Jeff's Workbench

22Feb

The bench is done and the legs are ready for glue up

Posted by Jeff

I didn’t get a lot of time on the crib this weekend. Saturday was taken up by our first baby shower up in Reed City. I’m not complaining mind you. Jeanne had a good time and we got a lot of cool stuff. I also had a good time. I got to hang out with my brothers for a couple hours. That doesn’t happen very often.

We decided that our house was in need of clean-up today. So, that took the first part of the afternoon. I finally made it out into the garage around 4pm. I finished the base on my bench and attached the top. It was a fun thing to get on it’s feet all by myself. We both survived the experience!

So, I grabbed the leg pieces and planed them to thickness. Turns out the piece I thought I had ruined while learning how to run the jointer was just fine. I apparently am a poor judge of what 3/4″ is. I did plane them down to just a smidge under 3/4″, but it will be fine. All the pieces are the same thickness.