I took some time off from making tools last Sunday to finish my Sliding Deadman on the Plate 11 bench that Mark Hicks made and delivered to me at WIA. I inset the Sterling Tool Works medallion made by CNC guru John Welch of John Francis Designs in Lowell Massachusetts. After a quick trip to the bandsaw I used a vintage Stanley 113 compass plane to clean up the Bandsaw marks, it was the first time I used this plane (other than a couple test cuts when I purchased it) it was the right tool for the job!
I used an offset dog hole pattern along the newly curved edges. the left side 1″ from the top and the right side offset by 1″ (starting 2″ from the top).
I will be a guest demonstrator at the Lie Nielsen Handtool Event this Friday and Saturday at Hearne Hardwoods in Oxford PA. My bench will be with me, I am looking forward to taking the first pictures with the new Sliding Deadman installed! This will also be the first show where my wife and oldest daughter will be helping me at the booth, I hope to see some of you!