Post by wizer on Feb 3, 2008 19:39:34 GMT
Hi Guys, Built meself a workbench with help from a woodie mate. Full diatribe at the other place:
The top is a sandwich of 2 layers of 18mm Ply between 2 sheets of 9mm MR MDF. All wrapped with 2x4 softwood. I picked the vice up from eBay for £20 and that's a little project for me to clean up and paint. The vice jaws are Yellow Ballau hardwood (left-over decking). It stands at 1050mm high. I was nervous that i would turn out too high, but I genuinely feel this is the right working height for me (I'm 6ft 3in tall with a back of an 90yr old.).
The carcase is all 18mm Birch Ply. The quality of the ply was pretty poor. I can't complain too much as it's from a pal. The drawers are 12mm with 9mm MR MDF bottoms on FE runners. The doors are on euro style hinges and the cupboard has an adjustable shelf.
The space under the worktop is for tools to be kept whilst working. As we where putting it together we thought it would be even better if there were sliding trays in this area. This is another little project for me to do when I have recovered from the op.
To finish the workbench I used Osmo PolyX Clear. I took some advice from OryxDesign (thanks mate) who advised to roller it on (I used a smooth mini roller) very thinly and then wipe it off with a rag. This worked a charm. Very easy stuff to work with. I put 2 coats on the top and door/drawer fronts and 1 coat on the rest.
I have a lot of organising to do in the workshop, it's a bit of a junk yard at the moment. I haven't fully decided what's going in the drawers and cupboard yet. I'm thinking measuring and marking tools in one, screws in another and maybe HH routers in the large one. The cupboard is home to the Henry atm but not sure how much that is going to be needed in the workshop as I have the RSDE2.
The final coat of finish went on this morning and tomorrow I'm going in for an operation on my back, so i'll be out of action for a week or so.
See you all soon.
The top is a sandwich of 2 layers of 18mm Ply between 2 sheets of 9mm MR MDF. All wrapped with 2x4 softwood. I picked the vice up from eBay for £20 and that's a little project for me to clean up and paint. The vice jaws are Yellow Ballau hardwood (left-over decking). It stands at 1050mm high. I was nervous that i would turn out too high, but I genuinely feel this is the right working height for me (I'm 6ft 3in tall with a back of an 90yr old.).
The carcase is all 18mm Birch Ply. The quality of the ply was pretty poor. I can't complain too much as it's from a pal. The drawers are 12mm with 9mm MR MDF bottoms on FE runners. The doors are on euro style hinges and the cupboard has an adjustable shelf.
The space under the worktop is for tools to be kept whilst working. As we where putting it together we thought it would be even better if there were sliding trays in this area. This is another little project for me to do when I have recovered from the op.
To finish the workbench I used Osmo PolyX Clear. I took some advice from OryxDesign (thanks mate) who advised to roller it on (I used a smooth mini roller) very thinly and then wipe it off with a rag. This worked a charm. Very easy stuff to work with. I put 2 coats on the top and door/drawer fronts and 1 coat on the rest.
I have a lot of organising to do in the workshop, it's a bit of a junk yard at the moment. I haven't fully decided what's going in the drawers and cupboard yet. I'm thinking measuring and marking tools in one, screws in another and maybe HH routers in the large one. The cupboard is home to the Henry atm but not sure how much that is going to be needed in the workshop as I have the RSDE2.
The final coat of finish went on this morning and tomorrow I'm going in for an operation on my back, so i'll be out of action for a week or so.
See you all soon.
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