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Chestnut workbench in the making.

GetX'd said:
Very sweet work 747. You have a lot of skills. It looks like your tool bench behind your work area is also made of wood. Looks,like a nice tool cabinet.
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Thanks. My dad built that one, the top is Elm and I think the drawers are Maple.
 
Stanton said:
So finish it and put it for sale as a kitchen island and you'll get way more than if you sell it as a workbench !!
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Most wouldn't want to load this thing up nor move it besides I need a bench badly.
 
FU64RY said:
Chestnut is worth a lot until you try and sell it.
I took up part of the floor in my barn 15 boards, 19" X 12' X 5/4" to put in a new floor for my wood working shop.
I still have them because everybody low balled me. So much for value of Chestnut.
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We're probably alike when people want to low ball the value.. piss on you I'll just use it! I work at a sawmill and can get plenty if Hardwood but not Chestnut, I'm enjoying working with something new even if it is eating my blades up.
 
Pops1967GTX said:
Great woodwork.... What's the weight of the table....
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The whole thing? I'm guessing each top is 250lbs, the base at this point is light maybe 150-200 lbs total. It will easily be 1,000 lbs complete but the base will be 2 pieces along with the top until it's in place where it will all get tied together.
 
Baller said:
I would imaging that it's nice and heavy. That's what you want so the bench isn't moving when you are using it.
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That's the goal, so heavy that you can't move it with a 48 pipe wrench haha. Light benches have no place in a garage IMO.
 
That's gonna be a damned nice bench. :thumbsup:

I have one in the garage that my dad helped me build. Gotta be 10' long and the framing was made out of oak pallets. It had to be drilled first or the nails would bend. Nothing to look at, but too heavy for 2 guys to lift.
 
Dang . . . as usual . . . that's some nice looking work coming out of the 747 workshop . . .

You trying to compete with the weight of the lathe as you're building those benches ? ? I think you might be getting close . . .

But you'll never have to worry about those things moving on you . . . ( even if you WANT them to move ) . . . LOL

Nicely Done 747 ! ! !
 
Unfortunately I just realized something that will slow progress!! I've been wanting to acid stain my garage floor so the worst thing I can do is plop an immovable object right in the way. The pros say wait for less humid weather so looks like I better hold off for a bit. I might just throw the pieces in there and hold off on the drawers and cabinets until it's permanently in place.
 
A little sneak peek as to what stain was chosen. Tried several of my favorites out and go figure I settled on English Chestnut stain... fitting I guess.
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Nice looking arts and craft frame there. Quarter sawn whits oak always looks good plus that is what I work in.
 
BobJ said:
Nice looking arts and craft frame there. Quarter sawn whits oak always looks good plus that is what I work in.
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So you think this is white oak? I admit it has the same quarter sawn grain but I was certain it was Chestnut after some research? From what I've looked up it seams the end grain is the biggest indicator which this lumber matches plus it's not anything like white oak to work with but than again this came off of a 100+ year old barn too. If you've got some input please share so I'm not misrepresenting it since the thread title says Chestnut.
 
Looks like 1/4 sawn oak. However so does Chestnut. I'll wet a piece of mine and take a picture.
 
Great way to repurpose old growth hardwood.
 
FU64RY said:
Looks like 1/4 sawn oak. However so does Chestnut. I'll wet a piece of mine and take a picture.
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The bench top I made is white oak and they don't look alike other than grain, this wood is a very even in color all the way threw to the core and more of a light brown. Here's what I was looking for. Also it smells nothing like oak but again it's old so who knows what 100 year old oak smells like.

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It does look like white oak but you have your hands on it I don't. I was only commenting on the stained frame and mistook it for white oak. That looks like a wood I should check out some time. Ether way that is a beautiful arts and craft frame. What wood did you use for your square pegs?
 
BobJ said:
It does look like white oak but you have your hands on it I don't. I was only commenting on the stained frame and mistook it for white oak. That looks like a wood I should check out some time. Ether way that is a beautiful arts and craft frame. What wood did you use for your square pegs?
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:thumbsup: Thought maybe you saw something I didn't lol. I used Walnut for the plugs, thought about driving oak rods in it since it's just a work bench but figured why not, what's an extra 45 minutes of chisel work and peg making lol (they're actually just plugs).

Next time I'm in the shop I'll get a clean piece and take a few good pictures so you can see what you think. This barn had a mixture of Chestnut, Red Oak and White Oak in the framework, there's a noticeable difference when working with them. It appears that this barn was thrown together with leftovers from a previous barn (the Chestnut) but new wood was used as well which I would guess is at least 60 years old so there's a mix. I only used what I believe to be the Chestnut on the front and any other species was used for the backside.
 
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