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4th May 2011, 11:24 AM
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I am starting out on a slow build of a new workbench. Here are some photos of the start of the build of the work surface - I am gluing 12mm spotted gum boards to a thick poplar blockboard substrate. Further info at my blog .
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4th May 2011, 01:54 PM
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6th May 2011, 03:58 PM
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Done anymore yet? 
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6th May 2011, 07:06 PM
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 I'll be watching this one progress Jeremy. I had to google blockboard though. Looks like interesting stuff. I have already thought of a few uses for it.
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6th May 2011, 07:45 PM
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 Good for you! I haven't seen or heard of blockboard since I moved here. I just assumed it was a British product.
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6th May 2011, 10:16 PM
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There is a supplier in Sydney (I'll add a link to the thread tomorrow - I'm a bit the worse for wear at the moment).
I have attached a few more floorboards during the week and given some more thought to the undercarriage and how I'll attach it to the work surface.
I'll add more photos during the weekend.
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7th May 2011, 11:38 AM
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This is where I got my blockboard from http://www.ecocore.com.au/products/- I see that also have it made from bamboo as well as poplar. They seem to have interstate distributors for those who don't live in Sydney or NSW
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9th May 2011, 09:32 AM
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This weekend I finished gluing the floorboards to the bottom of the work surface. There are some gaps which I will fill with epoxy. Then I will scrub plane and joint it flat. Then glue the side and end caps. 09052011 Bench.jpg
I have also selected the stock for the legs and the rails and after flattening the lower surface of the work surface and attaching the caps, I will do the joinery for the undercarriage. Once that is finished, I'll glue the floorboards onto the top.
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9th May 2011, 10:41 AM
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That's going to look pretty nice when it's done.
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9th May 2011, 02:45 PM
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19th May 2011, 11:40 AM
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I had a change of plan so I started putting on the top side of the bench and upped the thickness from 12mm to 37mm (found I still had a stash of 37mm x 250mm spotty ). Here's a couple of piccies. 19052011 Bench 002.jpg 19052011 Bench 003.jpg
The first two planks have gone on, and now I have to rip a few more pieces to finish the top and to do the sides and end caps. The only problem is that we have had some new electrical work done (including getting 3 phase put on) and now the DC keeps tripping the safety switch on one circuit. I will need to use it on another circuit which means re-arranging the shed space to put the machines in the right places to do that safely.... 
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22nd May 2011, 11:01 PM
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So I gave up on what Catweazle called 'electrickery' and ripped the last bit for the top surface of the benchtop and the side skirts by hand. That's about 6 metres of hand sawing through 37mm spotty. That was quite knackering!
I glued the last bit to the top and started the skirt. Here's a photo (if I can work out how to add photos from my iPhone using Tapatalk). I decided to scarf the skirt (sounds like a wardrobe, not a bench  to get rid of some horribly knotty sections. We'll see how it looks when we finish. 
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22nd May 2011, 11:05 PM
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Coming along nicely Jeremy. You have to be keen to handsaw that stuff! |
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22nd May 2011, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Groggy  Coming along nicely Jeremy. You have to be keen to handsaw that stuff! | Keen, Greg ?? You mean bl@@dy stark staring bonkers. But I was sick of having the stuff sitting there waiting while the sparky gets around to working out why the circuit keeps tripping.
Btw the saw I used is not the plastic handled POS sitting on the benchtop (I had just finished using that for cutting firewood). I used my 5ppi Tyzack rip saw for the bench. So at least my hands and arms are only tired not torn to shreds!
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