Mini Office Workbench #12: Finishing

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 Boys and Girls,
                                                                                                     
Quickly approaching the end…
 
Time to attach the wax paper retaining clips,
screwing in the padded cookies,
coat of Johnson’s Paste Wax,
and bugga manual labour, a bit of mechanical buffing
 
To watch me non-labour, the lack of activity has been captured on this video,


 

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Very nice..how about some info on that small vise at the beginning of the video.
Elaborate and outstanding device.    I made a simple version of this a few years ago.   Often sits on the mother work bench.   Brings things closer to these old eyes.    Dog holes can and do often hold a magnifying lighted viewer.    2 layers of MDF with an oak edging and legs.   


No built in vise but do have a clamp on one.   Usually just use clamps across the width.    

LBD, like yours a lot.   Nicely done.  More elaborate than mine.

Ron


 Birdseye49
 commented about 10 hours ago
Very nice..how about some info on that small vise at the beginning of the video.

On my list of reviews to do.  I'm a big fan of reviews and been spruiking Martin to make up a dedicated review spot... so I'm still holding back.

However I did do a video on it here,


 987Ron 
 commented about 6 hours ago 
.....  I made a simple version of this a few years ago

That is handy 987 and seems like a hybrid between this and my mini workbench.

This mimi is designed for a worktop in my office while the other is designed for the workshop to bring work into the focal distance of my glasses without stooping.
If I made another of "the others" (like yours), I'd still use the MFT style doghole layout and mount a Stanley vise (as above) instead of the expensive H & T Gordon.


If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Biggest problem with my mini bench top bench is where to store it between uses.    The legs do come off with two bolts each and then laid flat against he underside and rebolted using the holes in the bottom cross pieces of the legs.   Never used that feature.

Ron

I am past big sized projects so mIne has a permanent role on my bench.  In fact I have a MFT style bench on top of my main workbench,

If I need to do larger work, I now do it on my centipede

or tablesaw with the fence removed. 

just gotta watch the spilled vino on the TS, as vino is a great source of rust.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD