gahrajmahal
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I know you all love a good story, especially if it involves a workbench.
I am the current caretaker of this workbench that was built by a man named Paul. It was in the basement of Paul's house that I bought as an Estate sale from his sister back in the 1980's. I don't know much about paul except that he lived most of his life in this little two bedroom Cape Cod and he worked at LeBlond here in Cincinnati. I believe he made the bench from old crates and pallets as there is writing on some of the boards when you pull out the drawers. LeBlond is famous for their Lathes and my godfather worked there back in the 40's-50's.
So, on with the workbench on a rare moment when it was cleaned off. We keep our gardening supplies in it now because it's too big to fit on the other side with the Chrysler.
I want to show some of the detail of the drawers and their nailed construction.
The bigger drawers use these guide rails that are extra long so you can pull them out full extension without dumping the contents onto the floor. Back when I kept tools in the drawers they still slid nice and easy with the additional weight. I just rubbed them with some bees wax from a toilet sealing ring.
My only addition to the project was the addition of the two large plywood doors and the overall gray paintjob. Hope you enjoyed it and maybe use some of the construction techniques for your bench should you be building one.
Here's to Paul
I am the current caretaker of this workbench that was built by a man named Paul. It was in the basement of Paul's house that I bought as an Estate sale from his sister back in the 1980's. I don't know much about paul except that he lived most of his life in this little two bedroom Cape Cod and he worked at LeBlond here in Cincinnati. I believe he made the bench from old crates and pallets as there is writing on some of the boards when you pull out the drawers. LeBlond is famous for their Lathes and my godfather worked there back in the 40's-50's.
So, on with the workbench on a rare moment when it was cleaned off. We keep our gardening supplies in it now because it's too big to fit on the other side with the Chrysler.
I want to show some of the detail of the drawers and their nailed construction.
The bigger drawers use these guide rails that are extra long so you can pull them out full extension without dumping the contents onto the floor. Back when I kept tools in the drawers they still slid nice and easy with the additional weight. I just rubbed them with some bees wax from a toilet sealing ring.
My only addition to the project was the addition of the two large plywood doors and the overall gray paintjob. Hope you enjoyed it and maybe use some of the construction techniques for your bench should you be building one.
Here's to Paul