Sunset Potting Bench
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:13 pm
My second SS project worth mentioning was fun on a couple of levels. It gave me some experience cutting (large) dados and I got some more SS learnin'. Learned how to tune my old, inherited block plane and use it to break corners. Bought and learned that I like using a 4-1/2 Smoothing Plane.
The other fun aspect was that this project is for Ms. Twist - and she didn't know it. I told her that I was building a workbench for the garage (need badly!). Just about all our friends knew what I was up to, but we were able to contain the secret. She even got a little upset that I was obsessed with the project. I did move slowly since I wanted to learn as I went and didn't want any bad mistakes.
When I finally told her that it is not a workbench, but her own potting bench, she lit up with such a smile! Months earlier she had asked for something much simpler (a door on saw horses would have satisfied her), but I wanted her to have something a little nicer.
Here it is in her chosen location next to what's left of our neighbor's fence.
I dug and tamped the ground, placed a weed barrier, and laid some old bricks & cement squares out for the table. I was pleasantly surprised that I managed to get it perfectly level. All pressure treated wood and she opted for no paint or finish. I didn't get it done quite soon enough for her spring planting frenzy, but it'll be there next season 
I got the plans here.
The other fun aspect was that this project is for Ms. Twist - and she didn't know it. I told her that I was building a workbench for the garage (need badly!). Just about all our friends knew what I was up to, but we were able to contain the secret. She even got a little upset that I was obsessed with the project. I did move slowly since I wanted to learn as I went and didn't want any bad mistakes.
When I finally told her that it is not a workbench, but her own potting bench, she lit up with such a smile! Months earlier she had asked for something much simpler (a door on saw horses would have satisfied her), but I wanted her to have something a little nicer.
Here it is in her chosen location next to what's left of our neighbor's fence.
- Sunset Potting Bench
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I got the plans here.
