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23rd April 2023, 09:51 PM #1
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timber on hand
thinking about a workbench and what I have on hand.
Oregon 50 x 150 ex 50 year old rafters
Jarrah 200 x 200 these were from another demolition sale Ive harried these around SA for over 25 years
If I did cut down the jarrah for legs, rails and bench edhing and used the oregon laminated on end as the table top. will these 2 match or could I anticapate problems.I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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25th April 2023, 02:02 PM #2
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"Laminated on end" ?
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25th April 2023, 02:06 PM #3
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yeah good uestion, what was I thinking.
Maybe cut the oregon down from 150 to 75 then glue those up. finishing with a 70mm thick tableI would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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25th April 2023, 07:48 PM #4
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The mind boggles - 150 mm Oregon bench top with polished 200 mm jarrah legs - until you want to move it.
It would be better if the bench laminates were quarter sawn.
- As the Oregon is 50 years air dried old growth then it might be sufficiently stable to use three or four planks for a bench top,
- If you have doubts, then lamination is the way to go,
- If the oregan is back sawn, then halve it and you will have c.72 mm laminated quarter sawn bench top - brilliant,
- If the Oregon is already quarter sawn, then third it and you wil have c.44 mm laminates - still adequate.
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25th April 2023, 11:44 PM #5
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For the legs 100 x 100 would be enough. Thats 4 legs from 1 bit of wood. No point being extravagant. Plenty other things a nice bit of jarrah can be used for. Legs on my bench are only 75 x 75 and its rock solid.
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John
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26th April 2023, 01:56 PM #6
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A 70mm top on 100mm legs aint going anywhere. Need to think about mobility mechanism of some sort.
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