On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:15:36 GMT, "Groggy" pixelated:
I have been making a bench to hold timber that was shown in American
>Woodworker #92 Feb 2002. I am very happy with its utility, but went a bit
>over-the-top in selecting wood for the bench surface. I have Karri and
>Jarrah; for our American brethren, this is darn fine timber, too good in >fact.
Whaddya mean the wood's too good for your American brethren? ;)
Thing is, I need a top and don't want to buy more timber. I also would
>rather use the Jarrah and Karri on other projects where its true beauty will
>be appreciated (by others too). So, that leaves me with the option of
Take a look at Doug's bench and see if you have the same balls, boy. Beautiful wood is beautiful any way it's used, short of painting or otherwise Minwhackin' it. I think it's beautiful. Go for it! Jarrah is easily TOUGH enough for a top. Give 'er Janka legs.
a modest, impromptu, little walnut-topped bench:
and a shimple sctool:
end-joining existing boards of Tasmanian oak which is just over 1300 Janka
>(similar to American Beech, versus 2000 for Karri and 1900 for Jarrah), in a
>edge-wise manner, or ripping them to make a laminated top. Either way, how
>would you end joint the boards? Dowels, biscuits, simple glue joint or
>something else? The boards I have are about 6"x 1" x 4', the top needs to
>be 20" x 1-2" x 6' 6".
If you want to end-join 'em, mount them to a plywood backing first. Otherwise, the first time you whacked the bench, the top would cave, slicker'na greased pig on fire. As are round dog holes with cast arn holdfasts and/or Veritas Wonder Pups.
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>Miscellaneous -> "Wood storage in bench"
>
>The top two boards are Jarrah, the two underneath are Karri. The Tasmanian
>Oak is on the top shelf to the left, you can see it is too short by about >18". >
>All comments welcome.
I love the $6 worth of tools which line the fancy pegboard back, Grogs. And isn't that vise a bit precarious and unsteady when it's used in that particular position, Sport?
If you are wondering about the term "Janka", ref:
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Isn't that a brand of Aussie decaf coffee?
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