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Lockdown project

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Published: 12 May 2020 › Updated: 12 May 2020Lockdown project

Lockdown project

As most of us are in lockdown and free time on our hands I decided to repair my daughter’s old garden bench which was looking bad

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I think you would agree not very nice
I already had some nice wood in the garage so I started to cut it to length

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At the time I did not have a router ( although I do now a mate give me one off his old ones very nice)
So I installed a router bit into my pilar drill

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Not ideal but if you’re careful you can do it

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And this is how I got nice round edges on the wood
And here is the finished bench

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A lot nicer now and it seems to be a lot stronger
You will also notice I used new nuts and bolts as well, plus I think it was three coats of clear varnish to protect the wood for many years to come.
Thanks for popping in cheers mike

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