On Aug 1, 2015, at 6:09 AM, yorkshireman@y...
<mailto:yorkshireman@y...> wrote:
>It’s a bench - it’s a working tool, a building experience, not a dilettante YB
ornament. No problem here..
>I used a Schwarz trick and bought the widest and longest Yellow Pine boards I
could find. YP was not available locally, but I found it at a Blowes when I
visited my mom, 450 miles away. It was 16 foot 2X12’s and I had them cut them
in 9/7 foot lengths for my 7 foot bench and tied the 250 pounds on top of the
station wagon for the trip home. I ripped them to 1/3 the width and thicknessed
them down 1/8” for consistency. They were reasonably dry and I did not wait to
let them acclimate, because a bench top does not relate to another piece of
wood, so it if gets a bit bigger or smaller who cares:
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>I flattened it when it was new, and once again after about 3 years. It is now
7 years old and still pretty flat. I have had no issues with Titebond for the
top - 21 pieces of wood glued together. I have to tighten the leg bolts about
every other year, but less frequently recently. I agree with Scott - just use
the top as is - it is a tool and not a piece of furniture. I might heat the
open joints with a hair dryer then drip a little epoxy in and heat again to thin
the glue.
>Also, I have used a couple of artist’s brushes that I got at a gar(b)age sale
for spreading glue for the last 15 years or so - one an inch or so wide and one
about 5/8 or 3/4” wide. If you forget to clean them, just stick the hardened
brush in a glass of water for a day or so and the Titebond softens and cleans
just fine. Mine have dried hard and been cleaned perhaps 25 times with no ill
effects.
>I know we are a culture of procrastinators, but sometime you just have to get
it over with.
>Ed Minch
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