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25th June 2011, 05:02 PM #16
I cannot think of a better use of Oregon, so go for it. My workbench has a Oregon base and hardwood top.
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25th June 2011, 05:29 PM #17GOLD MEMBER
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Yes, common names will bite you. The globally accepted Latin names offer no confusion at all.
Any of the Pinus species are so very different from Douglas-fir.(Pseudotsuga sp.) Blame out ancestors for promoting the confusion. The mechanical and non-mechanical properties are so different. Consequently, I will not look for and buy Doug-fir for any common woodworking project. Mind you, I have had to make do with D-fir a century old and a decade old. I dislike both. The old stuff (my entire house) is as easy to work with as if it were 18mm aluminium walls.
I can't grind/polish stone on a bench which jiggles at all. The slabs are usually no more that 60x100cm. I'd be happy when the entire bench, itself, is stone. True, the pines, spruces and firs (Abies) are softwoods. In robust pieces, my benches have the stability that I enjoy. They take their nicks and dings but they are a means to an end.
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25th June 2011, 05:34 PM #18Senior Member
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Just as a matter of interest, there are a few links in this thread to various benches made from "Oregon", would you mind having a look at em and let us know what the timber actually is? If this is possible
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25th June 2011, 07:20 PM #19
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25th June 2011, 07:44 PM #20
I find it all so hard. In Scotland you can find some magnificent Douglasses and you can find some shocking knotty pine. As a kid I remember a forrester with a .22 rifle shooting down pine cones of a spectacular stand. Now its gone and all that grows is cardboard quality. In Australia you have Tassy oak. Thats something between a reasonable hardwood and some blue material that ends up as steel. Why can we not just call a spade a spade. Please Im not that dumb, If I like some gum or whatever, is it so hard to name it what it is.
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25th June 2011, 08:23 PM #21
Yup - Douglass fir
My roofing timbers are Oregon - put there in about 1915 - I've made cupboard and wardrobe doors out of it - nice
I'd look to do my bench out of it - at least the undercarriage - but have picked up some floor joists etc aout as old (from a similar aged house undergoing a reno demo across the road.
You could always make the whole bench out of it and if your unhappy with the top at a later stage just remove it and replace with a hardwood topregards
Nick
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4th July 2011, 10:11 PM #22SENIOR MEMBER
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I would like to nominate Robson Valley for some sort of award for using the word "dang" in a sentence. Very colourful, many thanks.
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