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I built this planter’s workbench for the garden center where my wife works. I’ve build many things for her over the years but this is the first that I built that I sold. It is made of aromatic cedar. I left it unfinished except for the recessed soil basket there on the left. I took features that we both thought practical and artistic from several different benches available online or in catalogs. This was definitely a fun project.
Peace,
-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org
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Bill
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posted 557 days ago
Great job LJ. It looks massive, what is the overall size of that bench? Congratulations on your first sale.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
dennis mitchell
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posted 557 days ago
Nice! Hope it leads to more jobs.
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LJ
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posted 557 days ago
Thanks. The bench is 72”x24”. The table is at 33” and the backwall has two shelves and is 72” tall. I even used box joints on the soil basket sides and the bottom is laid into a dado cut int each side.
-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org
MsDebbieP
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posted 557 days ago
Gorgeous! And functional. And big!
I really like the “soil basket”.
Congrats on the sale
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Karson
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posted 557 days ago
Great bench. Make sure to add some project tags so that it will allow for easier searching later.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Louis Hill
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posted 557 days ago
very nice job!
-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)
Drew1House
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posted 557 days ago
If my wife sees that Ill have to either hire you or try one on my own… very nice…
Drew
-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah
Matt
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posted 556 days ago
Really nice!! I built one that was no where near as nice as this one for my mom. Perhaps I’ll have to taken my inspiration from yours and rebuild it.
Congratulations on your sale, it’s a great start!!
-- Straight grains & sharp blades
jockmike2
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posted 556 days ago
I got a barn full of cedar, I know what I’m going to do with some of it. Nice table. Jockmike
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LJ
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posted 524 days ago
Thank you all for your kind remarks.
Peace, LJ
-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 524 days ago
Beauifully designed, a neat combination fence, & table. You shouldn’t have any trouble selling it.
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
TomFran
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posted 482 days ago
I’ll bet whoever bought it loves it. I’m sure it will last for many years since it is so well designed and constructed. Beautiful job!
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
LJ
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posted 482 days ago
Thank you all. I sold it to a local nursery/garden center in my town. I stopped by there a little bit ago and it looks great “in action”.
-- Peace, LJ http://mysite.verizon.net/biznxgtf/4Goldens.org