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Chisel rack....install it bark side up or down
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12-18-2024, 05:20 PM
(12-18-2024, 04:38 PM)Gary G™ Wrote: DAMHIKT but cherry with bark is bug attracting.

It's (the piece of wood before I made my chisel holder) been in the shop for 2+ years now and nary a sign of a bug!
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12-19-2024, 01:17 AM
Bark side down is rustic too (just a little less) as it's bark. I'd vote for the down side.

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12-19-2024, 05:22 PM
(12-17-2024, 09:22 AM)Dumb_Polack Wrote: I was futzing around in the shop Sunday and I made this chisel rack.  (Everyone likes the exposed bark look these days to I figger, "What the heck".)

It will sit to the right of my benchtop and I initially planned on installing it bark side down, but then you really can't see the bark unless you squat down, and I'm getting to the age when a squat could mean an impromptu trip to the can!!! 
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Bark side up shows off the bark (duh!!!) but the "shelf"  (not the correct word, but you get the gist) isn't as wide.  But I doubt I'd ever use it.


What's the consensus??

If it's on the wall currently that's the way I like it, up or down makes no difference
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12-19-2024, 08:52 PM (This post was last modified: 12-19-2024, 08:53 PM by MauleSkinner.)
Bark side down makes it look slimmer.
Wink (lighter, less thick, whatever.)
Dave Arbuckle was kind enough to create a Sketchup model of my WorkMate benchtop: http://www.arbolloco.com/sketchup/MauleSkinnerBenchtop.skp
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