The Woodshop Shed

Spinning Top Challenge

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Our turners guild has put up a challenge for October for the longest spinning top so I thought I get started early.
This was made out of a couple pieces of wood I found in the wood room and I'm not sure if it was rosewood or not. I used a respirator for the whole process just in case.The top is 3 1/2” in diameter and 3 1/2” high. It has a stainless steel pin in the bottom for a bearing.The launcher is 1 3/8” in diameter and 7 1/2” long. They are finished with EEE and Shellawax.I originally had a 3/8 shaft but it broke while I was turning the stainless point..so I glued in a 1/2” shaft and finished it.I spins for 5 min 15 seconds on my old workbench.cheers, Jim

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Sawbench (It has pockets!)

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This is my sawbench. With it, I am well pleased.Yes, it is already dented, dinged and dirty. I had to put it to work before I even finished finishing it. But they're not called “display benches” or “look-pretty benches,” now are they?Parts were cut to length and ripped to width on the tablesaw. Everything else was done entirely by hand. Those are the third set of dovetails I've ever cut. I am very pleased with how they came out. Are they as tight as Rob Cosman's? No. Are they rock solid? Oh heck yes.

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Outdoor Work Bench and Assembly Table

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With such a small workshop I do a lot of work outside on my roof top, Over the years I have generally had temporary benches built from scrap, sometimes found on a rubbish pile. The elements are extremely hard in Hong Kong and the outdoor benches never last long but serve their purpose.For those reasons I didn't want to invest much time or money in a new bench, I came up with this made wholly from 5 / 2.4 meter 230×40 mm pine planks. The slats on the lower part where old mass produced bed slats I,d found on a rubbish heap. They also exposed doweled into place.Its no work of art but it is interesting in the fact that it dose not have ANY screws or nails. Its wholly constructed using dowel clamp and glue joinery. Some dowels exposed some hidden.The top was simply doweled planks and then exposed dowel secured to the frame. All finished with lovely oil based decking oil for durability.Some pics of the construction along with the predecessor bench that is completely rotten(it served me well though).
Oh, the whole build, start to finish including one coat of oil was a total of 12 hours work.Thanks for reading.
Anth

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