Watched this again because I'm making a new workbench. Not a Moravian but still a bench that maybe will have to move some day. So Tusk Tenons seems like the best choice. And the most fun :^)
My mortise and tenon work isn't even as close to pretty as yours but I got two fine solid benches just from the videos and the simple diagram and cut list. I figure those boys back in the 1700's didn't even bother measuring these things, they probably just built them in a weekend by touch and feel. That's how I did it too, my arborist buddy cut down an American elm and a blue spruce tree and made 4" thick slabs with his chainsaw and I did the rest with hand tools over the spring and summer and now they're almost done. The wooden vice screws are going to be a challenge and I can't spend so much money for them at that one place, but I'll figure something out. Thanks for all your work on this, I can almost guarantee our ancestors used similar benches in New England in the 1600's.
Dear Will, many thanks for that explanation! I am considering building such a bench. While looking for videos how to make the angled mortise and tenons I came across "Problems with angled mortise and tenon joints" of daddyfixesit 2016. He is problematising the stability of this joint. I can not judge the validity but for sure the question is relevance given the whole bench design pivots around this joint. Do you have an opinion on it? Best from southern Germany, Christian @WoodAndShop
may i ask something about the 'free plans' u made available? if i need a higher bench top, would the legs' angle change? is there a formula 2 recalculate it?
@@WoodAndShop if it's not much longer the same angle would work okay (though 0.01 of a degree precision kind of confuses me). if the legs get 2x longer then the angle really needs 2 b re-calculated. i feel like even if i want 2 bring the top 2-3 inches higher the angle better b changed. how was it calculated in the first place? unless it's a trade secret...
absolutely stupid ?. could have u done it **before** gluing the boards together? mind u, it's an example of beautiful/amazing manual job... but for a novice like me (i feel like i may want 2 build this bench - w/o the face vise, though) it simply looks infeasible.
@@WoodAndShop i'm not a native speaker, sorry. i meant, instead of chiseling out the tenon, could I have actually cut it out (w/a chisel, of course) from the boards and *then* clue the stretcher's boards together? so that I'm doing kind of 2 'open' mortises (halves of the future through mortise) and when I glue 2 boards together I get a single through mortise.
@@nskmda I suppose, but it will probably cause you more work than simply creating one mortise after the glue up. Your method would still require chisel work to get a proper fit.
@@WoodAndShop well, u know waaay better (because of your pro experience). 2 me it feels like doing an open mortise (vs a blind 1) is much simpler (and should not require a special chisel). mostly because of my lack of experience.
@@WoodAndShop granted, extra effort may (and probably - in my personal case - will) b unavoidable. but doing a 1) *blind*, 2) *angled* mortise 2 me simply sounds scary. u realize what kind of woodworking "experience" i may have when i'm still looking 2 build my own workbench. while (u may even laugh @ me) filing off some wood 2 have stretcher's tenon fit in a leg sounds more *_inexperienced person_*-friendly...
Watched this again because I'm making a new workbench. Not a Moravian but still a bench that maybe will have to move some day. So Tusk Tenons seems like the best choice. And the most fun :^)
Thanks watched all 5 episodes,Living in New Zealand now and having lived in Virginia Beach, it is great to hear that southern twang again!
Thanks for watching my Kiwi friend!
Such a sweet design - love it and many thanks! Not heard of Moravia before Happy New Year!
Well done, Will. I hope to get there myself one day.
Amazing no screws needed. Love watching this kind of stuff
Will Myers is one of my favourites ..............
Awesome work!
Beautiful
Looks like fun to me also! Thank you.
My mortise and tenon work isn't even as close to pretty as yours but I got two fine solid benches just from the videos and the simple diagram and cut list. I figure those boys back in the 1700's didn't even bother measuring these things, they probably just built them in a weekend by touch and feel. That's how I did it too, my arborist buddy cut down an American elm and a blue spruce tree and made 4" thick slabs with his chainsaw and I did the rest with hand tools over the spring and summer and now they're almost done. The wooden vice screws are going to be a challenge and I can't spend so much money for them at that one place, but I'll figure something out. Thanks for all your work on this, I can almost guarantee our ancestors used similar benches in New England in the 1600's.
Dear Will, many thanks for that explanation! I am considering building such a bench. While looking for videos how to make the angled mortise and tenons I came across "Problems with angled mortise and tenon joints" of daddyfixesit 2016. He is problematising the stability of this joint. I can not judge the validity but for sure the question is relevance given the whole bench design pivots around this joint. Do you have an opinion on it? Best from southern Germany, Christian @WoodAndShop
may i ask something about the 'free plans' u made available? if i need a higher bench top, would the legs' angle change? is there a formula 2 recalculate it?
Same angle, just make them longer
@@WoodAndShop if it's not much longer the same angle would work okay (though 0.01 of a degree precision kind of confuses me). if the legs get 2x longer then the angle really needs 2 b re-calculated. i feel like even if i want 2 bring the top 2-3 inches higher the angle better b changed. how was it calculated in the first place? unless it's a trade secret...
What wood is it?
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absolutely stupid ?. could have u done it **before** gluing the boards together? mind u, it's an example of beautiful/amazing manual job... but for a novice like me (i feel like i may want 2 build this bench - w/o the face vise, though) it simply looks infeasible.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand your question. Please rephrase.
@@WoodAndShop i'm not a native speaker, sorry. i meant, instead of chiseling out the tenon, could I have actually cut it out (w/a chisel, of course) from the boards and *then* clue the stretcher's boards together? so that I'm doing kind of 2 'open' mortises (halves of the future through mortise) and when I glue 2 boards together I get a single through mortise.
@@nskmda I suppose, but it will probably cause you more work than simply creating one mortise after the glue up. Your method would still require chisel work to get a proper fit.
@@WoodAndShop well, u know waaay better (because of your pro experience). 2 me it feels like doing an open mortise (vs a blind 1) is much simpler (and should not require a special chisel). mostly because of my lack of experience.
@@WoodAndShop granted, extra effort may (and probably - in my personal case - will) b unavoidable. but doing a 1) *blind*, 2) *angled* mortise 2 me simply sounds scary. u realize what kind of woodworking "experience" i may have when i'm still looking 2 build my own workbench. while (u may even laugh @ me) filing off some wood 2 have stretcher's tenon fit in a leg sounds more *_inexperienced person_*-friendly...