ottaross, 6 months ago

@karlnelson Very nice! I'd be afraid to get it dirty. lol

karlnelson, 6 months ago

@ottaross Thanks! It already has some nicks and dents, and I keep reminding myself that it's a workbench and meant to be used. That helps me from getting too precious with it.

ottaross, 6 months ago

@karlnelson A little furniture re-finishing project would be a good way to give it a bit of wear, tear and discolouration. ;)

karlnelson, 6 months ago

@ottaross Oh, I have no shortage of projects! I’m building a boat (http://boat.karlnelson.net), and I'm starting on a solid-body electric guitar for my older kid.

ottaross, 6 months ago

@karlnelson nice. It looks like you have some cork on the jaws of the vise? That's a good idea – I've got unused cork sheets sitting around and hadn't thought of facing mine with it. Will have to do that myself. Did you just use spray-on contact cement perhaps?

karlnelson, 6 months ago

@ottaross “crubber" actually (https://benchcrafted.com/products/crubber). It came with the vise hardware.

On the advice of the author of the book I followed (https://lostartpress.com/products/the-anarchists-workbench), I used epoxy to attach it. But, I'm sure contact cement would work just fine, too.

ottaross, 6 months ago

@karlnelson aha - that's a product I hadn't seen before. Thx for the link.

joe, 6 months ago

@karlnelson looking good! 🙂