OzzyOcker Workbench Build Part 2 - Milling

[@kuffyswoodwork]

4:17 - Milling and laminating the leg blanks 9:50 - Straightening and flattening long lengths using a short bed jointer. 21:53 - Selecting the boards for the top panels and gluing them together using the same method as discussed for laminating the leg blanks. 26:54 - Final milling of the stock for the legs and rails as well as discussing a small problem I made for myself. Thanks for watching. If you are interesting in building your own OzzyOcker workbench, please head over to my website and purchase yourself a set of plans. kuffyswoodwork.com/product/ozzyocker-workbench/

[@RobRobertson1000]

Kudos to you for using the free but labour intensive timbers Kuffy. That is the reality for many of us amateur woodworkers, and we need encouragement that we don't have to rob a bank to make something like a workbench (I used $1, 4 foot 2x4's to make my slab. Lots of work but very serviceable bench)

[@kuffyswoodwork]

While planning this build out, I have been thinking about making another to sell. But pricing it out with quality timbers such as White Ash, or Hard Maple makes my eyes water 😭

[@kuffyswoodwork]

@@ohasis8331 100% agree. Select grade boards used for a house don't look as good as the rustic reclaimed boards.

[@BuiltByChris]

You truly are the master. Your explanations are brilliant and delivered in such a way, that even I can understand them. Cheers mate.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Thanks mate. It's a difficult thing to explain something to someone which gives you zero feedback until you have uploaded the video and any information missed remains missed forever. It's easier with an apprentice standing in front of me, because when I get a puzzled look thrown back at me, I know I missed something and can fix it on the fly.

[@sumosprojects]

Built By Chris I learned two tricks from this video, hey don’t I know you ?

[@jdsgotninelives]

Can't thank you enough for taking the trouble to include all the steps in your process. I'm only starting out and I do the same thing; scrounge timber here and there. Been at it a couple of years and getting a nice collection of usable hardwoods and softwoods. A long bloody way from the size and quality of your stockpile but I thank you for your advice and tips, just the same. Invaluable information in your videos. Thanks :)

[@kuffyswoodwork]

When I first setup my home workshop, the garage had so much space because I only had a small amount of timber and the major equipment (saw and combo jointer/planer), but after a few years the garage is well and truly filled to capacity. I have two choices now, work harder to burn through the material, or sell up and move into a bigger shop. I choose the latter 😂

[@jdsgotninelives]

@@kuffyswoodwork A proper shed ;-)

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

You taught me a lot in this video mate, I straighten longer boards by using pure brute force but doing the half half method is far better

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Cool. It was a pretty easy demonstration using an easily managed length of Tassie Oak. It doesn't look so easy when the test subject is a 4500x200x200 green'ish length of Merbau, even when the jointer had a much longer table and I was 10kg's lighter 😂

[@sumosprojects]

One Man Band Woodworks Brutus 💪💪💪💪

[@DavesShed]

Thank you very much for sharing this. I had heard its possible to joint long boards but this is the first time anyone has explained how. I learnt a lot just from this one video.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Using the bench as a shooting board is good when you want to get a square edge. I still generally joint (straighten) edges while they are held vertically in the vice.

[@Adios571]

Great to see you using Australian hardwood that has been scrounged, saved and kept for the job. I have built my first workbench this year from old floor joists for the top, stretchers from old Oregon bed sides and pine laminated offcuts for legs. I think I will call it the scroungers workbench. Thanks but I mostly used hand tools but have left the final top flattening for later. With a big handplane, 6 to 8. Got to love 100 year old floor joists with the saw marks on the sides which are now the top. The 6 did well but it needs the bigger ones to get the last out. Keep going I am looking forward to the next episode.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Building a bench from salvaged materials is the only way to go I reckon. I'm hoping I can get the top flat directly from the thicknesser, otherwise I will have to refine it a little with bench planes. It will give me a reason to purchase a #7 bench plane though 😂

[@stevecollins9450]

Thanks for all the good tips, Kuffy.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

No worries mate, thanks for watching 👍

[@grahamparsons6620]

Great video mate, I have a 6" jointer that I am piss poor at using, but watching this will hopefully get me some way forward in improving things, I might actually get a flat surface with enough usable timber left!!! Cheers buddy looking forward to the next instalment 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Hehe, it's not hard to shave away a stick of timber into nothing trying to make it flat and straight. Too many times I have straightened a board just to find it is no longer thick enough to yield what I needed.

[@IrishChippy]

Coming along well Kuffy. No money left for lumber because of the price of the vise 😂🤣 No money for beer on boxing day because of the vise 😂🤣 I always wished my thicknesser was 350 mm instead of 305 mm. Happy new year

[@kuffyswoodwork]

The money I would have spent on the lumber was spent on the vice. Well actually, the lumber would have cost me more than the vice. I wish I had a 300mm jointer, 600mm thicknesser, and a 1350mm wide belt sander. But I has no money as you say :D

[@whitedoggarage]

Said it before, always getting an education from your videos, thanks for sharing. Old hardwood reminds me of a time when I was making truck bodies and we had a contract to make some Landcruiser ones. We had got some T&G that had been in a flood about two years previously. Drought follows flood in this country as we know and it was well dried. It did however have a black patina, so we put the boards through a thicknesser to clean them up. I reckon the wood had absorbed mud from the floodwater, talk about chewing up thicknesser blades.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Yeah. I noticed as I was milling these boards that the surface finish from the cutterhead was deteriorating quickly. The knives will need replacing after this job.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

@@ohasis8331 It's a spiral head. My insert cutters have four edges. I can turn the inserts two more times and then I'll need to purchase a new set (I will actually sharpen the inserts because I'm a cheapskate)

[@granthamilton2892]

I really appreciate the “realness” of your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@LeeroyReading]

You are a great teacher kuffy, your explanations are concise and well constructed. You demonstrate clearly and put things together in a logical manner. You really should think about putting together some paid short courses. I think they would do really well. I also need 28% less plumbers crack! Cheers mate

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Haha. I did consider blurring out the plumbers crack, but ended up deciding to keep it real. I would do short courses if I wasn't operating out of my garage. Maybe one day I'll have the readies to get myself a factory.

