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First you get some IPE scraps from a local deck & dock company
Carefully pick through the stack of offcuts, and cut your parts.
Cut the tenons.
If you don't own a mortising machine, and the thought of chiseling out all those mortises in rock hard IPE sounds like drudgery, you cheat.
Glue up overnight and sand.
Finish with an exterior oil and call it done.
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That is a real beauty. I have seen IPE and thought it was a beautiful wood nice work.
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(05-11-2020, 02:40 PM)Terry W Wrote: Finish with an exterior oil and call it a beautifully done project.
Corrected for accuracy...
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Perfect example of trash to treasure. Great result!
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Definitely very nice. And now you have entered the world of never ending maintenance required to keep it looking good.
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Great way to save those scraps. Good looking bench
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(05-11-2020, 02:40 PM)Terry W Wrote: First you get some IPE scraps from a local deck & dock company
Carefully pick through the stack of offcuts, and cut your parts.
Cut the tenons.
If you don't own a mortising machine, and the thought of chiseling out all those mortises in rock hard IPE sounds like drudgery, you cheat.
Glue up overnight and sand.
Finish with an exterior oil and call it done.
Nicely done. I have a milk crate full of 18" scraps and a couple of large 2x8 ipe pieces the milk crate is left over from my porch the other was headed for a dumpster when I found it. What type glue did you use?
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(05-11-2020, 09:17 PM)jteneyck Wrote: Definitely very nice. And now you have entered the world of never ending maintenance required to keep it looking good.
John
John, I knew that going in. To be honest after this initial finish, I'll probably just let go a natural gray.
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(05-12-2020, 01:43 AM)Bob10 Wrote: Nicely done. I have a milk crate full of 18" scraps and a couple of large 2x8 ipe pieces the milk crate is left over from my porch the other was headed for a dumpster when I found it. What type glue did you use?
Bob, I used Titebond III. Because Ipe is so dense and oily, I was considering epoxy but, a quick google search showed that people have had good long term success with Titebond III.
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(05-12-2020, 06:40 AM)Terry W Wrote: Bob, I used Titebond III. Because Ipe is so dense and oily, I was considering epoxy but, a quick google search showed that people have had good long term success with Titebond III.
titebond III is the only glue I use. May be slightly more expensive but it is food safe and it is what a lot of guys use for skateboards so I can not recommend titebond III enough
