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 What I've been doing, instead of shooting 
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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:34 am 
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What I've been doing, instead of shooting, over the last couple of months - building a workbench for my basement shop:

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I've documented the process here.


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Wow! :shock: That's pretty neat! 8)

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Cool bench. It looks like something out of one of my Grandfather's "How to build it" books published in the 30's.

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Rip Van Winkle wrote:
Cool bench. It looks like something out of one of my Grandfather's "How to build it" books published in the 30's.

It's essentially a Joiner's Bench, not much different than the one described in Jaques-Andre Roubo's book, The Art of the Woodworker, published in 1769.

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Nice. Since I can't get ammo to go shooting, I've been working 100+ hours at works, most weekends too.


Your time off seems more fun 8)


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