{"id":869,"date":"2007-12-02T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2007-12-11T23:54:16","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T04:54:16","slug":"finishing-the-top-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"Finishing the top surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pun intended&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I did not do any work on the bench during the past week but with the weekend here I am able to spend a bit of time at it.  Yesterday I finished to banding around the top by filling the screw holes with plugs.  I made the plugs with the laser cutter (these things are handy to have around!).  They were pressed in place and sanded smooth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVKMc4z2I\/AAAAAAAAAVs\/yoYKuBwQh60\/DSC_4384.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post-1196611628]\" title=\"Laser cut hole plugs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVKMc4z2I\/AAAAAAAAAVs\/yoYKuBwQh60\/s288\/DSC_4384.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4384.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh4.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVMcc4z3I\/AAAAAAAAAV0\/0X6wk_pMBtY\/DSC_4385.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post-1196611628]\" title=\"Plugs pressed into screw holes.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVMcc4z3I\/AAAAAAAAAV0\/0X6wk_pMBtY\/s288\/DSC_4385.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4385.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh4.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVOcc4z4I\/AAAAAAAAAV8\/u1fKNlOnfJ0\/DSC_4387.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post-1196611628]\" title=\"Screw heads covered with plugs.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVOcc4z4I\/AAAAAAAAAV8\/u1fKNlOnfJ0\/s288\/DSC_4387.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4387.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVQ8c4z5I\/AAAAAAAAAWE\/vcTPs8eAAGo\/DSC_4388.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post-1196611628]\" title=\"Bench complete and ready for finishing.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVQ8c4z5I\/AAAAAAAAAWE\/vcTPs8eAAGo\/s288\/DSC_4388.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4388.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I added a shelf under one side of the bench as well.  This completes all the heavy construction of the bench, its now finally ready for a finish.  I decided to simply varnish all the surfaces with a clear water based Varathane.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh5.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVVsc4z7I\/AAAAAAAAAWU\/UlrSzO8uClM\/DSC_4390.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post869]\" title=\"First coat of water based Verathane applied.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVVsc4z7I\/AAAAAAAAAWU\/UlrSzO8uClM\/s288\/DSC_4390.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4390.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVTMc4z6I\/AAAAAAAAAWM\/AEyh7B7e0hg\/DSC_4389.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post869]\" title=\"First coat sanded and ready for second application.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVTMc4z6I\/AAAAAAAAAWM\/AEyh7B7e0hg\/s288\/DSC_4389.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4389.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVX8c4z8I\/AAAAAAAAAWc\/8UXFwjIrrNY\/DSC_4391.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post869]\" title=\"Final coat (third) rolled on.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVX8c4z8I\/AAAAAAAAAWc\/8UXFwjIrrNY\/s288\/DSC_4391.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4391.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVcMc4z-I\/AAAAAAAAAWs\/QptqPS-XbwY\/DSC_4393.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post869]\" title=\"DSC_4393.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVcMc4z-I\/AAAAAAAAAWs\/QptqPS-XbwY\/s288\/DSC_4393.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4393.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVZ8c4z9I\/AAAAAAAAAWk\/hMuhItwO-hQ\/DSC_4392.jpg?imgmax=640\" rel=\"lightbox[post869]\" title=\"Finish coat dry.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/TimWarris\/R1LVZ8c4z9I\/AAAAAAAAAWk\/hMuhItwO-hQ\/s288\/DSC_4392.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4392.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I applied three coats of Varathane, sanding between each coat.  This dried into a nice satin finish.  Now I need to add the drawer handles, install the spray booth, air lines, lighting and unpack all my tools.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I guess it isn&#8217;t almost complete&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>-Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pun intended&#8230; I did not do any work on the bench during the past week but with the weekend here I am able to spend a bit of time at it. Yesterday I finished to banding around the top by filling the screw holes with plugs. I made the plugs with the laser cutter (these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-work-bench"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}