Loom Stand

Over the past few weeks I have been building this loom stand for my wife.

there was quite a bit of work to making this so I will show you the photos I have taken along the way.

Dog Holes drilled

the worktop dog holes are all drilled straight thru. they are all 3/4" wide and over an inch deep.

Dog holes started

the dog holes have been drilled about halfway, or enough that the forstner bit can sink under the surface, allowing the drilling jig to lay flat.

Bench dogging system prep

I have punched the center of all the bench dogs, to guide my 3/4" forstner bit to the middle and I have my doweling jig out to guide the bit straight.

Vice Layout revised

In layout for the vices and bench dogs earlier I had forgot to allow for the vice support rails, I tried to add them after but in the end i just flipped over the bench top and started fresh. As you can see by the layout penciled in, the vice has support rails 3" away on both sides. It makes sense to share those support rails, and that is what you can see below. This way a single vice can be used at any position on the table.

Bench Top Layout

I have done the layout for the workbench top. Dog holes (3/4") are to be located at the intersection of the red lines, and the relief for the threaded rod (5/8") is the green line.

Workbench Started

I have started the workbench by laminating two MDF boards. I used metal bars to ensure it glues as flat as possible.