On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 7:10:14 PM UTC-6, DerbyDad03 wrote:

Truly a labor of love. Or stubbornness.

A little of both. I liked the caring. My biggest problem was standing for long periods. My legs and back can't handle the subsequent/eventual slouching posture.

I like to finish what I start, so I won't give up just yet. My aim is to fix that second work table.

Another issue: I made eight 1" square bench dogs for the table that is repaired, proud of the results. Alas, the dog holes aren't symmetrically cut and my dogs don't fit into all the holes. They were hand cut, but a poor job. I've started to trim them more neatly square, better fitting my dogs. I suppose the original cutter was an apprentice in training and/or didn't have a decent (paring?) chisel.

Sonny