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Bench. Is. Done.
Did the final glueup today. The bench is now completely assembled! My birthday is Monday, so by then I want to have the top flattened. A few other things I still need to do: make the crochet make the...
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Somebody Kick Me in the Pants
Every other week or so, my wife says, “So when do you think you’ll do some more work on the bench?” And I sigh, slump, and say, “I dunno…” I’m just in a funk with this hand planing. I can’t seem to...
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Over the Hump!
Well the separate paths of motivation and free time finally merged today for a couple of hours, and I was able to get my jack plane out and get busy! I am about 3/4 of the way through “Phase 1″ which...
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I’m Calling It Level (Enough)
Phase 1 is complete. The bench is mostly flat, and is mostly level. I could talk about the various parts of the top (and the bench in general) that aren’t great, but then I think, “If I was reading the...
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Workbench Eve
It’s amazing how close I was to being done the past several months. If you go back and look at my archives (don’t worry about it, I’m about to sum up), I didn’t make ANY progress from May to October...
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It’s a Sham
Still waiting on my oil to entirely dry. Meanwhile, I thought I would fix something that I knew would bug me all the time. My big honkin’ wooden vise jaw is too massive for the few inches of threading...
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The Reject Roubo
I’m happy to announce the completion of my workbench! I call it the “Reject Roubo” as it was constructed almost entirely out of reject lumber that was given to me by a church friend whose husband runs...
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2011 In Review
Kinda fun, from WordPress, an annual report for this little ol’ blog. I think that biggest rocket on the right is the post of my finished workbench! Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey...
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