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Thread: WIP - Groggy's Workbench
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10th October 2011, 06:19 PM #1096
Use it as a bar for a party, then make pizza on it, cut up a side of lamb on it, scrub it with steel scourer & it will be starting to look good.
Cliff.
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10th October 2011, 06:55 PM #1097
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13th October 2011, 11:22 PM #1101
I'm looking forward to the product review that includes information on retailers, price, shipping charges and probably most importantly delivery time.
Well done Groggy I'm envious of both your skill and patience. The bench will motivate your future woodworking I'm sure.Mike
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23rd October 2011, 06:43 AM #1102Intermediate Member
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Just back from a few weeks away to find Groggy's WIP is finished !!!!!
Wot has been said above Greg. Fabulous result. Very Many thanks for your WIP.
Cheers, Andy
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30th October 2011, 09:00 PM #1103
A bit of a balls-up
When I was finishing the bench I was going to use burnishing oil and sand it back. I did practice on the chop so had an idea of what to do. Come the day to finish the top I made a blunder. Instead of grabbing the can of Organoil Hard Burnishing oil I grabbed the Furniture oil (similar can), opened it up and went for it. I treated it the same way as burnishing oil and did not really notice I had the wrong stuff until it was way too late. I didn't even know I had this can, it was in a box that came from my mother's before she passed.
Anyway, I did notice it was a bit milkier than the burnishing oil and I was to find out at the woodshow that the milkiness was moisture. The moisture meant the timber would look especially ugly once it dried, I have never seen 'ugly' Jarrah until my benchtop dried. I should have taken a photo, the top was disgusting. Blotches of colour, the grain opened up and the entire top looked dry and unkempt.
So, this weekend the top has been sanded back and received three coats of Rustins Danish Oil. In a few weeks it will be sanded down and get the Hard Burnishing Oil to seal the top from glue and other liquid spills.
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30th October 2011, 09:32 PM #1104
Bummer!
As a non-reader of labels myself, I can easily understand how you did that. The shed gremlins have been busy this week - they caused a few problems at my place, too, like flipping a board so that the sliding dovetail got trimmed twice on one side, making it a looser fit than ideal! There just isn't any way to put that shaving back, is there? At least yours was a non-fatal mistake....
Cheers,IW
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30th October 2011, 10:15 PM #1105
Just when your thought you were out it dragged you back in.
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31st October 2011, 08:55 AM #1106
When we said distress the top for that lived in look we didn't think you would follow up on the suggestion
pleased that it is recoverableregards
Nick
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2nd November 2011, 03:19 PM #1107Junior Senior Member
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Bummer, sorry to hear.
But at least the bench is not totally finished, so we can hold onto our addiction for a while yet! Any chance you can drag things out a bit longer?
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2nd November 2011, 07:58 PM #1108
Top is finished (again) and now has to wait a few weeks for full drying. It may then be sanded back and a hard burnishing oil will go on it.
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2nd November 2011, 08:19 PM #1109
That, my good man, is just a lovely bench. You must be justly proud of this endevour. Thanks so much for sharing the process. Now, I know of a company in WA that charges a lot of money for a bench that doesn't come close to the quality or functionality of yours. Be proud of it and use it with vigour.
Kevin
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2nd November 2011, 08:51 PM #1110
WOW! Now thats a bench.. Too good to use of course.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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