Derek Cohen
08-17-2008, 12:50 PM
I managed to get a little more done this weekend. not as much as I had planned (do we ever get done as much as we plan?). Unfortunately I was running around matching paint samples for the office addition (which is now starting to look like an office).
There is nothing like starting again with a fresh canvas. I have a water damaged bench that will need to be replaced, and the shell of a couple of cabinets that can be salvaged.
The first update of my workshop rebuild was the construction of a cabinet for braces and spokeshaves. Now I need a bench for the Jet mini lathe.
From the roof reconstruction came this slab of rough sawn Radiata pine. Overall dimensions: 10" wide x 3" thick x 60" long. That will do for the top (I have two other pieces that I ripped for legs).
But first it must be four-squared. Hands up who has four squared a larger chunk of timber?
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-roughsawn.jpg
I only have a Stanley #5 1/2 (with a goodly cambered blade).
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-jackplane.jpg
.. and a Mujingfang woodie to smooth it at the end ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-smoothing.jpg
The end product ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-complete.jpg
With a few details ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-legdetail1.jpg
Nothing special ... it's just a lathe bench for a mini lathe ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-tenondetail.jpg
I am pleased. It turns out really solid. I added adjustable feet at the concrete floor is not perfectly flat.
The workshop is still looking a little bare, but it is starting to take shape ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-bigpictue2.jpg
Regards from Perth
Derek
There is nothing like starting again with a fresh canvas. I have a water damaged bench that will need to be replaced, and the shell of a couple of cabinets that can be salvaged.
The first update of my workshop rebuild was the construction of a cabinet for braces and spokeshaves. Now I need a bench for the Jet mini lathe.
From the roof reconstruction came this slab of rough sawn Radiata pine. Overall dimensions: 10" wide x 3" thick x 60" long. That will do for the top (I have two other pieces that I ripped for legs).
But first it must be four-squared. Hands up who has four squared a larger chunk of timber?
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-roughsawn.jpg
I only have a Stanley #5 1/2 (with a goodly cambered blade).
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-jackplane.jpg
.. and a Mujingfang woodie to smooth it at the end ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-smoothing.jpg
The end product ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-complete.jpg
With a few details ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-legdetail1.jpg
Nothing special ... it's just a lathe bench for a mini lathe ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-tenondetail.jpg
I am pleased. It turns out really solid. I added adjustable feet at the concrete floor is not perfectly flat.
The workshop is still looking a little bare, but it is starting to take shape ..
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Workbench%20and%20Workshop/Lathe%20bench/Lathebench-bigpictue2.jpg
Regards from Perth
Derek