Well I had to take a break on this project and I’ve been fighting little bumps in the road ever since. So I glued those boards together for my top and fought the glue as the first boards I glued were already setting by the time I finished the last ones. So I couldn’t get them all set in the clamps good enough. Lesson number one, don’t try and glue all the boards together in one shot. I think if I did 4 or 5 at a time and then glued those sections together it would have turned out better.
Since the boards had to then be smoothed out and leveled, I had to buy a belt sander to do it. I did a dumb thing and bought a cheap one. After using it for 3 hours it fell apart on me. So then had to wait a week before I could get back to the store (an hour away) and get a better one. With that done last week I could start on it this week. I got to work Monday of this week and learned I was getting laid off for a couple weeks so my bosses could go home for the holidays. That sucks, but at least I had time to do lots of projects. Yesterday I got the sanding/leveling done and started on the legs.
The pictures suck as my garage lights aren’t great but you get the idea. Today I did more sanding to smooth out the outer edge pieces of the bench top and got some of the pieces for the upper and lower shelves cut out. Had a hiccup and had to run to the hardware store in town to buy a new drill bit after I snapped the countersink/combo but I was using to pre-drill all the screws. .
I am trying to problem solve the shelves tonight and see how I want to design them, so I can get the back cut and then finish up the shelves. Progress is being made!!! I’m excited to get this thing up to my apartment and start reloading again. I haven’t pulled a press handle since early August before I moved.
If any of you have pictures handy of how you did shelves, feel free to share them!
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Originally Posted by Jbotto
Well I had to take a break on this project and I’ve been fighting little bumps in the road ever since. So I glued those boards together for my top and fought the glue as the first boards I glued were already setting by the time I finished the last ones. So I couldn’t get them all set in the clamps good enough. Lesson number one, don’t try and glue all the boards together in one shot. I think if I did 4 or 5 at a time and then glued those sections together it would have turned out better.
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