{"id":3633,"date":"2019-07-08T22:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:51:30","slug":"tapers-more-workbenches-3rd-jul-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"Tapers &#038; More Workbenches &#8211; 3rd Jul 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a preview of Chris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=3581\">beautiful workbench<\/a> last month, and this month Chris showed us where he got his inspiration from &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularwoodworking.com\/woodworking-blogs\/another-21st-century-workbench\/\">Robert Lang&#8217;s 21st Century Workbench<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the picture below to see how to buy the plans at a very reasonable price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularwoodworking.com\/article\/21st-century-workbench-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21st-Century-Workbench-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3635\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And then &#8211; another excellent workbench from Brian!  Click on the picture below for Brian&#8217;s economic workbench (with a costing of various options &#8211; excellent value!)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3641\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Brians-Workbench.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4x-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4x-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4x-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4x-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/p4x.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian&#8217;s Modified Workbench with Costing<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Members were then given practical demonstrations of 2 different methods for cutting tapers on the Workcentre.  Brian used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbatec.com.au\/machinery-and-accessories\/tablesaws-and-accessories\/accessories\/taper-cutting-jig\">Taper Jig from Carbatec<\/a>, and Chris used his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/?p=1740\">L-Jig<\/a> coupled with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bunnings.com.au\/craftright-300mm-digital-angle-finder_p5660390\">electronic angle finder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><div id=\"attachment_3636\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Brian-Tapers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Brian-Tapers-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3636\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian&#8217;s Method &#8211; the Carbatec Taper Jig<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td><div id=\"attachment_3639\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chris-Tapers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chris-Tapers-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3639\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris&#8217; Method &#8211; L-jig and electronic angle finder<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>Craig then showed us a simple idea for a plant stand<\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Craigs-Plant-Stand.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Plant-Stand-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3647\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>And Chris finished an action packed night with a list of his favourite websites<\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chriss-Useful-Sources.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tocact.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Chriss-Useful-Sources-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3645\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>(click on the picture to see the full list and actionable links)<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a preview of Chris&#8217;s beautiful workbench last month, and this month Chris showed us where he got his inspiration from &#8211; Robert Lang&#8217;s 21st Century Workbench. Click on the picture below to see how to buy the plans at a very reasonable price. &nbsp; And then &#8211; another excellent workbench from Brian! 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