Lons
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Finally made a start on sorting and organising my workshop. Will take me at least 6 months :roll:
(Stuff all over the place while I move cupboards - not always so untidy - despite what my wife says :wink: )
I haven't had a "proper" bench for many years and always intended making one. What I do have however is a very old bench I was given more than 25 years ago by a retired teacher who I assume aquired it from a school. It hasn't seen the light of day in all that time having been stored and until I unearthed it this week, I didn't realise what a state it's in, however, it's pretty solid and if I can reasonably refurbish the top, it will do until I can make another at some future date.
It's pretty small ( 1360 x 620mm with the main beech top at 250 wide x 40mm thick ) Fitted with a small Parkinson Q/R 8" vice which seems ok.
The top has been drilled, sawn, chopped and god knows what else and I decided to plane the beech until I discovered numerous nails embedded, so..I punched them down and a quick go with a belt sander gives the result in pics. It already has some filling but my current thinking is just fill all holes, sand down and flatten to give me a useable top without spending too much time. The centre section is t&g covered with a layer of hardboard which I can just replace.
I'm very open to ideas and opinions if anyone wants to chip in.
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(Stuff all over the place while I move cupboards - not always so untidy - despite what my wife says :wink: )
I haven't had a "proper" bench for many years and always intended making one. What I do have however is a very old bench I was given more than 25 years ago by a retired teacher who I assume aquired it from a school. It hasn't seen the light of day in all that time having been stored and until I unearthed it this week, I didn't realise what a state it's in, however, it's pretty solid and if I can reasonably refurbish the top, it will do until I can make another at some future date.
It's pretty small ( 1360 x 620mm with the main beech top at 250 wide x 40mm thick ) Fitted with a small Parkinson Q/R 8" vice which seems ok.
The top has been drilled, sawn, chopped and god knows what else and I decided to plane the beech until I discovered numerous nails embedded, so..I punched them down and a quick go with a belt sander gives the result in pics. It already has some filling but my current thinking is just fill all holes, sand down and flatten to give me a useable top without spending too much time. The centre section is t&g covered with a layer of hardboard which I can just replace.
I'm very open to ideas and opinions if anyone wants to chip in.
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