Hello all. 

My name is Stephen Andrews I live in Reading in the UK 
and I have been lurking on the list for about a year and a 
half. I started collecting user tools about 3 years ago
and started woodwork about 1 1/2 years ago. I use
handtools because I don't like noise, I don't like dust, I dont
like spending money if I dont have to and I only have a
small workshop.

Many hours have been spent searching through the 
archives. There's a time warp thing in that archive 
and I got sucked in. 

Having searched through the archives for all your opinions on the best 
wood to make a workbench with I came to the conclusion that the best 
wood is free wood or cheap wood. 

Well to cut a long story short I got hold of some cheep sapele wood and 
built a workbench out of that. Ok its not as hard as rock maple but its 
harder than deal. 

It's taken me a year of spare time to make the thing and I have just 
completed it. Here is the web site for any who are interested: 

http://uk.geocities.com/sapele_bench/ 

The site was designed by me using Publisher but a friend of mine 
striped out all the rubbish (well started again really I think). 

The bench has not been finished yet. I have to wait until the end of 
summer before applying a few good coats of blonde de-waxed shellac. 

Thanks to all the list members for a great archive. 

Regards to all, 

Stephen.
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