Forgotten Cast Iron Bench Ends

Have you ever bought something and then put it away only to forget about it for years?  I have and yesterday I remembered.  I remembered not only buying them for 5 bucks but I remembered where I put them.  That is truly amazing......the remembering where I put them, not that I got them for a fiver.

The cast iron ends are low so I don't think it makes a bench.  Maybe it is a side table?  Or a low coffee table?  Who knows but when I bought them I just knew I could use them because I love wrought iron and cast iron.  

The casting is very similar to the bench that I picked up last week. Once they were painted you would think they were always a set.  That's the power of paint.  You can take like objects and with the application of a unifying coat of paint on all the pieces, they instantly become a set or a collection. 

Morrie said "You should see all the stuff she has hidden in the barn. Humans are a strange lot.  They are always painting or stripping something.  It's best if I keep my distance and sleep until the human leaves and returns with a bag of food."

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1960's Craftsman Table Saw Refurbish Part 4

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Another beautiful day.  Tomorrow's forecast is for cooler temps so we will be inside tomorrow working on the saw base.

Today started out with un clamping the saw base top from the work table and taking it outside.  We used a belt sander to get the used boards looking a little better.  Then we used the router with the round over bit to make all the edges more uniform.  

We put the top on the saw base to layout the pilot holes and where the cutout for under the saw.  We used the old saw base top to know how big the cutout had to be.  We then took the top back to the saw horses.

R used the circular saw to cut on the layout line and then used the oscillating saw to finish the corner cuts.  I did a little more sanding and then blew off the sawdust with the air gun.

While I prepared to stain the top, which really means I looked for the can of stain EVERYWHERE before I found it.  R, in the meantime, ran to Home Depot to get more of the trim pieces for the saw base and the window/flower boxes and more belts for the belt sander.

I used Special Walnut by Minwax to stain the top.  I was just finishing up when R arrived back home.

We cut and nailed the last piece of trim onto the saw base.  I needed the saw base back on the saw horses so I could give the base a second coat of paint.  We moved the top inside to the project table and then put the saw base back up onto the saw horses. The first coat that I brushed on yesterday really soaked into the wood.  The second coat today looks much better.

By this time it was 5:30PM and the temperature was starting to drop and we called it a day.

Tomorrow's agenda is to install the base top onto the base.  Then brush on a clear coat on the top.  I have two choices.  I can either put a clear coat of poly or use spar varnish.  I'm leaning towards the clear poly because it dries fast which means I can get several coats on it in one day.

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So close....

...but those darn wasps are back and will not go away.

I have just the triangular area on the right side, two tiny areas on the left side, and one white drip to repaint and I can call this side D O N E.