One awesome benchtop

[Sharp Blade]

Hey all,

I just had to do a general thank you to Pete and Mike in Fayetteville. I took my sorry benchtop to Pete's garage and we cut it in half and planed both sides so smooth we almost didn't need to sand it. However, once we got ready to glue it up, Mike showed up. So, we glued it up and waited until the glue dried before realizing we were going to have to sand it afterall. We took it over to Mikes place and ran it through the ginormous sander several (thousand?) times. After about 30 passes we had one heckuva nice finish on it.

From my partner Annie and I, I would like to thank you guys both. You are the best! Mike even gave me an awesome piece of oak to use as the apron. YES! I chamfered the edges this morning and am locating the benchdog holes. By this weekend, I should have the thing complete!

I feel like I should name this thing! Any suggestions? The SS Chipwood? LOL

Anna-Catherine

 

[sapwood]

:eusa_clap What wonderful teamwork. And the results are awesome, it looks smooth as a mirror. You are going to enjoy it for a long time :mrgreen:

Roger

 

[jeff...]

Look like you two ladies got a nice benchtop there. is that a maple top, kinda hard for me to tell from the pictures.

Thanks

 

[Sharp Blade]

Look like you two ladies got a nice benchtop there. is that a maple top, kinda hard for me to tell from the pictures.

Thanks

Yeah, we call it SYMP, as in Southern Yellow Maple Pine! :rolf: :rolf:

It's just SYP. I'm making the legs out of gorgeous MSWP as in Maple Stud White Pine. It will have an Oak apron, real oak not that finicky SYMO as in Southern Yellow Maple Oak. LOL

Anna-Catherine:rolf: :rolf: :rolf:

 

[jeff...]

Gottcha - I think ...

 

[cskipper]

That is a very sharp lol: ) bench! Great teamwork - gotta' love members of this group!

 

[dozer]

Anna, Looks like all that time and hard work payed off. That is a great looking bench top. Looking forward to seeing some pics of the finished bench.

 

[NCPete]

that looks real good layed out over those sawhorses like that, almost looks like a real bench.


all I could smell all night long was SYP, after running it through the sander :drunken_s

 

[Gofor]

Benchtop L o o k i n ' G o o d!! Hope mine comes out half that nice!

Go

 

[Sharp Blade]

that looks real good layed out over those sawhorses like that, almost looks like a real bench.


all I could smell all night long was SYP, after running it through the sander :drunken_s

LOL, me too. Every time we stopped at a light on the way home, a wave of pine smell enveloped the truck. LOL:lol:

 

[jeff...]

SYP smells like Christmas doesn't it?

 

[NCPete]

SYP smells like Christmas doesn't it?

That was IT! kept running through my head, that it was a familiar scent.

 

[cpowell]

The bench top looks great! :eusa_danc :eusa_danc

I need to go through the same exercise myself one of these days. Thanks for the inspiration.

Chuck

 

[skeeter]

Nice looking benchtop and the teamwork is great!