A new workbench – Part 4, assembling the base

Time to talk a bit about how the base of the workbench was put together and also how the top was laminated. So let’s go!

Restoring a teak dining table – “after” (and some lessons learned)

Well it’s time to wrap up the restoration of our old (new) teak dining table. In this post I’ll show some pictures of the finished (literally speaking) table and I’ll also confess to some experiences that I gained…

Restoring a teak dining table – “before” (and sanding)

As I mentioned in my previous post I have now started restoring a teak dining table that we bought at a flea market. It was only about 75$ (600 SEK), so I’m not too worried about making a mess of it, even though I’d of course like it if it turns out ok

Restoring a teak dining table

I’ll soon be starting my next little project in my shop, the restoration of a teak dining table. It’s a 50’s design and build which is round with a veneered top and solid sides and legs. It can be extended using two insert boards which are also veneered and it becomes 225 cm (just under 10″ I guess?) long when extended. More than enough for our needs!

I will not go for a traditional teak finish, using teak oil or chinese oil. Instead I will be using a simple water based varnish which I will be applying in as many coats as it needs. It’s hopefully more water resistent and more resistent to our 1½-year old son as well

More posts will follow with before and after shots of the table. Does anyone have experience in this type of restoration? I’d sure take any good advice I can get!

/Jörgen

A new workbench – Part 3, making the side pieces

In this third post in my series where I write about the construction of my new woodworking workbench, I will talk about how I made the side pieces of the base.

New online woodworking resources section

I just added a new page with a collection of online woodworking resources that I follow at least from time to time. Please let me know if you have other suggestions to resources that I can add to the collection.

You’ll find the page here

/Jörgen

A new workbench – Part 2, first steps

In the second part of this series of posts, where I will be writing about my workbench project, I will talk a bit about the first steps I took towards completing the workbench. The first steps I took was to pick out materials and hardware to use.

A new workbench – Part 1, the design

I just added the first post in a series of posts on a project where I will build a new workbench for my woodworking workshop. It is about the design of my new workbench, a design which I put together using Google SketchUp.

Starting out!

Hi everyone!

This post is just to inform you that I’m starting out my “career” as a blogger. The blog will be about my progress as a struggling beginner woodworker, and I will try to share with you both my successful projects as well as my mistakes. You will also find information about different techinques I may have learned, tips about other great woodworking blogs, my equipment and perhaps some reviews of equipment that I have or have tried out that may be interesting for you to read about.

But most importantly, please let me know if you have any ideas on what I could blog about, or elaborate on from any of my existing posts. Give me your feedback and comment away!

I hope you will find reading the blog interesting, I sure will find it interesting to see if this may become an equally big passion as the woodworking itself is.

Oh, and be on the lookout for my first project series -  a new workbench. Which woodworker can be without one?

/Jörgen