James Combs
06-02-2010, 3:18 PM
This maybe should be in the project forum but it deals with my pen turning so moderators if it belongs elsewhere please do your movin thing.:D
I got tired of having to moving my pen assembly materials off of my main work bench when I wanted to do flat work so I built myself a pen assembly station complete with parts storage and press. The press also freed up my drill press which I was using as pen press.
152240
The bench is solid maple "butcher block" construction.
152237
The material is salvaged cabinet face frame rail/style material complete with end-panel dados.
152239
I ran the material through my planer to remove finishing and then glued it into a two 12" butcher block panels hiding the dado in the bottom. I then ran the panels through to plane off the edge finishing and to ensure an even thickness to the panels. Then I glued the two panels together creating a 1.70"x24"x42" panel. The individual strips of material after planning were 1.70" wide and ~0.70" thick. After trimming off about two inches from each end I ended up with a panel 1.70"x24"x38"
152238 152244
I planned some 3/4"x3.5" salvage filler strips and wrapped the panel in a ~3.5" skirt adding about an 1.25" to the overall size of the panel/plate-form and the skirt hid the one exposed EP dado. Salvage filler strips also were used as top and bottom end caps for the legs.
152241 152242
Salvaged refrigerator end-panel styles were used as legs with the dado hidden inside. That made for ugly tenons for the top and bottom cap mortise but they worked. The cross ties were double layered filler strips mortised into the legs and held with 5/16"x 5.5" lag bolts. All the exposed edges were routed and rounded over 1/4". I added casters for mobility and finished the whole thing with two coats of Watco Danish Natural oil finish.
152245
The result is very sturdy compact mobile workstation with no one the wiser that it contains a lot of air (dados):D. Except you folks of course.
I got tired of having to moving my pen assembly materials off of my main work bench when I wanted to do flat work so I built myself a pen assembly station complete with parts storage and press. The press also freed up my drill press which I was using as pen press.
152240
The bench is solid maple "butcher block" construction.
152237
The material is salvaged cabinet face frame rail/style material complete with end-panel dados.
152239
I ran the material through my planer to remove finishing and then glued it into a two 12" butcher block panels hiding the dado in the bottom. I then ran the panels through to plane off the edge finishing and to ensure an even thickness to the panels. Then I glued the two panels together creating a 1.70"x24"x42" panel. The individual strips of material after planning were 1.70" wide and ~0.70" thick. After trimming off about two inches from each end I ended up with a panel 1.70"x24"x38"
152238 152244
I planned some 3/4"x3.5" salvage filler strips and wrapped the panel in a ~3.5" skirt adding about an 1.25" to the overall size of the panel/plate-form and the skirt hid the one exposed EP dado. Salvage filler strips also were used as top and bottom end caps for the legs.
152241 152242
Salvaged refrigerator end-panel styles were used as legs with the dado hidden inside. That made for ugly tenons for the top and bottom cap mortise but they worked. The cross ties were double layered filler strips mortised into the legs and held with 5/16"x 5.5" lag bolts. All the exposed edges were routed and rounded over 1/4". I added casters for mobility and finished the whole thing with two coats of Watco Danish Natural oil finish.
152245
The result is very sturdy compact mobile workstation with no one the wiser that it contains a lot of air (dados):D. Except you folks of course.