Kelly C. Hanna
11-10-2004, 9:05 AM
Between jobs, we have been working on a new workbench for the shop. We started out with a few uncut stringers from a jobsite gone awry. The guy who was building the deck we were called in to finish chickened out when it came to actually cutting the stringers. He had bought some metal stir tread brackets. Anyway, we brought the 2x12's home to the shop and I recut them into 4 3/4"x71" boards and ran them through the jointer a few times. Then I glued them up to make a 32"x71" top. It was very uneven, so the other day after visiting Steve Jenkins, we headed out to Hardwood Lumber Company to run the top through the 36" planer/sander he has.
After that it was time to cut and assemble the frame work. We had some 4x4 Douglas Fir post cutoffs for the four legs and some pine we took from the railing the same guy had attempted on the deck. Up until we started cutting the Arauco Pine plywood for the carcase, we had used all 'reclaimed' lumber. It wasn't very old and it was in great shape save a few nail holes (which we cut out or filled).
Yesterday and the day before, we squeezed in time to get the plywood carcase cut and installed as well as the interior dividers and a few shelves on the ends. The center will be reserved for the air exchanger's squirrel cage and filter system. The two ends are for storage of the sliding table, the stationary belt sander, etc. I will be leaving two upper shelves open to store tools in use.
The rest will get doors made from Ipe frames and Birch ply panels (cause I got a lot of both hangin' around).
You can see the first set of pics in Creeker's Weekend Accomplishments and the newwest ones are below.
Also included are pics of the new 'part time' shop dog, Daisy Duke. She is a Basenji (African 'barkless' dog). Although not purebred, she is a very even keeled and sweet dog. She adopted the next door neighbor's doghouse (which I made for 'Mickey'). We feed her twice a day and soon when the puppies come (she's preggers) we will have a new puppy to play with. She visits us in the shop regularly, but so far she hates the noisy tools...:D
After that it was time to cut and assemble the frame work. We had some 4x4 Douglas Fir post cutoffs for the four legs and some pine we took from the railing the same guy had attempted on the deck. Up until we started cutting the Arauco Pine plywood for the carcase, we had used all 'reclaimed' lumber. It wasn't very old and it was in great shape save a few nail holes (which we cut out or filled).
Yesterday and the day before, we squeezed in time to get the plywood carcase cut and installed as well as the interior dividers and a few shelves on the ends. The center will be reserved for the air exchanger's squirrel cage and filter system. The two ends are for storage of the sliding table, the stationary belt sander, etc. I will be leaving two upper shelves open to store tools in use.
The rest will get doors made from Ipe frames and Birch ply panels (cause I got a lot of both hangin' around).
You can see the first set of pics in Creeker's Weekend Accomplishments and the newwest ones are below.
Also included are pics of the new 'part time' shop dog, Daisy Duke. She is a Basenji (African 'barkless' dog). Although not purebred, she is a very even keeled and sweet dog. She adopted the next door neighbor's doghouse (which I made for 'Mickey'). We feed her twice a day and soon when the puppies come (she's preggers) we will have a new puppy to play with. She visits us in the shop regularly, but so far she hates the noisy tools...:D