so I'm going to put the other H frame on
just to show you how rigid this is with
the one wedge and the bolt is still only
finger tight but you can move this quite
confidently and we want to put the other
H frame on here, and then now we'll drag
this over to there then we're going to
put the bench top into place so right
now the H frame for the other end
here goes in here like this, now then,
this is not level at all so thankfully
we get a little bit of play in
the frame, in the apron so let's go ahead
and clamp this and then we're going to
repeat what we did at the other end
we're just going to bore through, bolt it
together drop the wedge in and we'll do
the same to the opposite side then I'll
show you how to glue the main laminated
bench tops in place, I've turned the
bench around so now you're actually
seeing the end this is where the tail
vise is going to go through this opening
here and obviously the rail is lower so
we can't put the long
threaded bolt through so we're going to
use a cold screw here to go through here
so I want my head to be recessed I don't
like the idea of a hex head showing on
the outside so a couple of inches
3 1/2 inches up, just deep
enough to take that head
pre-drill to take the main shank of
the screw and one washer
it's already feeling very rigid without
the benches without the bench tops even
glued in place that's where we're going
next we're going to glue the bench top
to the apron now and clamp it leave it
overnight let it set up and that's going
to give a lot of rigidity to the top
then we'll fit the well board when this
is all dried up, take the clamp off nice
and solid and now we're ready for the
for the bench top, I need
to make sure that my bench is unwind
I can't have a twisted body because when
I put my bench tops on there's got the
you know the main benchtops there's
going to be some twists in there and I
don't to wreck it so I'm going to line
that up first so I eyeball one side with
the other I've got a couple of packings here
I'm on grass wow that's perfect
there so I'm not twisted now so i can
drop my bench stuff in here glue it
clamp it and we'll leave it overnight so
we're ready now to glue the laminated
sections of the bench top to the aprons
and that's a simple process really we've
already seen a lot of lamination going
on this is very beefy, now I've checked
this to make sure there's no gaps along
the top and I want to check there's no
gaps on the underside to make sure it's
square to the apron because when I glue
this it's I want this whole surface to
be glued to the whole of the inside
surface here but we're going to go back
to our zigzagging
with the glue all along this edge here
plenty of glue
and then a long stream along the edge
along the top like this and another
stream along the bottom edge, these
midges are bad today
move and out drop it down and slide it
into place and because I pre-cut these
to length this is exactly the right
length so pull those together and we can
start clamping this thing oops, I'm taking
a big hollow in
the middle here so I know my laminated top
is good because I checked if it's square
and straightness so clamp see I'm just a
about our 30 second above here get a good
clamp on the end here and just move
along really make sure nothing slides
where all the glue goes underneath isn't
it, see the glue coming out the top
that's great I like to see that you're
going to get glue from, once clamps on one
side but that will work just fine
you need plenty clamps on this really, I think
probably will need six or seven anyway
I've got 5 by now, be probably
seven I think will work
good tight
and that's me, so I can glue the other
side in now and we'll leave that
overnight and let it dry, we're about
ready to cinch these laminated tops down
to the bearer here on the underside of
the bench we've got bolts through the
aprons into the main leg frame I've got
a clamp across the top here across here
to make sure that these are fully seated
into the housing dados on each side and
then I've got a clamp here that is
pulling this down to this top here so
all I need to do now is drill through
here, I'm slightly at an angle just
taking up the bulk of the shank I'm
leaving enough meat on the wood there to
take the screw threads, oops, I need the
washer, the washer will stop it from
bending in a little bit, with the clamp
on there I don't get the problem of the
parallel thread keeping the joint apart
so just a question of cinching this up
now I've done the other three corners
and I've checked it four square I took a
straight edge across the end here like
this but just to make sure I'm dead
square it should be square if it's not
you can always write your clamps a
little bit so pull it square
this bench already feels so solid I
still packed it up so it's not twisted
and the slab so you know, these
benchtops just went straight on no twist
no gaps either really so seat else fully
and now that's really rock solid so now
I'm ready to fit the well board just
plane it parallel and drop it into the
well area there and I'm going to put a
dado over this so that it gives me
maximum depth in here I'm going to put a
dado and I'm going to feather this edge
so this lines up all the way on this
edge I wanted the thicker well board I
like it a little bit beefier so I've
kept it thick and I'm going to take off
a dado in there