FWIW, I like the look from the pics.

2 hours ago, swt61 said:

That's it exactly. You need to buff off all of the excess after how ever many minutes stated on the label.

Al uses a buffing pad on his Festool orbital sander. That works nicely.

I found a 6” black and decker polisher for $30 on sale that works really well.

34 minutes ago, Voltron said:

FWIW, I like the look from the pics.

Same. 

1 hour ago, VPI said:

Applied a first coat of Tried and True on the base (ash). Kind of wish I had treated the Ash with a water based finish, as it went from looking okay to looking Home Depot lumber real quick with the yellow tint.

Next time you want to preserve the lightness of light colored wood, try a soap finish.

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/finishing/soap-making-clean-finish-2/

Also, the T&T danish oil won't end up sticky even without buffing. But it would have to be the base coat.

With the original finish you really need to rub off as much as possible and then let it cure in a warm environment for a while. They say 24 hours but I'd give it a week or two.

While I was tempted to leave the top unfinished as I liked the look, I decided that this will be primarily a poorly devised assembly table and not really a hand tool bench so protection for finishes and glue took precedent. Therefore, I rubbed the bright yellow snot all over the top also because from what I have read it will give better protection than the Danish Oil. 
 

 

 

Edited March 31, 20233 yr by VPI

That maple looks amazing with a snot rub!

22 hours ago, Voltron said:

FWIW, I like the look from the pics.

This/me too.

Put the final coat on the top and the first in the gap stop. 
 

You're going to have to move it into your kitchen. It's too nice to work on. 

The dogs will help you set the dinner plates the right spacing apart. 

Well. The Oneida dust hose came loose from the jointer and whipped through the shop and flipped the bench. I knew that thing was a nuisance. 
 

Chisels came in, made a little holder for them. Now to spend a week attempting to sharpen. Fuck you Rob Cosman. 

Where is your Tormek?

Also, Rob’s big thing is 30 seconds to sharp so if it takes you a week you must be watching the wrong videos. 

Edited April 7, 20233 yr by VPI

4 minutes ago, VPI said:

Where is your Tormek?

Also, Rob’s big thing is 30 seconds to sharp so if it takes you a week you must be watching the wrong videos. 

Tormeks are expensive, I just got $3k worth of Japanese wet stones. 
 

30 seconds*
 

*After they have been painstakingly honed and polished. 
 

These actually come mirror polished out of the box, don’t see it taking that long to sharpen and make less sharp than factory. 

Make sure you make a secondary bevel at exactly 27.76892 for ultimate slicing your fingers open while not paying attention. 

Punched a 3/4” gash in a finger before from sweeping off shavings with my hand. When they are sharp they are no joke. 

I once fell off of a chair and my hand came down on a stagnant chain saw that was setting on the floor. It made a 1/2" cut in my hand, not too deep. It did however leave a small but noticeable scar. 

When showing that scar, I refer to it as my "chainsaw accident".

You can now show your scar and refer to it as your "shaving accident".

Edited April 7, 20233 yr by swt61

Yeah, if I fell off a chair I would make up a story also. 

To elaborate I was standing on the chair, using it as a ladder. The seat caved in under me.

But still pretty stupid.

Who doesn’t love the smell of burning exotics in the morning?

Edited April 8, 20233 yr by VPI

So boujee. 

I am fancy as fuck. Just watch that Wenge burn. 
 

Aren't you worried about being haunted by exotic trees?

Built a box out of quarter sawn oak. Drawer faces just sitting there waiting to be mounted. Now comes legs. Only took a couple hours to make a simple box 🙄

 

Not simple. Those rabbeted corners had me thinking you had mitres that I could not even see there for a second.
 

Oak legs or some sort of accent?

2 hours ago, VPI said:

Not simple. Those rabbeted corners had me thinking you had mitres that I could not even see there for a second.
 

Oak legs or some sort of accent?

Going to use walnut for the legs.