upload/contents/290/Drawboring.pdf

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/drawboring_resurrected/

[EVOC ONE]

Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship.

Oustanding work!

EVOC ONE

[Lee C.]

Very nice looking work on your bench Mike