Another broken bench

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Old Grey
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Another broken bench

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Found an interesting picture.

Look ¾ of the way down the page.

http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread. ... 348&page=5
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Re: Another broken bench

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I noticed it had PTS orifices in it.
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Re: Another broken bench

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I remember it being built on this forum a long time ago, because I didn't like the bowl idea at the time.

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Re: Another broken bench

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jfholm wrote:I noticed it had PTS orifices in it.
But, I do not recommend two side by side
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Re: Another broken bench

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Yes, its all a bit odd, but like many of us here, someone has had a go at building a flow bench, and discovered a few problems along the way. And all due credit to them !
Quite a few of us have been there, done that, and learned a lot from some of the things that did not work quite as well as originally hoped.

A very good reason why anyone totally new to flow benching, should get a set of Forum flow bench plans at a very early stage and avoid the problems many of us had to discover the HARD WAY.
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Re: Another broken bench

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Tony wrote:Yes, its all a bit odd, but like many of us here, someone has had a go at building a flow bench, and discovered a few problems along the way. And all due credit to them !
Quite a few of us have been there, done that, and learned a lot from some of the things that did not work quite as well as originally hoped.

A very good reason why anyone totally new to flow benching, should get a set of Forum flow bench plans at a very early stage and avoid the problems many of us had to discover the HARD WAY.
AMEN Tony! A lot of us have a whole garage full of stuff that did not work!
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Re: Another broken bench

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Wow,tht crack!
But he used a mdf wood, This material isn't the best choiche for me.
I use a 20-25mm multilayer wood.
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Re: Another broken bench

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1 inch MDF bulkheads, lots of glue, and screws.. Thats how its gotta be...
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Re: Another broken bench

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In that situation there is only one answer, that is to put a 3/4 sq section piece of wood down the length of the joint on one side.
Glue & screw it into both boards and it won't go anywhere.
Nothing else will be as strong.
When it comes to sheet material you can't fix into the edges as it just isn't strong in that direction, depending on which way you pull it if the fixings don't just pull out it will split. Glue doesn't stick very well to board edges.

Conversely, fixing through the face of a sheet is very strong.
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Re: Another broken bench

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Simply mistake of building ...
Spaces between screws is very near, very long screw (information forum) ..
MDF creates continuous fissures.
I think 4 inches apart, 3 inches minimum
Use a good glue, in today's times exists especias glues, which also seal the air ..
Sorry my english mistakes.
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