downunderdallas
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Roger that, not really pretty but has a few coats of poly on it
The Woodwork thread
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Miguel75
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My mate is a mad woodworker. He’s very sick at present and spends most days in the shed turning timber. I spent most of Friday in the shed with him dressing cutting boards and serving platters for Christmas presents. I was going to give this away but I fell in love with it.
It’s Blackwood, harvested from another friends land up near Drysdale...
downunderdallas
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This is embarrassing as there as dates against posts but I have installed the second bench...
Jpez
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Very very nice! Did you glass the whole surface with resin?
downunderdallas
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No it's a two part UV stable poly so the resin doesn't yellow
downunderdallas
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I think everyone else at the place I bought it from was using it on timber in boats.
Jpez
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Ah got ya, just looks very glossy and thick. Looks great.
Jpez
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This is true, I finished my extension about 18mths ago. - except for a section of cladding around the blindside which is still just wall wrapped, a custom rain head for the box gutter , tiles need repointing and the back deck and pergola and and. Ah fuck you get the picture.Looks awesome. I think the average male's backyard project completion time is usually in the 20-30 year range anyway, so you're probably doing alright.
downunderdallas
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Ha ha my extension is the same, except I finished it about 5 years ago and there is still a powercoated trim around a column and beam not installed and numerous bits of painting not finished !
Jpez
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It’s the usual story. I come home from doing carpentry. The last thing I want to spend my weekend doing is carpentry/building work. If I had any sense I’d pay someone to finish it. Would at least stop the misses from asking when the fancy architectural pergola I waxed lyrical about one day when I was excited about the project is going to be built.
Time to start a new project
Jpez
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Yeah I’ll probably start the bathroom Reno before I get around to finishing the back. I’ll make sure I leave something unfinished though.
Jpez
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Sounds like you and I are on the same wavelength!
The last thing I feel like doing when I come home from work and weekends is work on my own house. That’s why I have a bathroom teasingly close to finished (door stop and one tile trim), replaced all timber sashes bar 2, they are made, painted, hardware bought and the glass is still sitting behind the spare bedroom door where it has been for 5 years. Front fence half finished and a wardrobe filled but still missing one drawer front but that’s only been 4 1/2 year. The list goes on
silentbutdeadly
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Maybe...next week? Two weeks? Someday? One day there will be wood work in here that you can not only see but I can be proud of. In the meantime...
