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retail workbench

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Hey folks,

I have a friend who is shopping for a workbench for her husband who just turned 70 and moving into retirement/hobby mode.

Besides Woodcraft, what other retail entities sell decent (while maybe over-priced) workbenches that won't take ton of assembly to get up and running?
I'm in central KY so please keep recommendations in mind please!

Thx, Eric

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Anyone ever build a pulpit for their church?

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Now that I'm retired (lil' gloat there....) I've been asked to build a new pulpit. Here's what I'd like to do.

The issue I'm dealing with in my melon is how to get it out of my basement shop once completed. I figure I can build (as one unit) the front and the first tapered sides. (they look to go back about 10-ish degrees). I don't think I can add the "full returns" until I get it in the church hall. (the door out of my shop goes through the garage so I'd guess it's 30"-32"wide, with he hinges off). Boy, I wish I had a Bilco door in my shop!!!

Assuming I go that route, how would you make the returns so that they can be attached once it's in the church.

I also thought about building the entire thing without the floor and doing the "turn, turn, turn" method to get it out of the door. and then attaching the floor once I get it in the church.


I'll be re-using the book holder from the existing pulpit which should make the build go more quickly.


How would you build this so it can be transported out of my basement shop?

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Branding Iron

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Looking to purchase a branding iron. Feedback appreciated.

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Maloof-inspired rocker (From the Way-Back machine)

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In the other thread about stabilizing defects in walnut, I posted a pic of the arm of my ricking chair in which I had used epoxy to fill a large void. A couple of members have requested pics of the rocker. I didn't want to hijack the thread, so here it is.

I thought I had posted this rocker on the forum shortly after I made it, but a search turned up no pics. I'm pretty certain I posted it over on Lumberjocks.

This rocker was built from a set of Hal Taylor plans back in 2013. It was my second rocker using these plans.In the other thread, I said it was done in 2012, but I was mistaken.


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The void in question is on the right arm rest. That void went all the way through the wood and was large enough to almost stick one's finger through it. I first filled the void halfway with clear epoxy and used ground coffee as a colorant/fill material. Then I mixed up more epoxy and used turquoise colored acrylic craft paint as the colorant. I wouldn't use acrylic craft paint today as there's a large risk of overdoing and ruining the epoxy mix, but I didn't know that at the time. I got lucky.


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There's another epoxy fill on the facing surface of the chair and it's in the headrest. The black area near the left side the pic is filled with epoxy, also colored with coffee.


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I guess this build took me about 120 hours or so to complete. I learned much about proportionsand how to make something look light when you're actually using a LOT of wood.

Thanks for looking.

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