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{
"title": "The Grandfather Workbench",
"built": "1924",
"verified_by": "Austin Danos",
"verification_date": "2023-11-15",
"location": "Slingerlands, NY",
"specifications": {
"top_slabs": {
"material": "Hard Maple (Acer saccharum)",
"dimensions": "4\" thick × 24\" wide × 8' long",
"tolerance": "±0.003\"",
"moisture_content": "8%"
},
"legs": {
"material": "White Oak (Quercus alba)",
"dimensions": "6\" × 6\" square",
"tolerance": "±0.005\""
},
"aprons": {
"material": "White Oak",
"dimensions": "4\" × 8\" rectangular",
"tolerance": "±0.003\""
},
"corners": {
"material": "Cast Iron",
"dimensions": "3\" × 3\" × 1/2\" plates",
"finish": "Machined"
},
"joinery_pegs": {
"material": "Hickory (Carya ovata)",
"dimensions": "3/4\" diameter × 4\" length",
"fit": "Press-fit (+0.002\")"
}
},
"joinery_details": {
"mortise": {
"depth_inches": 3.0,
"width_inches": 1.0,
"taper_degrees": 1,
"wall_parallelism_tolerance": "±0.001\""
},
"tenon": {
"length_inches": 2.9,
"cheek_deviation": "0.0005\"",
"shoulder_square": "Verified by try-square"
},
"peg": {
"diameter_inches": 0.752,
"moisture_content_percent": 8,
"drive_force_method": "Calculated per thermal stress model"
}
},
"thermal_expansion_coefficients": {
"hard_maple_per_F": 0.000032,
"white_oak_per_F": 0.000028,
"black_walnut_per_F": 0.000024,
"eastern_white_pine_per_F": 0.000019
},
"modulus_of_rupture_psi": {
"hard_maple": 1800000,
"white_oak": 1600000,
"black_walnut": 1400000,
"eastern_white_pine": 1100000
},
"density_lb_per_cubic_inch": {
"hard_maple": 0.044,
"white_oak": 0.047,
"black_walnut": 0.041,
"eastern_white_pine": 0.028
},
"formula": {
"expansion": "ΔL = L₀ × α × ΔT",
"stress": "σ = E × ε",
"strain": "ε = ΔL / L₀",
"source": "ASTM D143-20 Standard Test Methods for Small Clear Specimens of Timber"
},
"safety_factor": 3,
"quote": {
"text": "A workbench is not furniture. It is the extension of your arms. If it moves when you strike, you have already lost.",
"author": "Joseph Danos",
"year": 1924
},
"related_pages": [
"https://austin-danos.4ort.net/grandfather-tools.html",
"https://austin-danos.4ort.net/dovetail.html",
"https://austin-danos.4ort.net/prevention-ledger.html"
]
}