Workbench tops prt. 2Last week I promised I would provide an updated MC histogram, so Friday night a broke out the moisture meter and took some readings. I found it really interesting, that in only 6 days some of the boards had shown significant changes in MC.
The start of workbench topsNow that the steel bases for my work benches are welded together, I can start working on the wood tops. Yesterday my friend Stuart & I made a trip to Menards to pick up the wood I needed. After about an hour of sorting through the lumber rack, we had picked out 14 decent 2″ x 12″ x 14′ Southern yellow pine boards. After we got them back to my place, we cut them in half for stacking and stickering. I thought 275 board feet of lumber would make a bigger pile, than it actually did.
Victoria bulb weightSince I had some free time this evening, I broke out the Victora kit that has been setting in the spare room waiting to be built. It’s was reported that a while back Thunder tiger had some quality control issues with the Victorias keel bulbs. The prevailing theory, is that the designed bulb weight is 950 grams. Feeling lukcy I broke out the digital scale and weighed my bulb, it came in at 944 grams. It’s a little lighter than I would have liked, but once the mounting holes are filled, i think it will be just fine.
Bench legs are finally done.I finally got time to finish welding my workbench legs today. I really underestimated the amount of time it was going to take. Though it was more work than I expected, I enjoyed it, and my weld skills are much better now than when I started. Next up is making the Sothern yellow pine tops, so stay tuned. |