[@sumosprojects]

Cheers mate, I’ve gained 2 valuable tips from this video & it’s progressing along nicely 🇦🇺🇦🇺🍻🍻👍👍Ocker Nation 👍

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Cool, thanks mate 👍🍺🇦🇺

[@cobberpete1]

I didn't need your time sections mate I intended to, and watched every second of a very interesting video. Great stuff on jointing techniques. I learnt a great tip from the Wood Knight (Paul Jenkins), a week or so ago. If it is decorative furniture and you have the gum veins showing. Fill with Black CA glue. I like and use a lot of Tassi Oak, need I say more. OK, waiting for the next part :)

[@kuffyswoodwork]

I generally fill them with builders bog coloured with black brick oxides, or epoxy coloured with black brick oxides. It depends on the finish though. If I was going to finish with polyurethane, I can leave them unfilled and any sharpness that the veins have will be rounded by the poly.

[@Thom4123]

Excellent information especially when it comes to jointing your stock a lot of great tips. And how important dry fitting early will save you a headache later very important. Take Care

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Thanks Thom. There have been times when I didn't dry fit before a final assembly glue up. It is more than mildly embarrassing when a joint doesn't go together because I had forgotten to drill a single dowel hole. :D

[@nickkropat8857]

I love your videos - you take the time to explain your thought process and the 'why' behind what you do, and that makes such a difference. Thank you so much!

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Thanks mate. The "why's" of the world are very important to me and always have been. Anyone can be told when, what and how, but by knowing why you empower them to think for themselves. 👍

[@rogerbean393]

Great videos, pleased I found your channel.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Thanks Roger

[@RobinLewisMakes]

From a weight perspective, would it help making the legs bigger? It'll make the bench less likely to shift around?

[@kuffyswoodwork]

More weight gets you closer to the 'immovable object' target. My bench as planned will weigh in around 125-130kgs with nothing on top of it or on the shelf below. Four points of contact on an abrasive concrete floor surface, the bench won't be sliding anywhere. Doubling up on the legs adds an extra ~15kg to the bench, it also adds an extra 150-200bux worth of store bought materials to the bill. I have planned to make a video detailing where workbenches draw their strengths from, how they resist racking, and how we can beef up the joinery with minimal effort and costs.

[@ivan7453]

Hi Kuffy, just a question. Would it be an idea to utilise the face with "gum veins" with gluing. I was thinking the glue would penetrate the "gum veins" which may provide more surfaces for adherence.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

When laminating stock, I tend to always put the worst face hidden for all eternity inside the glue joint. The timbers used for the top slabs are full of visible defects in the final product, and those are the "good" faces. The stuff hidden by the glue joints was bloody terrible :D

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

24:28 just use the domino mate 😜

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Ha! No way! It may make it easier to rip on the saw afterwards, but it makes a nightmarish long glue up even longer. I think from the time I first applied glue to the time I started squeezing the clamps, it was about 18 minutes. Tis why I use lotsa glue 😂

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

@@kuffyswoodwork yes it does slow things down, a table top usually takes 1hr from foray domino plunge to clamp squeezing

[@kuffyswoodwork]

@@OneManBandWoodworks No, I'm talking about the added dominoes increase the time I need for glue assembly time, which I have already gone beyond without having to deal with the dominoes.

[@cobberpete1]

I've suggested it a few times. I'm surprised at Kuffy, for not having one, because as a 'Pro', they are invaluable. Maybe if he sells enough plans he will be able to afford one ;)

[@kuffyswoodwork]

@@cobberpete1 I could have used the domino today. It actually would have saved me about 30 minutes. Luckily I had approximately 4 hours spare today so no real loss 😜

[@TakamiWoodshop]

19:50 - plumber's crack - lost opportunity there to put that on Patreon - there are people that are into some weird sh*t and are willing to pay for it you know! 😎🥩

[@kuffyswoodwork]

I didn't know that. How did you know that?????? 😜

[@TakamiWoodshop]

@@kuffyswoodwork HA! nice! I know because I did a google search for "Plumber's crack definition" and it said "Did you mean builder's crack?" .... and ... unfortunately I said yes and OMG it totally ruined my Christmas (and probably my life)

[@kuffyswoodwork]

@@TakamiWoodshop Oh yeah sure, it really ruined your Christmas and your life. Admit it! It has opened up a whole new world of entertainment for you 😂😂😂😂

[@TakamiWoodshop]

@@kuffyswoodwork haahhaha yeah - I used to be just a crackhead. Now I'm a ...... plumber's crackhead. 😆💔 (One day I will share a funny experience I had when I was a mid level manager writing a formal report about female corporate butt crack in the workplace - true story btw - and yes - it was awkward)