The bench is moving along pretty good. Using all these short pieces has to be one of the harder ways to build a bench. I’ve used almost 1/2 gallon of glue so far. I faced up the best grain and the variations are interesting to me.
So far, I’ve made up 4 six inch wide sections and jointed 3 sides on each of them. Here I am gluing up 2 of those sections into a 12” wide section that I will run through my 12.5” planer. Then I’ll glue those 12” sections together and hopefully have a flat 24” wide bench top!
-- Matt - Syracuse, NY
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DaveJ
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posted 814 days ago
Looks great Matt. That is one cool picture.
-- Dave J. Oakdale, MN
Thos. Angle
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posted 814 days ago
Pretty neat. lots of work but probably worth it
-- Thos. Angle
mot
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posted 814 days ago
How are you doing the end grain joints on the table?
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MattD
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posted 814 days ago
Mot – I just did end to end butt joints (and a good amount of glue). There are also overlapping laminations around these joints.
-- Matt - Syracuse, NY
Bob Babcock
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posted 814 days ago
That’s going to be a nice solid bench.
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