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Woodworking Continued
Here I'm clamping both pieces together, then I used a soft
face hammer to make sure both surfaces were flush with each other, and then I
drove in a
screw. Doing it this way is slow but it works good. However, I didn't
glue these pieces together like I would normally because of how long it
was taking. By the time I would've gotten to the other
end, the glue would be almost dry and I wouldn't be able to adjust the
two pieces.
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Here is what it looks like once I've put a
1/8" radius on all the top edges only.
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Back To Metal Working
Now it's time to start building the table and two
benches. I'm using the same process as before to tack weld everything
together. What you see here are the legs for the benches.
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And here is table. What I'm doing is spreading the legs
slightly to make sure they end up square once I'm finished. Notice I've
turned the movable jaw around on my clamp so it pushes instead of pulling. These
clamps
weren't long enough so I'm using a scrap 2 X 4 to make up the
difference. The sawhorse is being used as a support.
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Final Touches
I put four coats of matte finish clear polyurethane on the top
surfaces and two coats on the bottom.
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I placed the table frame on my dolly and moved it out of the way while
I'm working on other stuff because it's heavy.
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I bought these plastic caps to install into the feet of the legs. This
way it won't scratch the floor.
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I used a soft faced hammer to install them and they fit great.
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All Finished
Here it is all finished. The size of the table is six feet long by
two feet wide. The benches are five and a half feet long by 10" wide. And I can't believe how heavy it is but it
should last for a very long time because it will be used inside.
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Here is the 12 foot long bench in the lobby, which came out pretty good.
We had about seven people on it and it was very stable.
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And here is the table and benches in her multipurpose
room. In fact we used it three times the day I brought it over. Once for
an interview for a new employee, then a meeting with a city guy and we all had lunch on it. Angela was
happy with it which makes me happy and that's all that matters to me.
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