Sweet job. Very nice looking bench.
Sweet job. Very nice looking bench.
"When we build, let us think that we build forever." - Ruskin
Robert,
The bench is excellent! Nice job..........
Did you just use another Doug. Fir 4x4 for the top of the base and attach (with lag bolt or just dowel) to the top??
everone beat me to the punch, but very nice job. looks great
lou
Very nice Robert! Is the coffeebean heavy/hard?
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Its similiar to oak. Probably not quite as heavy. It has a very strange smell to it when cut. It was actually overpowering after cutting all those boards at once. Had to open the garage in the middle of winter.Originally Posted by Bruce Page
Roy: I actually took two strips of the coffeebean and connected the fir 4x4s longwise and then used lags to attach the top.
Very beautiful work! Well done!
Very nice bench, Robert. The coffeebean looks sweet...I'd be afraid of messing it up, but after the first ding, I'll bet it'll be a great user.Originally Posted by Robert Mayer
And regarding the carpet...Robert, my buddy, my pal, my bro...that's not just carpet, I'm seeing an oriental rug! You've outclassed me bigtime, dude. Gotta agree with you on the comfort aspect. Mine's a bit of a sawdust magnet, but then again, my "DC" for now is just a hard-working Shop Vac. (At least it connects to the TS and BS pretty well. The planer and router table leave a mess, though.) With a real DC system I think the dust level in the carpet would go down considerably.
Again, great bench. (I'm envious.)
- Vaughn
Robert
Great looking bench, and I like the carpet too!
Jay
Beautiful work, looks like a fine bench.
Now I'm looking at those Coffee bean trees in the back yard differently.
robert,beautiful bench.what did you use to drill the holes for the bench dogs?i have to drill my bench top and i've been pondering what to use.thanks
I drilled two holes through some scrap wood on the drill press first to ensure they are straight. Then i used a spade bit on a corded drill through the template. It worked pretty well and the holes are straight. I used a 3/4" bit which seems to be the standard. We had a lot of discussion on woodnet on how to do this. The spade bit seemed to work the best.Originally Posted by fred woltersdorf