Once more - the Mark V comes through

[charlese]

In making a dining room table bench, I forgot to saw tenons on the seat, so I could attach breadboard ends. You all know that breadboard ends need to have mortises that will allow expansion and contraction of the main seat.

After thinking out this issue, I didn't want to shorten the seat and enlarge the breadboards (this would have been the simplest). I figured if I could cut mortises in both the seat and the breadboards, I could make tenons to match.

I wondered how could I cut mortises in the seat. Here is the setup I used. OPR in horizontal mode and an Mark V extension to hold the weight of a 43" long bench that is 1 1/5" thick by 18" wide.

Congrats, Shopsmith, for making a very adaptable machine.

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Extension table was used for support and a floating table with the rip fence and the Shopsmith fence stop attachment.

Here are the results:

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Will show the completed bench when attaching the legs.

[Bruce]

Well done! You're an inspiration to us less ingenious woodworkers.

[BuckeyeDennis]

Chuck, you turned on that little light bulb over my head. I have an old-style stand-alone OPR, but of course those don't go horizontal. I also have a spare OPR arm assembly, salvaged from a basket-case OPR with a missing column and a ruined table and stand. The arm itself cleaned up real nice, but I've been wondering what to do with it.

Now I know: make up some brackets so that I can mount it to the way tubes. And then, I too can go horizontal.

[claimdude]

Chuck,

Great work!!!!

Jack

[rjent]

They are amazing machines. The hardest part is being smart enough to use them to their fullest.

Well done Charlese!

[BuckeyeDennis]

They are amazing machines. The hardest part is being smart enough to use them to their fullest.

Well done Charlese!

Dick, I think you may have just (at long last!) explained why some folks love 'em, and others hate them.

[algale]

I'll just add my ATTABOY to what has already been said. I really love seeing how others figure out how to use their machines in different and unusual ways.

[masonsailor2]

Gotta love these machines ! Nice job Chuck
Paul

[JPG]

They are amazing machines. The hardest part is being smart enough to use them to their fullest.

Well done Charlese!

Dick, I think you may have just (at long last!) explained why some folks love 'em, and others hate them.

That mean "WE" are the 'enlightened' ones?



No we be too rational to buy into that!

[charlese]

Thought it would be appropriate to show the assembled bench. No finish yet. Walnut center Oak surrounds and legs.

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