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Can you jack the bench up and put some wooden blocks under the feet to allow the hoist to go under?
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My other half has just got back into knitting and wanted a Cedar of Lebanon lined box to store some woollen hand warmers to help protect them from carpet moths.
This is only my second attempt at a box (it's much bigger than the last one too) and a few things didn't go according to plan, but overall I'm quite pleased.
I meant to stick a ruler on the bench for scale before taking the photo, but I forgot. Dimensions are about 315 × 196 × 110 mm.
Sides are American Black Walnut, lid and splines are maple, inset thingy is (I think) greenheart.
I was very careful to be sure all the saw/chisel cut outs for the splines were deep enough that the splines would sit flush with the rims, but some of them ended up with gaps to the side. I think it was all the ones that I put in first - they probably slipped while I was putting the others in and I didn't go back and check they were firmly pressed into place. I haven't decided whether I'm going to do anything about it yet - I thought I'd apply some finish for now and mull on it (two coats so far).
I wasn't sure whether I'd like the look of the cedar lining, but it's really grown on me since the finish is applied.
I'm also rather pleased that I got the grain of the side lining pieces to match on all four corners:
Carolyn approves as well, and that's obviously the most important thing!
This is only my second attempt at a box (it's much bigger than the last one too) and a few things didn't go according to plan, but overall I'm quite pleased.
I meant to stick a ruler on the bench for scale before taking the photo, but I forgot. Dimensions are about 315 × 196 × 110 mm.
Sides are American Black Walnut, lid and splines are maple, inset thingy is (I think) greenheart.
I was very careful to be sure all the saw/chisel cut outs for the splines were deep enough that the splines would sit flush with the rims, but some of them ended up with gaps to the side. I think it was all the ones that I put in first - they probably slipped while I was putting the others in and I didn't go back and check they were firmly pressed into place. I haven't decided whether I'm going to do anything about it yet - I thought I'd apply some finish for now and mull on it (two coats so far).
I wasn't sure whether I'd like the look of the cedar lining, but it's really grown on me since the finish is applied.
I'm also rather pleased that I got the grain of the side lining pieces to match on all four corners:
Carolyn approves as well, and that's obviously the most important thing!
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Re kitchen kit; All wrong its a Pantilter for draining frying food and doing fried egg without it spreading all over the pan
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Pahh!! I speet on your Pantilter and give you mine....been using it [not the same tea box
] for years. I wish I'd patented the idea. 
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Great joinery skills!
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Pahh! I speet on all this pan tilting nonsense and just buy fresher eggs, they hold their shape better.Pahh!! I speet on your Pantilter and give you mine....been using it [not the same tea box
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Very nice work
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Few tip adapters for work. M16 end was already present so just cleaned the threads where required. Female end I parted off the metric thread, bored out with 8mm end mill (bore not concentric so a drill was useless) then drilled out to 9.5mm for 7/16-14 UNC. Should solve some issues should we ever have to use someone else’s kit again with our tips.
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Where can I get those packets of tea that come with a mains lead so that all you have to do is plug in the packet and PRESTO out comes ready mashed tea.Pahh!! I speet on your Pantilter and give you mine....been using it [not the same tea box
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I had an epiphany last night that revealed a level of muppetry previously not seen in my shed.
I built that bench and had forgotten that I could simply remove the bottom shelf!
Job done!
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Brad93
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Yeah the hardfacing kit.
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Paaaahhhhhhh!!!.Pahh! I speet on all this pan tilting nonsense and just buy fresher eggs, they hold their shape better.
I spent on your of fresh eggs and their pan tilting rubbish.
I get someone else to do it.
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Please paint the teeth white and put some googly eyes on that thing, my inner child is imagining a t rex eating a building haha.View attachment 274820
Problem : Arm of machine 300mm to short to reach ceiling.
Solution , make attachment 300mm longer
