Flattening Workbench After 2 YEARS! How Did it Get THIS Bad?!

Flattening Workbench After 2 Years! How Did t Get This Bad?!
I have been waiting so long to do this! The bench top was made of green lumber. I waited two years so that the top can become stable. If I had done this sooner, the top would've continued to twist and warp. I am quite pleased with the end result. I hope you enjoy the video! :)
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[@davesatosky5840]

holy crap he's back... glad to see your still at it

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks Dave!

[@MNwineboy]

Nice video. Glad you gave Mark kudos. It was interesting to see you going along the grain in your routing. I wonder if that made the bench any smoother than The Whisperer ended up with by going across the grain. I have a Rockler bench that I need to flatten after three years and both the videos have helped me prepare. Thanks.

[@billm4560]

Glad you’re back Wesley! Nice job on that workbench! 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing!

[@WesleyAring]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Bill

[@Jeff_Eats_Local]

I just found you channel yesterday. I really enjoy your content.

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks Jeff!

[@CarlHeinHamel]

Thanks for the video! I am going to use the router method to level my benchtop just like you've demonstrated now... If I may, why did you not use the face vice to help hold your one guide rail? Looks to me that it would have helped, in itself, to solve the spacing issue.

[@practicallyIndependent]

Hey man! good to see you again. Nice bench. I built one exactly like it almost 2 years ago as well. Great job. Good to see you are getting good use of it.

[@WesleyAring]

I'm quite happy with the bench and will probably build another one in the future

[@davewilliams355]

Good job Wes

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks Dave!

[@scootersworkbench6347]

Wow, that bit makes a lot of man glitter! Congrats on a flat bench!

[@WesleyAring]

Scooter's Workbench thanks!

[@Thom4123]

Nicely done top looks perfect. Take care.

[@WesleyAring]

Thank you Thom

[@TheLunnyBear]

Dude! We've missed you!

[@WesleyAring]

I've missed you! 😂😂

[@Coleton33Music]

I'm about to do this with my Paul Sellers workbench. Any advice/ things you learned after having done this?

[@derekfairweather1561]

too much talk not enough content.........

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks for the feedback man

[@BillGattis]

That's awesome.. F L A T

[@WesleyAring]

Y U P !

[@solidsnake9332]

How did it get that bad? *maybe check out the poor quality construction lumber used*

[@fuzzzattoni6905]

You have no idea how much i missed you, i legit checked youtube everyday to see if you uploaded anything

[@WesleyAring]

Haha! I'm very thankful for your support man! 👍

[@PaganWizard]

Great video, but PLEASE balance the music volume and your voice volume. Not a lot of fun listening to you at one volume, and then getting blasted by loud music.

[@PaganWizard]

That bench-top must have been really out of alignment, you really took a lot off the top. I was hoping to see what you did with the center of the top.

[@dougadkins4144]

What bit did you use? It looks like it left a nice surface without a lot of machine marks. Also what type of finish did you apply?

[@bigray2859]

Well done video in every way. By the time you pass that bench on to a smiling grandson old Gramps bench top will have been resurfaced 20 times and is now only an inch and a half thick :-)

[@Cadwaladr]

Wow, it looks like your well board shrank a half an inch, that's pretty bad. I've recently been working with some old pine boards that were cut in the 1940s, and the 1x12s are still 11 1/4", or near enough; That's the same as you'd get now, plus they're 13/16" thick. I think trees grow faster nowadays due to more CO2 in the air, and maybe that makes the wood shrink more as it dries. I also have a cabin that was built in 1964, and the 2x4s are 1 5/8x 3 5/8, and they've stayed the same size for over 50 years.

[@WesleyAring]

Yeah it shrank quite a bit, but that's just a wood characteristic

[@blueboyblue]

I think most woodworkers spend most of the time and woodworking skill building their own shop, not working on projects for themselves or other people. Still everything you do whether for the Shop, for yourself, or for someone else, improves your woodworking skills, and that makes the next job that much easier.

[@WesleyAring]

SO true!

[@blueboyblue]

Also, what did you do about the Center Section. Did you put the old board back in? Are you planning some upgrades there?

[@WesleyAring]

blueboyblue yes I am putting the board back in. I like keeping tools there that I frequently use

[@Cadwaladr]

Also I built my workbench 17 years ago and I haven't done anything to the surface. I'll have to check how bad it is at some point.

[@WesleyAring]

Some woods are more stable than others. Regardless, after 17 years, it should be nice and dry!

[@cliffwebre3980]

Nice job Wesley, hard to believe that wood shrunk so much. I need to build a heavy duty workbench similar to that when I FINALLY get my woodworking shop built, lol. Trying to grow a beard ? HAHA!!!!!!!

[@WesleyAring]

Yeah if you build one out of construction lumber, it WILL twist and shrink. You just have to wait several months so it becomes stable. Haha I just shaved yesterday ;)

[@blueboyblue]

Glad to see you are serious about safety precautions. Dust Mask, Material Pushers, Safety Glasses, and you seem to keep you head in the game, no distractions, good lighting.

[@WesleyAring]

I hope to be doing it for a long time! Safety and health come before everything else. I'll have a video out soon on some things I've found useful in the shop as far as safety goes

[@blueboyblue]

Most would simply use a Paper Dust Mask, but I think the Mask you have is superb for dust and for solvents.

[@cruzdelacruz555]

👍 you learn as you go. I bet you next time you're going to take more time and see the whole video. Jejeje. Nice seeing you again. Keep making videos.

[@WesleyAring]

Haha yes I will :)

[@kevinnunn4153]

Really nice job, if you were to make a new bench what wood would you use, nice to see you back

[@WesleyAring]

Kevin, I would use some sort of construction lumber. My bench is Douglas fit and it works great. I built the whole bench for a couple hundred bucks

[@SteveHiemstraAKAspeg]

I can’t believe you’re back! Where were you? Great video, hope I can look forward to more. 👍🏼

[@WesleyAring]

It's good to be back! I'll explain in a video soon :)

[@mikehessphotography]

Those were some deep passes. Your router must have been crying by the end.

[@WesleyAring]

Actually, the router I was using was a Makita 3 1/4 HP. They were deep passes, but the router didn't bog down or heat up. I could've gone deeper if I wanted to. It was the perfect tool for this job!

[@TheGbow0704]

Wow, two vids in two days, after so long an absence, glad to have you back!

[@WesleyAring]

Lots to come in the future :)

[@ckutzli]

Wow very proud of you.....welcome back.

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks Bruce!

[@anthonydtobias]

Great video, i need to do this to my bench...100%👍👌

[@WesleyAring]

You will be glad you did!

[@davidsutherland1387]

Nice comeback video glad to see you again

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks David

[@FabianoAndrade]

Great job! I'm addicted to your videos.

[@WesleyAring]

Thanks!

[@dennisjasinski254]

You can just come back and not tell us where you were for the past year .... please explain.

[@WesleyAring]

Don't worry Dennis! I will share that it in a future video soon :)

[@dennisjasinski254]

Awesome, many of us have missed your presence. Keep up the great work!!

[@fireemscraftsman2016]

Very excited to see you back.

[@WesleyAring]

It's good to be back!

[@RunningHauki]

Great to see you back at it

[@WesleyAring]

Brian Pope thanks!

[@fuzzzattoni6905]

And is that a new miter saw?

[@WesleyAring]

I've had it for a few years. It's a craftsman 10inch sliding compound miter saw.

[@theroboticscodedepot7736]

Nice fix! What is the purpose of the gap between the two sides of the workbench?

[@WesleyAring]

It is where you put tool while you are working. That way, you can slide pieces to span the entire bench without knocking anything over :)