Handy man's workshop and laboratory . e bench can be put together witheightpenny or 2^/2-inch wire nails. The 2-inch thick plank shouldbe nailed down with ten-penny flooring nails, or nails havingfinished heads, which must be driven in below the surface witha nail set or punch. The tool rack can be made from y2-inch stuff, about 2 incheswide, running the full length of the bench, or cut off within afoot or so of each end. Partitions can be made of the samewood, spaced from 1 to 3 inches apart, to suit various sized strip of wood nailed across the top edge of the back, and fur-nished wi
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . e bench can be put together witheightpenny or 2^/2-inch wire nails. The 2-inch thick plank shouldbe nailed down with ten-penny flooring nails, or nails havingfinished heads, which must be driven in below the surface witha nail set or punch. The tool rack can be made from y2-inch stuff, about 2 incheswide, running the full length of the bench, or cut off within afoot or so of each end. Partitions can be made of the samewood, spaced from 1 to 3 inches apart, to suit various sized strip of wood nailed across the top edge of the back, and fur-nished with a number of different-sized, bored holes, will answerthe purpose just as well. While there are many different kinds of vises on the market,it is safe to say the old style, as shown in Fig. 12, is very gen- 10 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY erally used, and it has the advantage of being easily rigged upand inexpensive. Procure a piece of oak, iy2 inches thick, yl/2inches wide, and about 30 inches in length, for the movable jaw. Fig. 12—The bench complete with vise and tool rack of the vise. A hole for the screw is bored in the middle, 9 inchesfrom the top, and a mortise for the guide is made in the lowerend, after being marked off from the one in the 3 by 6-inch postof the bench. Corresponding holes for the vise screw are to be OOOOOOO a Fig. 13—Details of the heel of the vise bored through the apron and the post, a trifle larger than thescrew. The guide is made from hard wood, 18 inches in length,cut to fit easily the hole in the bench post, but having a drivingfit in the vise jaw, to which it is secured by toe-nailing. Some-times the jaw of the vise is tapered at the lower end, as shown HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 11 in the detail view, Fig. 13, when the guide can be secured bydriving nails through the (sides. The guide is furnished withholes evenly spaced, as shown, and a peg is provided, similar tothe one shown in Fig. 11, for the~ apron or front board of
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