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Quick, dirty, portable bench for planing?
Hi Folks: I have a 24 inch wood plane and I want to joint construction materials up to 12 feet long. Unfortunately I am learning that a plane is only as good as the bench underneath it. I currently have some 2x4s nailed to a wall and I hold the stock with bar clamps. This works, but poles tend to come loose and I occasionally run my hand into the wall studs. Consequently I go real slowly. I am in the building construction phase and constructing a real bench would just eat up time and have to be moved as I work on different areas in the building. If I could source them I would probably just get a pair of 3 foot diameter 3 foot high sections of tree trunk. That would be 200 or 300 pounds of mass and I could then just roll the bench to a new location as required in a matter of minutes. I think you get the idea. I am looking for ideas of something quick to construct and rapidly mobile to joint large stock. Thanks for your ideas. Jonathan |
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