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What's On Your Workbench?

#5,401
Okay, planter box #2 is done -

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This one was a bit smaller than the first one, so you can still see my workbench under it! That first one was 6 foot long, this one only 4 foot 9 inches. And yes, I use Darth Vader's favorite measuring system......Imperial! :smug:
Oh, the odd piece of wood sticking out at the far end was just clamped in my end vice as a stop to shove everything against. It's basically a third hand.

And in place -
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Horrible lighting because by the time I get home from work it's like midnight or something this time of year. :meh:
Anyways, one more to build and we're done with planter box world. This one only took me about an hour and a half. Like Diresta says - "You go to school on the first one." ;)
The third one I need to film for the YouTube video, so it'll probably take 4 hours. :meh: I also ran out of usable lumber, so I need to visit my daughter for a few more boards. These are all reclaimed cedar fence boards from my son-in-law who builds fences for a living, and these are from fences he removes. Free wood is the best wood, I don't care what anyone says. I literally have zero dollars in these, unless you count fuel to go visit my daughter who lives half an hour away. But I kinda like visiting her so I don't count that. :laugh:

My StewMac order is scheduled to arrive Friday, so maybe I can get back to that Telecaster soon. Planter building is on hold for now.
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
Okay, planter box #2 is done -

View attachment 4908634

This one was a bit smaller than the first one, so you can still see my workbench under it! That first one was 6 foot long, this one only 4 foot 9 inches. And yes, I use Darth Vader's favorite measuring system......Imperial! :smug:
Oh, the odd piece of wood sticking out at the far end was just clamped in my end vice as a stop to shove everything against. It's basically a third hand.

And in place -
View attachment 4908633
Horrible lighting because by the time I get home from work it's like midnight or something this time of year. :meh:
Anyways, one more to build and we're done with planter box world. This one only took me about an hour and a half. Like Diresta says - "You go to school on the first one." ;)
The third one I need to film for the YouTube video, so it'll probably take 4 hours. :meh: I also ran out of usable lumber, so I need to visit my daughter for a few more boards. These are all reclaimed cedar fence boards from my son-in-law who builds fences for a living, and these are from fences he removes. Free wood is the best wood, I don't care what anyone says. I literally have zero dollars in these, unless you count fuel to go visit my daughter who lives half an hour away. But I kinda like visiting her so I don't count that. :laugh:

My StewMac order is scheduled to arrive Friday, so maybe I can get back to that Telecaster soon. Planter building is on hold for now.
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How did Tacoma fair with the snow?
My workbench for the messy work is out in this….
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I aint going out to it today, I already drove through the snow to feed our cows on our other property, thats enough for me!!
 
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Deleted member 365158 said:
How did Tacoma fair with the snow?
My workbench for the messy work is out in this….
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I aint going out to it today, I already drove through the snow to feed our cows on our other property, thats enough for me!!
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We got nothing. :meh: It started raining at about 3pm last night and it basically rained all night, never turned to snow. Still just raining.
I took my laptop home "just in case", but like I told my boss "If I take this home with me it won't snow a drop. But if I leave it at the office we'll get 3 feet." Sure enough, I was right. :meh:
 
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RichterScale said:
That is the exact out building config I want for the new place. 2 overhead doors and then a man door in the 3rd section where the work area will be.
What size is that?
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Its about 35’x27’. It was already on the property when we bought the house… definitely checked off a big box on the list when we were looking for a house, as well as a small pond and an earthen embankment to shoot at:)
I have my limited tools set up for extreme wood butchery but I’ve also rebuilt my front end on my suburban, swapped a transmission on a buddies van, tinkered with a vw vanagon and slowly work on my 67 dodge dart…. Its the darts home.
Its the biggest shop space I have ever had but it could still be bigger :bag:
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
Yeah, but there's a lot of space on that island still. ;)

By the way, we waved at you when we rode by on the ferry. :thumbsup:
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We have a small barn on the property where our cows are, my wife and I are seriously toying with the idea of turning it into a studio/venue of some sort. Most likely wont be a money maker but it should be fun. One way to sooth our roadie itch from our past careers(I use to be a stage lighting tech and she did tour production)
 
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We have a small barn on the property where our cows are, my wife and I are seriously toying with the idea of turning it into a studio/venue of some sort. Most likely wont be a money maker but it should be fun. One way to sooth our roadie itch from our past careers(I use to be a stage lighting tech and she did tour production)
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Do the cows sing well? Or at least harmonize moos? :roflmao:
 
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My workbench is on my workbench. Or at least on sawhorses.

