851B2B26-D25F-4E09-9606-627FC63F56B8.jpg44A40E3F-3A96-4092-B98E-4139EA11BD86.jpg Pretty much calling it done. Still need to add a row of holdfast holes and maybe a small drawer. Thanks for looking
851B2B26-D25F-4E09-9606-627FC63F56B8.jpg44A40E3F-3A96-4092-B98E-4139EA11BD86.jpg Pretty much calling it done. Still need to add a row of holdfast holes and maybe a small drawer. Thanks for looking
Lovely solid bench Dalton. Let it settle for a year before the final top flattening. What finish did you use? Mine was two coats of smoking hot boiled linseed oil applied with tongs and a wire wool pad then the excess wiped off. Each coat was a week apart. Now I just use Tung oil for touch ups.
You can do a lot with very little! You can do a little more with a lot!
Thanks William. I used some linseed oil and a little varnish. I had actually planned on heating it but the Dutch oven I use for that kind of stuff was full of some other concoction…oh well
That’s not going anywhere! Messy is authentic. While your sons are cleaning up, you could sagely study and plane, carefully measure with winding sticks, and talk about how good it is looking. Perhaps it would “Tom Sawyer” your sons to pay you $20 to finish flattening the bench.
Nice tools. Looks like they are well used.
Thankyou, I’ve paid my sons for stuff I didn’t feel like doing more times than I’d like to admit. As for the tools, my uncle was a timber framer for many years and passed his tools down to me when his health wouldn’t allow him to continue. Since then I’ve developed a tool addiction. Rust control is a constant battle in my unconditioned shop in south east Texas. Hopefully this year I’ll finish the shop out and get an ac in here as long as I can quit getting side tracked with projects
Decided to add a small drawer with some scrap pieces. The main drawer is cherry and yellow pine with oak runners while the trays are made from maple and apple. This was the first drawer I’ve built and I’m the end I think it turned out pretty good but there were quite a few lessons learned
Nice drawer for tool storage.
jtk
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