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Weekend Project
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:38 pm
by berry
Inspired by Steve at WWMM and decided to make a potting bench.
The frame work is pressure treated 2 x 4's, butt joints with outdoor glue and coated deck screws. The 1 x lumber are (is)? pickets from the fence that blew down during the winter. It's PT also. Given that it's 25+ years old it's in great shape. Size 48" wide and 60" tall. I'm going to put a couple coats of an outdoor stain on it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:02 pm
by maggeorge
It already looks great and solid. Like the design. I'm sure it will get plenty of use and will last long. Great reuse of the fence. Well done!
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:12 pm
by charlese
Super, Berry!:D Nice work!:) Excellent use of old materials! Who in your family does the potting?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:09 pm
by BuckeyeDennis
Beware! Potting and gardening space and supplies can encroach upon woodworking shop space!
Personally, I really need to build a shed for that stuff. My available shop space would immediately increase by a hundred square feet.
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:32 pm
by berry
I added a coat of outdoor stain and put it in a corner of the yard near the compost pile.
I'm sure my wife will use this more than I. When it was completed she said, "after 42 years I finally get a work bench of my own."
I did help with some plantings yesterday and I learned two things. Jeeze gardening is tough work and second the mosquitoes are nasty this year.
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:13 pm
by reible
berry wrote:I added a coat of outdoor stain and put it in a corner of the yard near the compost pile.
I'm sure my wife will use this more than I. When it was completed she said, "after 42 years I finally get a work bench of my own."
I did help with some plantings yesterday and I learned two things. Jeeze gardening is tough work and second the mosquitoes are nasty this year.
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Nice job! Like the design and I bet it is plenty useful for who ever the gardener is at the moment.
Interesting color, what is it called(who makes etc)? I've been looking for another color for a few things and that just might be it.
Ed
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:52 am
by berry
reible wrote:Nice job! Like the design and I bet it is plenty useful for who ever the gardener is at the moment.
Interesting color, what is it called(who makes etc)? I've been looking for another color for a few things and that just might be it.
Ed
Ed it's BEHR (from HD)
Base 5013
SC-330 "Redwood"
It's one of those outdoor stains that is a 'solid', not translucent, more like paint than stain. Water based, easy to work with. I did no prep to the wood other than to vacuum the surface to remove dirt.
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:57 am
by reible
berry wrote:Ed it's BEHR (from HD)
Base 5013
SC-330 "Redwood"
It's one of those outdoor stains that is a 'solid', not translucent, more like paint than stain. Water based, easy to work with. I did no prep to the wood other than to vacuum the surface to remove dirt.
Thank you.
Ed
