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17th September 2017, 04:57 PM #16
Things are coming along.
Regards
John
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18th September 2017, 11:40 PM #17
Instead of trying to sand that top flat, I would suggest getting a #4/#5 hand plane, either a vintage one or grab a luban/woodriver if budget is tight. It will be quicker and leave with you with a better finish.
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19th September 2017, 08:20 PM #18Novice
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Great work so far. If you wanted to have a play around with a hand plane I'd be happy to bring one over for you to have a go with before deciding if you wanted to buy one. I'm by no means an expert on setting it up and using mind you but I can get it more than sharp enough to leave a nice finish on pine. I'm in the South Eastern suburbs but I'm happy to head where ever if its of help.
Jim.
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19th September 2017, 09:15 PM #19Member
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Thanks guys. I thought I needed to sand it down anyway, so I was going to hit it with the belt sander. Thanks for the offer Jimbobtwoshoes, I inherited a Stanley #4. I might give it a once over with the plane, but it's pretty flat anyway, just a few routing lines.
I'll post some pics next weekend and give an update.
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1st October 2017, 03:06 PM #20Member
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So I've epoxied everything with a West Systems slow set, and it's come up square, plum and level. I've glued two strips under the top which keeps it in place for now. I've got some 150mm monster batten screws that will drill from below through the facing and up into the top.
Since the last post, I've planed the top with a stanley #4, and then hit the whole thing with a belt sander.
Ignore the DAR pine board sitting on top, it's not part of the bench.
As you might remember I had two table tops that join in the middle. I have a floating middle piece that sits flush generally, but if flipped over will sit proud so it can be used as a stop for pieces of work.
You can see in the below picture there are two notches in the timber that allow it to sit flush when flipped over.
The next steps are:
1. Some general clean up and slight rounding of the edges
2. Install screw vice
3. Securing the top down
4. Securing the shelving on the base
5. Seal with poly
6. install some pivoting casters so i can easily move it around.
thanks to everyone for suggestions along the build, a lot of guidance has helped get it to where it is now.
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27th October 2017, 01:29 PM #21
Love the idea of the removable centre piece of the bench top!
As a newb who wants to build a permanent bench, can i ask with the legs, did you literally just glue the 2x4s together on the wider face? No other joinery? I'm about to start designing my bench and materials i'll need, and timber posts are a bit of an expense... so this looks like its a decent work around... and how does the bench hold up in terms of rigidity?
Love the bench mate. Very enviousComing Up With Complex Solutions to Non-Existent Problems Since 1985
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27th October 2017, 07:04 PM #22Member
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The legs were two 90x45 pieces glued with slow setting pva, no other joinery was used to hold them together. Once they were dried they weren't coming apart.
Thanks for the kind words. It's an ugly bench by comparison to some of the others around, but I'm pretty happy with it. It was a lot of fun to build
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27th October 2017, 07:16 PM #23
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