A Garden Bench I Built Yesterday

[Volusianator]

At work we have a material called Sintra, it's basically plywood made from PVC. We have it in different thicknesses from 1.5mm to 25.5mm which is 1". We also have a lot of waste at work, which is kinda cool at times for trash picking. I picked up a few nice size pieces of 25.5mm Sintra a couple months ago with the thought of making a garden bench, well, yesterday I started and finished it. I figure I used just over a full sheet of material with all the scraps I had, a sheet runs just under $500, it's not cheap stuff, it mills like a dream, cuts perfect, screws hold well, and the routed areas sand nicely. I glued it together with another product from work called Sika Flex, it's a caulk like adhesive.

 

[Patrick B]

Nice work. That looks like it'll last forever.

By the way - no white socks with boat shoes! :eyepoke:

 

[sascha]

very nice, been meaning to build something for my patio, just don't have the time, still hooked on making bowls. just got my new hollowing rig.

good seeing you hanging in your shop

 

[carocaniac]

I think someone got an "A" in woodworking class...very nice!

 

[mcroom]

Very nice work indeed. We use Sika-Flex in our industry also. It is some wicked stuff if you have to get things apart!

 

[kaelaria]

Norm would be proud

 

[blooz4u]

Very nice!

 

[VillageIdiot]

Nice work!

 

[twenty5]

Nice work! Now if I can only get you to focus on that sheet metal ashtray we talked about lol...

 

[Josh.CHI]

Man, I can't build a paper airplane ... nice work.

 

[dpmrpa]

very nice.

 

[Moro]

Gorgeous bench, Wade! Now ye have where to smoke when it's not snowing (July 29th, maybe?).

 

[Soundwave13]

Very pretty.

The bench ain't too bad either.
:headroll:

 

[PepinAddiction]

Nice bench!

I couldn't take my eyes off that damn blue crystal ball in the background. Anyhoo, I've got a strange urge to send you all my smokes now...not sure why. :headroll:

 

[hdroadglide]

I couldn't take my eyes off that damn blue crystal ball

hehe brandon can't keep his eyse off wade's blue balls!:barf:

 

[Moro]

hehe brandon can't keep his eyse off wade's blue balls!:barf:

That is too low even for yerself, Bob!

 

[hdroadglide]

too bad. i've got a cold that ruined my holiday so EVERYONE gets to suffer!!

 

[PepinAddiction]

hehe brandon can't keep his eyse off wade's blue balls!:barf:

Haha... but it's huge! And apparently there's only one... I won't ask why.

 

[Volusianator]

Haha... but it's huge! And apparently there's only one... I won't ask why.

Sick bastards! The blue globe was Linda's Moms and she wanted it after she passed away.

It was a fun easy build, nothing special, but something I've wanted to make for a while. Now I need to make one out of cedar or teak. Sascha, it was good to get back in the shop, but man, that freakin Sintra makes the worst sawdust, being plastic it has a lot of static, so it's on the floor, walls, tools, bench...it's everywhere!

 

[sascha]

, so it's on the floor, walls, tools, bench...it's everywhere!

on the bed, on the floor, on the towel by the door, in the tub in the car, up against the mini bar


he's f$^%^% Matt Damon

hehehehehe:grin: