Saturday I did my annual flattening of my work-bench top I built in a week-end early last October approximately. The top was not off with the exception of about ..030 rise (about spark plug gap) in basiclly two adjacent pieces of face glued stock 1 3/8" x 3" stock that was acclimated before I did the glue up.
The flattening took about 7 minutes... 10-15 minutes to run a ROS with 100 grit over the entiere surface and tne another 10 to apply a new coat of natural Danish oil. The white or light colored areas show where the top has moved slightly nd the #7 jointer plane flattened. The SYP has pretty much case hardened at this point and is hard as a brick.
So... anyone considering using SYP for a WB top... here is 4 seasons of movement. Summer heat of 85-90 degrees with rain and drought.. 30-45 degrees at night in winter with much humidity in Georgia.
Back to the shop as the oil has cured and Xmas presents are on the agenda.
The flattening took about 7 minutes... 10-15 minutes to run a ROS with 100 grit over the entiere surface and tne another 10 to apply a new coat of natural Danish oil. The white or light colored areas show where the top has moved slightly nd the #7 jointer plane flattened. The SYP has pretty much case hardened at this point and is hard as a brick.
So... anyone considering using SYP for a WB top... here is 4 seasons of movement. Summer heat of 85-90 degrees with rain and drought.. 30-45 degrees at night in winter with much humidity in Georgia.
Back to the shop as the oil has cured and Xmas presents are on the agenda.
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