Thread: Kat's Solid Door Version Work Bench WIP

Originally Posted by GarciaJ

I would still buy some of that Jarrah... not for your workbench but for your first project using your workbench

I agree. That price is too good to pass up.

Originally Posted by Hermit

I agree. That price is too good to pass up.

Me three....way too good a price to miss out on.....Beautiful timber..

I did not Get any Jarrah today, but they have piles of it all different sizes and lengths

I did buy pine The 70x35 did not look too crash hot and there was not enough to do the job.

So I grabbed some 140 x 35, I can rip it down the middle and end up with a 68 x 35. If I then remove say 4mm from the other side I will have virtually dressed 64x35 (note the 35 is nominal, it is measuring more like 38 lol) I have 3 at 4.2m and 5 at 5.2m all up for $80 (photo 1)

In photo 2 you can see some blue glue and possibly some liquid nails used to hold on the gyprock and flooring, what is the best way to remove it ?

I am going to go to Carbatec tomorrow to get a metal detector, so I can make sure I have not missed any nails etc before I run through the triton or plane


I made up a couple of saw horses from these brackets you can buy (a pair is $9.95, just add wood for legs and work surface photo 3)


Kat.

Originally Posted by Geekgirl

I did not Get any Jarrah today, but they have piles of it all different sizes and lengths

I did buy pine The 70x35 did not look too crash hot and there was not enough to do the job.

So I grabbed some 140 x 35, I can rip it down the middle and end up with a 68 x 35. If I then remove say 4mm from the other side I will have virtually dressed 64x35 (note the 35 is nominal, it is measuring more like 38 lol) I have 3 at 4.2m and 5 at 5.2m all up for $80 (photo 1)

In photo 2 you can see some blue glue and possibly some liquid nails used to hold on the gyprock and flooring, what is the best way to remove it ?

I am going to go to Carbatec tomorrow to get a metal detector, so I can make sure I have not missed any nails etc before I run through the triton or plane


I made up a couple of saw horses from these brackets you can buy (a pair is $9.95, just add wood for legs and work surface photo 3)


Kat.

Sorry Kat - Photo's didn't come through??

Hmmm attachments did not come up

Originally Posted by crowie

Sorry Kat - Photo's didn't come through??

I forgot to resize them they were 1.1Mb each lol

Can't really help on the blue gyprok glue but a very sharp wide chisel should cut it off, then maybe a light sand....

Originally Posted by crowie

Can't really help on the blue gyprok glue but a very sharp wide chisel should cut it off, then maybe a light sand....

Yeah that was all I could think of, lay chisel flat, lift handle up a couple of mm and lightly tap away, I just wanted the worst of it off before I ran it through the triton saw to cut down, I do not want the saw to go through it (I am looking at using the good edge as a guide to rip in half, then taking the outer edges off to remove the rounded bits

I am thinking of cutting the planks for the top to the correct length then cutting them down and removing the corners. this way I am only ripping 1.8m lengths not 5.4m

Kat.

I had to remove that same blue glue from some old Blackbutt 4 x 2s. I did exactly as described - removed the bulk with a chisel, then used a belt sander to get the rest. It goes into the grain a bit, but not too deep.

I've also run it through the bandsaw without any buildup on the blade.

Originally Posted by Geekgirl

Nope no Jarrah, will be too heavy (remember it has to be moved on castors to get it in and out of my storage room).

I thought a Torsion box had a skin top and bottom ? This is just going to be solid pine glued side by side to make a box 700x 1800 x 70mm thick (ie 20 lengths of 35 x 70 x1730mm with a length of 35 x 70 x 700mm).

Kat.

Yes... sorry... I tried to recall that post when I realised you are going to laminate the 35x70s rather than make a skeleton frame out of them, but it did not work.

OK I have removed all the nails (over 1Kg in just under 40lm) Chipped all the Blue glue and liquid nails lumps off.

I have noticed that where all the nails were hit in there is tearouts around both sides of the hole, these have left raised like big splinters which will stop the wood being level. What is the best way to deal with it ? Should I just rip them off (some are up to 10mm wide / deep and up to 100mm long)

I am not sure, I need them fairly neat to get the plank through the table saw and keep the cut accurate. I need to rip the planks in half length way (I am cutting into roughly the final length first to make them easier to handle (I do not want to push 5.4m long planks through first lol)

TIA,

Kat.

Originally Posted by Geekgirl

OK I have removed all the nails (over 1Kg in just under 40lm) Chipped all the Blue glue and liquid nails lumps off.

I have noticed that where all the nails were hit in there is tearouts around both sides of the hole, these have left raised like big splinters which will stop the wood being level. What is the best way to deal with it ? Should I just rip them off (some are up to 10mm wide / deep and up to 100mm long)

I am not sure, I need them fairly neat to get the plank through the table saw and keep the cut accurate. I need to rip the planks in half length way (I am cutting into roughly the final length first to make them easier to handle (I do not want to push 5.4m long planks through first lol)

TIA,

Kat.

A pic might help, Kat.
Two options come to mind - either rip them off or glue them down.

Originally Posted by Hermit

A pic might help, Kat.
Two options come to mind - either rip them off or glue them down.

Sorry, Should have thought.


Photo one is the nail tearout, Photo two is where (IMHO) they salvaged the wood roughly ripping it up, they have damaged edges Luck the other edge of planks like that are not too bad so I may be able to make 2x 60mm x 35mm planks

TIA,

Kat.

Pretty messy. You could possibly squeeze glue in and clamp the splinters, but there's also a lot of nail holes right there too.
Any way to avoid using that bit?