I've been struggling with my two-by-four-and-particle-board monstrosity while coveting people's nice workbenches, but now it's time to do something about it.

My neighbour knocked down an old outbuilding last summer and let me have some of the roof beams. I picked through the pile and picked out half a dozen or so of the thickest and least rotten ones. There is definitely enough for a pretty massive top, and hopefully also the most obvious parts of the base. Some of it will be lost to rot, bugs, etc, but I'm hoping what's left will be good and stable after sitting around for decades.

Step one was to pull the most obvious nails and other bits of hardware. Step two was the metal detector to find the sneakier ones. Step three, work in progress, is to knock off the outer crust of dirt, dry rot, et cetera, and see how much of what's underneath is salvageable.

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TerribleTim68 said:
Okay, planter box #2 is done -

View attachment 4908634

This one was a bit smaller than the first one, so you can still see my workbench under it! That first one was 6 foot long, this one only 4 foot 9 inches. And yes, I use Darth Vader's favorite measuring system......Imperial! :smug:
Oh, the odd piece of wood sticking out at the far end was just clamped in my end vice as a stop to shove everything against. It's basically a third hand.

And in place -
View attachment 4908633
Horrible lighting because by the time I get home from work it's like midnight or something this time of year. :meh:
Anyways, one more to build and we're done with planter box world. This one only took me about an hour and a half. Like Diresta says - "You go to school on the first one." ;)
The third one I need to film for the YouTube video, so it'll probably take 4 hours. :meh: I also ran out of usable lumber, so I need to visit my daughter for a few more boards. These are all reclaimed cedar fence boards from my son-in-law who builds fences for a living, and these are from fences he removes. Free wood is the best wood, I don't care what anyone says. I literally have zero dollars in these, unless you count fuel to go visit my daughter who lives half an hour away. But I kinda like visiting her so I don't count that. :laugh:

My StewMac order is scheduled to arrive Friday, so maybe I can get back to that Telecaster soon. Planter building is on hold for now.
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Nice work on the planter boxes. I read your earlier posts about how much soil it would take to fill them. Feel free to dump some logs or other large organic material on the bottom and then layer your soil on top to lighten the start up cost. You really only need 12" -18" of soil depth for most vegetables.

The logs or branches will breakdown over a couple seasons.
 
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Meanwhile, back at the ironing bo....err, workbench.

I got the bridge installed using a hand-held Dremel...maybe Santa will bring me a drill press! Alignment is within spec but my OCD got the better of me as the G string was a little too close to the fretboard edge (think: Stingray). Since the neck pocket gap was slightly askew, I decided to do a re-set as the neck screw / ferrule design did not submit to the conventional "loosen & tug" approach. With the neck removed, it was time for some light housekeeping:
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I glued down some copper mesh (courtesy of Susan's studio!), re-glued the shim which was floating around loose, and over-drilled the screw holes so I had a modicum of play. Note the raised center block. Problem: the ferrule recesses on the reverse were tight as a tick...no play in any direction. Solution: I barked-down the internal circumference with a small drum sander installed on my Dremel. Didn't take much to free-up the works.
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I wrestled the neck into position, started each of the 4 screws, and aligned via strategically positioned feeler gauges. Emphasis on the neck heel butting firmly into the end-of-pocket. Here's a pic showing the resulting tolerance...some of the commercial builders could take a lesson! For reference, the feeler gauge visible is ~0.25 mm.
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The strange-ass reflection is the skylight in a cathedral ceiling. All it needs now is a quick fret polish and re-string...and set-up! That's what's on my workbench.

Riis
 
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tbrannon said:
Nice work on the planter boxes. I read your earlier posts about how much soil it would take to fill them. Feel free to dump some logs or other large organic material on the bottom and then layer your soil on top to lighten the start up cost. You really only need 12" -18" of soil depth for most vegetables.

The logs or branches will breakdown over a couple seasons.
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The planter boxes are only 18" deep, so if I don't fill them to the brim, I'm somewhere around 15" of soil. But yeah, I'll probably do something like that. :thumbsup:
I'm still debating lining them with a landscape fabric so my soil doesn't slowly make its way out the cracks. I'm not sure it's worth the trouble though.
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
@Zooberwerx That looks awesome! Nice job on that finish! :cool:
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Actually, the finish is the one thing I didn't touch. That's the original from ~'99 or that was the date I found in either the pocket or on the neck heel. Also found two different component designations: APB and FRB. One was for export, the other was Japanese domestic sales or so I'm told.

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