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    Hi Ray. Good pick up. I should have clarified the hinges are hand forged and whilst they are nearly all identical to the naked eye, it's that little half mm here and there that made the difference.

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    Nathan, it looks tremendous! Love the paint finish. What did you end up using?
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    Hi Brett. I went with the Minwax water based Wood Stain in antique jade. I read a few reviews that complained that it went on somewhere between a stain and a thinned paint which was exactly what I wanted it to do. I did use the wood conditioner first to stop any blotching and it has worked well. Final finish is three coats minwax satin polyurethane (WB). Next step is the leg vise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DoctorBobski View Post
    Final finish is three coats minwax satin polyurethane (WB).
    Which is a surprisingly tough finish. I have it on my shed floor, and now the walls, window sills etc. A very good product. Can't believe how quickly it gets touch dry - must be super fast up your way! That has lead to very little self levelling which leaves some brush marks, but a sand with 220 or 320 before the final coat got a pretty nice finish
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    Good to know it's durable! As far as how quickly it got touch dry, I wouldn't know. Bunged a coat on in the morning each day before work over three days. It was always dry in the arvo As you say, a quick light sand and it ends up in a smooth finish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auscab View Post
    Milk paint is so much nicer than anything else and will give a traditional look and feel that nothing else really does give. If your wanting to go in that direction. Have you ever run your hand over a milk paint job ? Stains and acrylic paints are nothing like it for the look and feel.

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    I make up my own and love the stuff , its so cheap , playing with different colours is a bit of fun . To have the fun I went and spent some money here on a range of pigment colours , that cost me a bit . There are nice safe non toxic pigments in that range and there are very toxic pigments as well , do a little bit of research if your going this way.

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    I googled and tried a few different milk paint recipes and settled on a mix that I like that works which is not 100% traditional but it works well.

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    What recipe have you settled on for your milk paint?

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    I tried the make your own curds method , to much time was spent doing that . I did one with linseed oil added , that seemed to work . I was adding Yogurt as well for a while . gave that up .
    A nice basic quick way is just Hydrated Lime Milk colour and Glue. My thinking atm is that Hide glue is best , PVA works though and is easier . Just Hydrated Lime and Milk and colour works but it is noticeably more brittle and you can scratch it with your nails. I am going to give the Milk powder a try as well , I just haven't got around to it yet.

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    Hi Rob. Thanks for letting us know the recipe. I'm planning on giving it a go on another project. I didn't use milk paint on the bench as I didn't want to be experimenting for the first time with it.

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    Here are the photos from day 7 and 8 on the bench. As you can see the leg vice is in! Plenty of holding power with some toe in to spare. I had to remake the chop when I didn't put enough of an angle on the holes for the two hardened steel shafts on the first chop. The twin shafts were inspired by The English Woodworker. They do work well and the vice runs smoothly however if I had my time and money again I'd just go for the Benchcrafted crisscross. I had already bought the parts for my pinless design before Benchcrafted brought it out (yes that's how long this bench has been waiting to be built!). An engineered design would have ensured it all worked first time around. I'm also worried about how it will fare in the long term and if the shafts will work loose in the chop. The top is only mocked up and not yet glued. As you can see, Mapleman sourced some lovely quartersawn, straight and knot free pine for me!

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    A few weekends before any further updates sorry. Hope on the next day to get the top glued up and make a start on the endcap.

    Thanks for looking.

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    Awesome
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    You've done an excellent job. Plenty of storage, nice and big and solid. It will be a pleasure to work on.

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    Nice

    are twin shafts on the vice needed or is one enough?
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    Hi Nick. I'm not completely sure one 25mm shaft is enough. I know that I referenced Matt Armstrong who used one 30mm https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...=168559&page=3
    I went for two to completely eliminate any side to side or up and down play in the chop as it moved in and out. The screw simply moves the chop in and out and I hope makes for a smoother action (though I haven't used a single shaft for comparison). The other reason was I had easy access to 25mm shaft already cut to length. The 30mm shaft wasn't as cheaply available as I needed to have it cut to length, adding cost. I got the two 25mm shafts and bearings slightly less than a single 30mm setup with the cutting included. If using a single shaft, I definitely wouldn't use less than 30mm, hence the two 25mm. Hope that makes sense.

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    thanks
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    So, it's been nearly seven years since this bench project stalled. I completed a house reno and started up a new business in that time. I finally had some days to commit to the shed over the Christmas/New Year break and finished the bench top, installed the end vice and added the sliding deadman. I have named the bench 'Bruce' as it is far too clever to go with just the Hulk. Still a bit of sanding on the top to go and a finish to apply, but it's finally functional.
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