Mr “B”ench – Dog Is In The Details
The tone of the wood is insane nice 2 coats of tung oil.
I promise, this is it. But I have had some down time and the weather is perfect for this sort of stuff. Yesterday was spent on the details. Too many, not enough, and well. I had to walk away. And so is the hell of me. Its gone way beyond a workbench and is really a nice sit around table, and maybe some sort of work. I do have some casters, but not sure I like that look. After all art before function is how I ride. In an old car, old boat.. So?
Done!
Old primitive boat toy and some repurposed parts
The good news is I have tons..literally of boat parts to use as details.
Cool old Zinc
Not used parts.
There could be a vintage fire?
A small drain for decretive purposes.
Used pre war screws
The Alter is done.
Natural oiled wood
And yes of course I had to design Mr “B” and logo for his “B”ench. Thank god I am going back to work today, I swear I would be branding the nails in the shop. Enjoy. I did.
After painting the table, a little detailing
Rough base. Ugh, oh well.
Still some touching up. Its at Mr B’s level, not ours.
Where are the Bitches?
Found Art!
Matt, it turned out great and is definitely a cut above any workbench. When I was working in automotive they called the painful process you just went through “shoot the engineer and go into production”!
Nice job.
BTW, we have some Jim Staib kind of cold in Michigan this morning.
Greg,
You’re close.
It reminds me of the sign in the carpenters shop:
“Antiques – Made to order.”
Troy,
I use that line on my chrome plater. All these parts are antiques. They weren’t when I dropped them off.
I like that line Jim. I will use that sometime .
Typical Dog-sleeping on hard surface instead of comfy bed!
Nice work. Where’s the bottle opener?
Damn right! But also….where’s the vise?
I need to look up “Atlantic Va.” from that early zinc???
Neat table. Awful snow clogged day in ole Va. 60 last night….10 due tuesday night….what????
John in Va
wow. that Marshall Mngfg co. is very cool…nice website.
Atlantic Va is a neat place on the Eastern Shore.
John in Va.
Beautiful “scratch (scrap) made” piece of useful furniture. When you mount Chad’s bottle opener, hang one of those old wooden match box holders underneath to catch the bottle caps.
The Alter is done. When is the first wedding at the Railway????
This fall, one is being planned now
Seems like random orientation of screw head slots on the mounted drain cover. Would never make it at Tahoe.
A work of art in every way. Your energy exhausts me, Matt. I feel utterly worthless after a week of sitting by the fire and reading with my Mr. B dog (Mr. Butters.)
No need to add a bottle opener. All the good beer comes in cans now. I’ve got cool old bottle openers mounted all over my cabin (even under the arms of my Adirondack chairs) and they never get used.
Matt, I saw the stool in the second pic. Are you thinking about my idea from yesterday? Perhaps a bar. Mr “B”enches place.
It’s too nice to ever pound anything on. I believe those are some old spiral bench dogs not to be confused with the fur ball under the table. Those have to be used with a thicker table surface or side table for clamping planks for planning.
Maaaaate! Sensational table. Colours dead right. The build quality spot on, the vent decoration looks like it’s always been there. Very nice. Now about branding nails. Couldn’t you do those in the evenings?
I love your place and your toys. Here’s one of mine. I’ll finish it “some day”.
Looks great!