Rob Poccaro's Blog

1. Holding wood by the edge of the bench top, part 3

   

   Let us continue with the previous post. If the wide piece of wood being held in the front vice is also fairly long, we need a second system that grips the right side of it. Otherwise, it will tend to slip down due to weight, especially pressure from planing the edge straight and square with […]

2. Holding wood by the edge of the bench top, part 2

   

   Let’s say you want to hold a wide piece of wood in a classic front vice of the workbench. You probably do not want to grip it in the middle area of the vice because it must be held above the lead screw and guide rod.  You can grip the wood by the part of […]

3. Holding wood by the edge of the bench top, part 1

   

   We often use the outer edges of the top of our workbench to restrict any movement of a piece of wood being worked on. Let’s go through some handy, practical methods to keep the wood in place. These can all be easily made by you with minimal cost. The first one is very simple. Sometimes […]

4. Why are you reading this?

   

   Only you know, but here are some of my thoughts.  You are taking a break from work, family, wood shop, and the duties of life to spend a few minutes enjoying and adding to your woodworking. Let’s go over what is here. Since 2008 I have published here 264,000 words written originally by me alone. […]

5. End to side-edge joinery, part 10

   

   Now things get more tricky. If you have been avoiding angled joints, or maybe you tried and messed up a few (hey, I think that is everyone who has tried them) I want to put them in general categories with different levels of potential difficulty. This is not to show detailed, step-by-step processes. Rather, I […]