Thread: The Outdoor Workbench

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

ah the distractions to a well thought out woodwork plan

Ummm ... exactly what would one of those look like??

Paul the Unready

Originally Posted by pmcgee

2. I have collected a grab-bag of large but very ordinary pine stuff (radiata I guess) to make a could-care-less bench from.

David Mitchell has something to say to you on my behalf about 'could-care-less' as a phrase.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...0/language-usa

Berlin we could ( should? ) start a thread on this sort of thing.

I could start here but won't. I may never stop.

As Oscar Wilde said, "Two countries divided by a common language".....

Originally Posted by Berlin

David Mitchell has something to say to you on my behalf about 'could-care-less' as a phrase.

David Mitchell's Soap Box: Dear America | Comment is free | theguardian.com

I take your point ... in fact I saw something about this in a newspaper article only a month or two ago.

But ... in my defense ... (assuming that were even possible) ... I think the expression has taken on a life of its own.

Like flammable/inflammable and all those other examples.

We had that discussion here about "w t f". (interestingly it gets edited out now)
Some objected, but it now has a meaning on its own separate from the particulate-acronymisation.

What I should apologise for is a thread with 9 pages, a fair bit of wood, and not-so-much with the woodworking.
I understand people have been hanged for less.

Cheers,
Paul.

Ok ... so some some activity in lieu of progress ...

For the past month now ... our friendly neighbour refugee workbench from the Midland Railway Workshops ... has been lolling out the front of the house due to appearing more difficult to disassemble for further processing than initially hoped.

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But thursday I had gotten some time for beating down the backlog of projects with a wet lettuce leaf.
I had been addressing these bolts and screws a couple of times a day for a few days with the WD40 spray.
I don't know if that is why, but it all came apart relatively peacefully ... all the old bolts were no problem.
Most undid the last 80% by hand.

So end result was two sets of legs, two jarrah boards (+1 short one) and two oregon boards.

Under-side and work-ravaged-side.

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Some dis-assembly required ...

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And today I had a go at cleaning up the small jarrah board.

The wood has been rained on quite a bit while it was out there ... no movement detectable ... which was hoped to help wash away the accumulated industrial grit. This bench was obviously used in punching or drilling ... metal plate? ... something. Far from pristine

First across the width with a #3 Stanley and a #4 Falcon - standard blades, nothing fancy.
Then onto the jointer when it all looked safe.

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The larger boards ...

The Nicholson-bench-type front and back aprons were oregon ... the top was a jarrah board front+back with three oregon boards in between.

The side pieces ... these were largely free of stray metal unhelpfulness ... a couple small pins hiding.

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(I think this hole may have been threaded in the past??)

and these are the top jarrah pieces ...

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All these drill-holes are filled or at least contain a metallic moondust from its industrial past. Hope the workers' lungs are ok!
My initial thought was to pressure-blast it, but last night after light ran out I gave it a tickle with the hose.
Looking at it this morning, pressure is definitely required.
They won't make it to the new top ... but hopefully I can use them to effect.

The middle section of the top was three oregon boards ... yet to receive any attention.

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Ah Mr. McGee, I have been hanging around like a stray mutt waiting for
a feed to see what you have been up to! You may not call that progress
but I do.

Good to see some hand plane use. You could join Claw if (ever he appears
again) in a competition.

Also glad to se you know the difference between "hanged"and "hung".

Originally Posted by artme

You could join Claw if (ever he appears again) in a competition.

Tortoise vs Snail ?

Also glad to se you know the difference between "hanged"and "hung".

Don't ask me how I know.

Putting the jarrah boards aside for a blasting, today I got stuck into the main oregon top ... about 60cm wide (24")

The other single boards I had used a #3 and a #4 because they were sufficient to clean across the top at 90^o ... a scrub would have dug too deeply.
However a scrub turned out to be the best tool on this top.
The uppermost wood had become semi-soft and 'lifted' somewhat ... and the three boards themselves were not exactly level.
So after some experimenting, the #40 scrub with a reasonable projection did a good job.
Probably about 10 or so tiny nails in the top, but they didn't cause any great problem.

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Finally:

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Then, I felt this was now a perfect situation for the faithful wooden "Jointer-Scrub'

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And finally a splash of water to make it seem like it it heading in the right direction ...

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Half-filled the vacuum's 'bucket' ... 20131208_162035 (Medium).jpg

I'd wondered about the borer holes

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Ummm ... exactly what would one of those look like??

Paul the Unready

And to answer your previous question "what is a well thought out woodwork plan"

Obviously it is where you decide to build a particular project and actually get started and maybe quite someway into it.
Then you think of a small change which will make it betterer or easier to make. Then you put it aside while you think of all ramifications and about 2 ish* years down the track you ressurect the project and (possibly) finish it.

The intervening period of time is when the nimble mind or even subconscience comes up with the well thought out plan.

there are a number of causes of an intervening period but can be quite commonly small one off honeydew projects.
Though some may consider it, unfairly of course, procrastination.



*period of time can be longer or shorter.

A "well thought out" post Lignum Vexator!! Truly philosophical because it is so philosophically true!

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Don't ask me how I know.

Probably drilled into you during grammar lessons. Now recalled subconsciously.