Construction is complete. For the base, used dominoes for alignment augmented by lag bolts. Used Forstner bit for the dog holes. Much faster than i presumed. Need to sand to 150 and mount the vises. Will finish with 3 or 4 coats of Watco clear, unless y'all convince to go with BLO or something else.

One surprise (and I am blushing as I write this): the reclaimed cherry I thought I was working with turns out to be walnut. I've gotta get a handle on identifying wood species.

Larry

"Gramp's shop" wrote:

Construction is complete. For the base, used dominoes for alignment
augmented by lag bolts. Used Forstner bit for the dog holes. Much
faster than i presumed. Need to sand to 150 and mount the vises.
Will finish with 3 or 4 coats of Watco clear, unless y'all convince to
go with BLO or something else.

One surprise (and I am blushing as I write this): the reclaimed cherry
I thought I was working with turns out to be walnut. I've gotta get a
handle on identifying wood species.
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If it truly is walnut, then orange shellac as I remember.

Try a test piece.

Lew

On 7/13/2013 10:34 AM, woodchucker wrote:

I used tried and true on my maple bench

I hate to be ignorant, but, "tried and true" ... what?

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On 7/13/2013 10:34 AM, woodchucker wrote:

I used tried and true on my maple bench

I hate to be ignorant, but, "tried and true" ... what?

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...at=1,190,42942