This video is about my way of replacing the root ribs and match drilling. Some hints, how not to make my mistake. This Video Should Be Obsolete In Time , But A Good Reminder There's Always A Good Fix.
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What are you using for your workbench top? At first I thought it was the $128 / sheet 4x8 3/4” PVC I saw at Home Depot. Closer inspection, maybe just painted 3/4” particle board? How’s that going? Scratching the metal much? Keep up the great work and videos! I am just starting my vertical stab
Thank you. I thought of using melanin at first because I have it on my other benches but it doesn’t lay flat again after you put a screw in it and take it back out. Particleboard you just flake the little piece away and everything‘s up and running but who wouldn’t love melamine. If I had to do it over, I wouldn’t paint it. Doesn’t like lacquer thinner. Thanks again CPG Good luck on your build.
Hey Jim, glad to see you’re watching these next time you come over there will be a quiz. Hey, wasn’t it great that they sent all those parts out to correct that problem?
