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  1. #1
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    Default This Bench has cost $3 so far

    I am making a mobile Garden Workbench for SWMBO. I wanted to use existing timbers that I had in the shed to see how cheap I could do it.

    All the frame was made from posts from one of our former pergolas and some free timber that was on offer nearby just last week.

    The top was made from a length of 45mm thick laminated beam that a former client gave to me when he renovated a 1980s investment property. I ran the laminated beam through the thicknesser to take out some irregularities than biscuit joined 2 lengths in the clamps. Gave it a sand with the belt sander and it is now ready to add some wheels and some protective coating.

    The steel grilled shelf is from sheets I already had at home.

    Now the $3 cost SO FAR is that I had to buy some screws that I had run out of. I obviously have not included the time I took to make it, the cost of the machinery in the shed which no woodworker actually takes into account or the wheels and Poly but to get to this stage on $3 makes me quite happy.

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    Nice recycling effort Scott. I love seeing what people can do with a bit of ingenuity and imagination.
    Hope it is suitably appreciated.

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    Good result, but try not to throw your money around.
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    That looks great. Will you apply a finish to weather proof it, or just let come what may?

    Kind regards,
    Lance

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    LanceC,

    I am going to apply water proof coating. It will most likely be used under our covered patio but there is always a chance of it getting wet when SWMBO is watering the plants.

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    Nearly ready to bring it home for the wife......

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    Love what you have done. I used an old jarrah frame from a rusted BBQ. The BBQ space fit a plastic basin perfectly. Amazing what can be done with a little lateral thinking. Well done

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