Chris
Nice job using recycled material you did a great job,good-looking bench

 

Great job Chris.

 

I agree with those above, Great job.

 

well done, a hero of mine, Sam Maloof, well he started making furniture from Dunnage, so you too may finish up in The Oval Office with a President sitting at one of your workbenches. N

 

Very nice. Helps me want to get into the shop today

 

Hi Chris
Very nice bench- I built one similar about 30 years ago also from dun age and it has lasted well. I'm going to pull the top off one of these days and run it thru the drum sander and refinish it. Your bench looks a lot nicer than mine.
Dennis

 

Very Nice.



Your bench looks real nice and will be a great assistant to your work.

John Bradshaw

 

Chris, Welcome to the Router Forums! That is a very nicely executed bench and quite material-wise, as well. I have some benches made for custom work that I built in a similar manner. I've found that counterbored holes enable me to have "all thread" rods that are individually snugged-up to the main group (this helps to keep the joints tight). If you want a finish that looks nice and completely soaks into dry wood you may want to consider mineral oil - sold in any drugstore. You can try it on a test piece and determine if you like it before you commit to the entire bench.

Otis Guillebeau from Auburn, Georgia

 

That is some pretty good looking dunnage. Well done.

 

Great looking bench. Great way to make good use of material as well.

 

What's the size of the bench, and where'd you get that nice dunnage? Most I ever see is roadkill quality hardwoods.

 

Roughly 2'X7' and height about 3'. Check your local steel manufacturing facilities. These are generally used once or twice and the flatbed truckers like to get rid of them. Most of the time their next haul is something completely different.

The company I worked for at the time had an over abundance and would have to pay to have them hauled off. We were originally taking them for firewood.

Thanks for all the warm comments. Onward to building our dreams!

 

Nice, thanks for posting and the the ideas on dunnage.

 

Chris
I was a job supt and built a school where all the structural steel came on flat bed trailers and the steel was on 3/3 dunnage 8' long. Some how it was very clear oak.
Now a son of a neighbor hauls rebar and brings dunnage from all the trucks to his dad for fire wood. I pick some of the clear out ,then surface 4sides with old jointer knives and let air dry for a couple years. Works out well as the neighbor takes all my shop scrap in return.
Dennis

 

very nice job an good looking boards. My husband always has to laugh at me when I turn something upside down to get a "better" look at the wood! lol

 

So I decided to listen to you folks and put some finish on it. I used Watco Danish Oil, In Dark Walnut. Finality speaks!

Looking forward to the next project.

 

Great top, Chris! I'm jealous...

Otis; I like that idea on the individual nut per rod per piece concept. You can stop assembly at any time, once you've got your latest piece snugged up.

 

Great idea to recycle old dunnage. I just got a Delta thickness planer from my neighbor, and he used it to recycle the wood from old oak pallets to make tables. I'll try some of those tips.

 

When you resurface your work bench, cut a top out od 1/4' hardboard to top it off. Then all you needto do is change th top whenever you want.

John Bradshaw onebrotherjohn@yahoo.com

 

Nice idea, I will be doing that for the rough jobs.