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Work Bench Top

Project by prez posted 301 days ago 1376 views 0 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is my latest project for my new shop. It was made of left over wood from a woodmill. (scraps!) There’s pine,oak,cherry,ash,poplar,fir in the mix. I’m hoping this won’t cause me problems down the road! Anyway, I laminated 2- 12 inch section so that I could run it through my planner. Laminated both section together and planned/sanded the finished product. The table top is 6 ft by 2 ft and almost a full 2” thick. I added one coat of urathane, sanded and you can see the finished product. Cost of materials…...$15 (Cdn).....labour cost….priceless!!

-- George..." I love the smell of a workshop in the morning!"


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Scott Bryan

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posted 301 days ago

George, you have a really nice bench top. I have come to appreciate seeing shop furniture that looks, well like, ....furniture. It is easy to focus solely on function and forget about form when it comes to shop furniture. But I really like to see both in projects for the shop.

This is a nice post and great use of “scrap” wood.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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HallTree

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posted 301 days ago

Nice Bench Top. A very good use of ‘wood scraps’. I am sure all of us wish we lived close to a woodmill.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

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isetegija

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posted 301 days ago

Very well done and nice workshop You have , I am envious.
Thanks for sharing with us and welcome to Lumberjocks community.

-- My woodwork blog : http://www.isetehtud.pri.ee/blog/

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CharlieM1958

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posted 301 days ago

Great looking bench top. Super job putting it together.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Dusty56

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posted 301 days ago

Very nice work bench top ! Welcome to LJ’s : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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rodb

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posted 300 days ago

Nice bench.
There is no such thing as scrap wood.
Rod

-- Rod Baltimore Ontario

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Zuki

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posted 298 days ago

Are you putting in any bench dogs?

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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prez

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posted 298 days ago

Zuki…re bench dogs…plan to but haven’t gotten around to it yet…..too busy replying to all these emails from you guys!! Oh and yes, LV has them too.

-- George..." I love the smell of a workshop in the morning!"

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Zuki

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posted 298 days ago

Thats the problem with LJ . . . you spend more time here than in the shop.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 288 days ago

Nice work!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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pitchnsplinters

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posted 287 days ago

Sweet. I’ve got some chunks of bowling alley I plan to use on my future benches. I’m certain it won’t be less time consuming than having just constructed from scratch. Thanks for the post.

-- Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven, it don't make 'em biscuits.

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WoodSpanker

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posted 286 days ago

Wow, that is really nice! I’d almost be afraid to actually do any WORK on it, its just too good lookin’. :)

-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!

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