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looks great. the inlays really add a lot of character to it, and is a nice contrast to the light color of the bench. looks massive and very functional indeed. congrats!
 

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i think this may be the bench of the year
 

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Wish my dining room table looked this nice!
 

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I LOVE that workbench! Great job.
 

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nice…....
 

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I love the inlays
Great job
 

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This is a very nice bench and I would love to have it. No telling when I will get around to doing a decent one for my own shop.
 

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Thanks for the kind words, the checks are in the mail, and should be arriving in five buissiness days.
 

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LOL! Really like the butterflies. Well thought out, definitly functional. Maybe too pretty to use? The first nick might be painful if it were mine. :)
 

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Shows you like your craft.
 

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Outstanding! What is the primary wood? Did I miss it?
 

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Thanks Doc and Bertha primary wood is BORG 2×6 constuction grade laminated together, in Washington State thats what they call Hem-Fir more Hem than Fir I suspect the inlays were peruvian walnut beacause I Had some left over from some boxs I made. The bench weighs (I'm geussing here) around 500LBs I can pick one end up but barely (is that big lump supposed to be sticking out of my abdomin). Dave
 

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Is the "hem" hemlock? I moved to WV a year ago and had my first exposure to hemlock. For construction type stuff, I really like it. The stuff that was gifted to me has big, thick, pretty, even growth rings.
 

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Yes it's hemlock constuction grade not the nice straight grained stuff your talking about. It's a little on the soft side and if my bench gets a few dings and dents, well it's just charactor right.
 

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Love the bench, particularly the contrasting woods. I'm guessing those are Birdie-Holes on the top of the bench? Reason is that this project comes up from the "Birds of a Feather" contest entries. I guess you have a 15 bird hotel when you lift the bench up on its end. Nice hotel, er. uh bench. :)
 

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OOPS sorry I guess I didnt read the whole article. So how does a guy go about unsubmitting.
 

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Hey, nice bench! Well Done!
 
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