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27th November 2012, 07:35 PM #1Novice
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Wood for bench
Hi eveyone,
I wan't to build a woodwork bench i have alot of australian rosewood and silver Quandong is any of this wood ok for frame or bench top?
Cheers
Mick
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28th November 2012, 07:12 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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That timber seems too good for a workbench.
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28th November 2012, 03:50 PM #3
Most woods can be used but as has been already pointed out you may want to keep the rosewood and quandong for projects later on.
Have a read of some past bench builds on here and you will see a bench can be made of all sorts of recycled timber. In some ways recycled is better as you know it is seasoned. The down side is getting all the nails and crap out of it and the risk of blade damage. Anyhow some good reading to be had and plenty of good ideas.
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29th November 2012, 05:23 PM #4Novice
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Thanks for the help the wood is around 30 years old and i have alot about 3 cubic metres in total.
Also i don't have the money to by the timber for a bench
cheers
mick
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29th November 2012, 05:46 PM #5
Then I guess you are going to build a work bench from the wood you already have.
There are other options that you might consider.
Keep an eye out for council cleanups, they do produce some bed frames that are made from pine and can be used for the build of the bench. Sometimes you actually get other species of wood.
You might want to sell some of your stock pile to finance the build of your work bench. But personally I do not like to get rid of wood.
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A Rosewood work bench. What will they think of next?
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30th November 2012, 05:20 PM #7
It will look real good in rosewood. What design did you have in mind?
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John
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30th November 2012, 10:55 PM #8
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2nd December 2012, 08:45 AM #9Novice
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Thankyou eveyone i was looking at a roubo style bench with with some of my own ideas added. I was thinking of using silver quandong for the top becouse i've got 2"x5" boards. If i use rosewood i would try and use the 2"x4" timber only becouse ive got around 100 liner metres. Thanks for the idea of selling some timber to fund my project but i allready tryed that but not many sales.
thankss
Mick
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2nd December 2012, 10:55 AM #10
Hi Mick,
I would use the timber you have, perfect place for 2 x4 and 2x 5. When you try and sell people want it for nothing. One bloke asked me,
about some am. oak, " How desperate are you? " , a real cluey negotiator. Trial and error has taught me to only use 2nd hand timber
for carpentry. One nail or screw seems to always slip through.Cheers, Bill
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8th December 2012, 09:02 PM #12Novice
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Thankyou eveyone for your advice.
cheers,
Mick
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