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The lumber was 2 X 8 southern yellow pine from home depot. I finished it with milk paint from The Real Milk Paint co. and pure tongue oil. I really liked the milk paint, but I am not altogether pleased with the tongue oil. It gave a pretty yellow tint to the paint. I might eventually try to fix it, but will see if it grows on me at all.
First of all let me say that I am very excited about this project. I have read all the comments and there are many valid points on both sides about the pace of the projects and the repetitive nature of each. I for one am in the “I trust Paul because he has been doing this a lot longer than I have” camp. Additionally, I like the idea of showing each project from start to finish even if that means I see him mark out with a knife line 20 times each project.
It seems to me that there are little bits of info that I pick up each time I see something done. This may seem weird but I relate it to math sometimes in that you would be a very poor math teacher if you showed your students how to multiply 10 x 10 once and then assumed that they could take that and master multiplication. Show me the same basic process 15 times, because chances are there are going to be 15 slight variations due to the material and application.
The second point your comments brought to light is how lucky I am to be in the American Midwest. Around here I can drive down to the local big box store and find ample supply of lumber, let alone the 3 or 4 local high quality wood dealers. I do not envy the lengths that my friends in Europe will have to go to find a good supplier. However, I cannot help but think there must be sources out there. There are still cabinet makers in Europe right? So they must get there lumber somewhere.
Good luck to everyone! I hope that if you find a good source you will share it with everyone here, and that consequently we can remove any anxiety about where to find lumber.
I have been having an issue recently when edge planning boards. I seem to leaving the ends high and planning a hollow on the boards. This is a relatively easy fix when I go back and check with a straight edge, however it is odd to me as I was told when I first started that you should try to plane a hollow in order to avoid leaving the middle to high. Any suggestions on how to avoid this?
Paul,
Thank you. I have had to do something similar with the makeshift bench I am using now. Have you ever permanently attached a filler piece to the far end of the bench to accomplish this? Or alternatively have you ever incorporated a sliding deadman in a bench design? I look forward to seeing the remaining youtube videos.
Sincerely,
Josh FreyI am planning on building a bench similar to the one Paul recommends however I have a few questions. The first is how one would go about edge planing long boards. With the face vise not butting against the front of the bench how do you support the far end of the board. Secondly does the tool tray impede the use of holdfasts? If anyone uses a Paul style bench and has these answers I would be glad to hear them.
Thanks,
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