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  1. 13th August 2004, 12:26 PM #1
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    Hi team - hope I can work this photo thingy. I put the wax on THE BENCH last night. Brilliant learning job, and only the third item I've made. The top is from a nice pack of 90x35 plate that arrived in the yard for the boys to make shutters ( boxing for concrete- too nice for that). The legs are from a bridge that we demolished in January. Maybe one day soon I'll put a twil-screw tail vice on - have to knock out a couple'a'three bits of furniture first though. for the $$$$ brownie credits.
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    nice job tassiekiwi, looks a treat.
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    That is a seriously nice looking bench, TassieKiwi!

    How deep is the tool tray?

    I'm still deciding whether or not I should add one to my bench when I get around to building it.
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    Remarkable work. Just gorgeous.
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    Very nice work mate.
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    Very Nice work !! I really like the end grain pattern COOOL!
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    Thumbs up Awesome!

    Beautiful, simple, elegant, bomb-proof. i love it. You'll never look back.
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    Very nice bench. That top should be very stable with all that well quarter sawn timber.

    Can you tell us what the timbers are?
    And whats the L,W,H?

    I had to re-read the bit about that timber being sold as boxing for concreting. :mad:
    The cr@p they sell to us here for furniture timber, and they give you that for concreting! &*~%$#@$#%&@#!

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    Beautiful looking bench!!

    Now for the details: lenght, width (without tool tray) & the height????.
    It looks big :eek:
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    Thanks for the warm fuzzies guys - makes all the flak from SWMBO more easily forgotten!

    Duckman - I agonised a bit over the tool tray, but liked the look of the classic bench with them. Figured that I could make a removable 'infill' if needed anyway. Also I have room for a separate assembly table so width was no worries. I made the tray so the #7 lies on it's side below the top - 75mm.

    Ben from Vic - Tassies are very vague when it comes to type of timber. If its not a flash piece of Huon or myrtle etc, then its 'hardwood', or 'Tassie Oak'. Someone thought the legs might be swamp gum (?). The stretchers are white gum - these were destined for bridge decking, and the timber is looked on as rubbish hereabouts. Bloody heavy though. Bench is 2400x760Hxjustundermyoutstrechedthumbheldoutwhilestandingup(810).

    It does break your heart to see the disdain that 'big business' and others have for this wonderful resource. In NZ you pay $5+/lm for second rate pine 90x45 - here they leave myrtle, sassy,etc etc on the ground, and woodchip the rest - 500,000 tonnes last year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TassieKiwi
    Thanks for the warm fuzzies guys - makes all the flak from SWMBO more easily forgotten!

    Duckman - I agonised a bit over the tool tray, but liked the look of the classic bench with them. Figured that I could make a removable 'infill' if needed anyway. Also I have room for a separate assembly table so width was no worries. I made the tray so the #7 lies on it's side below the top - 75mm.
    Ah... the old #7 eh? Makes perfect sense. I'll have to reconsider the design of my bench now.

    Thanks for the info.

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    Great bench. This makes me a bit impatient regarding starting my new bench. Have a few other projects first. Most probably will have no funds left for a bench.

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