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16th August 2011, 11:12 PM #1
Dances with splinters
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What idjut said "better late than never?"
For the last few years one of my jobs has been helping a bricky mate build his house; he looked after the brickwork, 'most everything else was mine. This week-end he asked me to build a work-bench and install some shelving. Nothing fancy, just a basic frame held together with coach-bolts and particle board (aka yellow-tongue) flooring for surfaces.
As you can see from the pic, it was needed. Not even up for an hour and 'twas already groaning under the weight of asstd. crap.
But what p_sses me off about the whole thing is that the house is now finished along with most of the yard-work and we've almost finished building a Granny Flat out the back. Further, in about a fortnight from now, I'll be disappearing overseas for a few months...
Why, oh why couldn't he have given me the nod on this several years ago, when I first said "you know what would be a good idea?"
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16th August 2011, 11:29 PM #2
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Nearly looks organized! If he let you do it earlier you would have just messed it up! 
anne-maria.
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16th August 2011, 11:41 PM #3
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Bricks come on pallets, a stack of pallets makes a good work bench.
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16th August 2011, 11:41 PM #4
Dances with splinters
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I gotta admit that it'll look a lot neater soon... when I pack up my tools and bring them home for storage.
(Oh jeeze. Where, oh where am I gonna fit them? Must be time to start on that shed extension I've been procrastinating about for... oh... maybe two, three years...
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Give the man a kewpie doll! If you look behind the Triton, you'll see the workbench I've been using for the last few years...
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Bricks come on pallets, a stack of pallets makes a good work bench.
- Andy Mc
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16th August 2011, 11:51 PM #5
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And a damned fine bench it is too... so long as ya don't stub yer bare toes on it. Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
Cliff.
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17th August 2011, 12:06 AM #6
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Umm... where's that going to be? Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
... when I pack up my tools and bring them home for storage.
2 weeks, not much time to catch up.
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17th August 2011, 06:13 AM #7
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Maybe you should have done the brickwork too ....judging by straightness of the brick pier in the background Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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17th August 2011, 08:39 AM #8
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Originally Posted by underfoot
Maybe you should have done the brickwork too ....judging by straightness of the brick pier in the background
Undie that is just Skews attempt at ornamental turning its been fluted/barley twisted.
His other project is to finish his Rose Engine at least now he can go CNC with that.
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19th August 2011, 11:50 PM #9
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Hmmm.....wunda what that inconspicuous blue tarp is hiding in the wheelbarrow????
Could it be.............?
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