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   daverichards | Feb 26, 2020 08:58am | #1

   Can you share a sketch or even a photo of what you are trying to do?

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   user-6920478 | Feb 26, 2020 10:03am | #2

   Attached is a picture taken directly from my Veritas installation manual. I want to attach my apron to my worktop exactly as they have it shown here. However they don't mention on how to attach. I thought of simply using dominos and glue. There is opposing grain though. I actually thought of attaching it like a breadboard with loose tenons. I'm fairly new to this type so I want to be sure I do it correctly

   
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   DRBWWing | Feb 26, 2020 10:19am | #3

   It would help to know how the top is constructed. If laminated side to side boards, there will not be much movement. If wide, flat boards, there maybe appreciable fluctuation.

   The simplest solution is a center fixed lag bolt with outer elongated holes.

   I have used a center lag bolt and dovetailed ends into side front and rear aprons, Alternative is breadboard end construction, but I do not think this is necessary for a workbench.

   
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   user-6920478 | Feb 26, 2020 10:53am | #4

   Thanks

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   gulfstar | Feb 26, 2020 11:07am | #5

   Mine is glued and screwed along the sides, the ends are bolted in slightly oversized holes.

   
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   mikaol | Apr 19, 2020 05:29pm | #6

   Hey,
   Sounds like personal preference. Remember, woodworking's supposed to be fun, not excruciating labor.
   Mikaol

   *If you love what you're doing you'll never work a day in your life* Einstein, I think.

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   muskokalayne | Apr 19, 2020 06:52pm | #7

   I think this is the same twin screw vice that I used on my bench and the grain has to be running in the same direction or the vice jaws will twist out of square . Good luck though and enjoy your bench ,it’s the most important tool in the shop imho.

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   _mj_ | Apr 19, 2020 08:03pm | #8

   There is no "opposing grain". You can glue the apron to the benchtop directly.

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   john_c2 | Apr 20, 2020 07:05am | #9

   Yup. Just glue it to the bench, just the way it looks in the picture.

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    geedubbee | Apr 20, 2020 01:43pm | #10

    The manual shows the apron bolted on in several of the diagrams. Lee Valley supplied barrel nuts, washers and bolts for this with my 2 twin screw vises. My top is laminated ply and MDF so I just glued the aprons on.