timber on hand

[Tonyz]

thinking about a workbench and what I have on hand.

Oregon 50 x 150 ex 50 year old rafters
Jarrah 200 x 200 these were from another demolition sale Ive harried these around SA for over 25 years

If I did cut down the jarrah for legs, rails and bench edhing and used the oregon laminated on end as the table top. will these 2 match or could I anticapate problems.

[rustynail]

"Laminated on end" ?

[Tonyz]

yeah good uestion, what was I thinking.
Maybe cut the oregon down from 150 to 75 then glue those up. finishing with a 70mm thick table

[GraemeCook]

The mind boggles - 150 mm Oregon bench top with polished 200 mm jarrah legs - until you want to move it.

It would be better if the bench laminates were quarter sawn.

• As the Oregon is 50 years air dried old growth then it might be sufficiently stable to use three or four planks for a bench top,
• If you have doubts, then lamination is the way to go,
• If the oregan is back sawn, then halve it and you will have c.72 mm laminated quarter sawn bench top - brilliant,
• If the Oregon is already quarter sawn, then third it and you wil have c.44 mm laminates - still adequate.

[orraloon]

For the legs 100 x 100 would be enough. Thats 4 legs from 1 bit of wood. No point being extravagant. Plenty other things a nice bit of jarrah can be used for. Legs on my bench are only 75 x 75 and its rock solid.
Regards
John

[rustynail]

A 70mm top on 100mm legs aint going anywhere. Need to think about mobility mechanism of some sort.