[Jewelry making - Article 01444] - Re: [Orchid] Butcher block top bench

[Rodney Carroll]

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    I had the choice to buy any bench I wanted without regard to price. I
    looked at the Progress and I was looking at the Chariot Plus which
    has the butcher block top and I also was thinking of the Terminator.
    But there was all of this talk on the site about industrial grade
    partial board. I live in Florida close to the coast and bad things
    with water happen here. I really wanted real wood. I did look at the
    benches from Rio Grande but I just was not giddy over the product.
    We have one Rio double drawer unit at work. I am glad that I passed.
    The drawers are sort of tight. It comes with no finish. All raw wood.
    Partial board tool shelf. It is still pretty heavy duty. I went with
    the John Frei Custom workbench. I had a chance to check one out at
    the SNAG Conference that was in St Pete FL. It is like being behind
    the wheel of a Rolls Royce and a Mack truck at the same time. Some
    of my friends like to refer to it as the "God Bench". I got mine in
    solid maple with the GRS anvil and attachment plate all installed.
    You can have them build it anyway you want. The whole bench is solid
    wood with maple or oak plywood. It has roller drawer slides, but
    some may not like this because of all the years of having to drag the
    drawer out of its hole. The only part of the bench that is not real
    wood is the temped press board used in the bottom of the drawers.
    The are laminated white on the inside of the drawer.I comes with all
    the wood finished. It has a 2' thick butcher block top made in either
    maple or oak. I sanded and sealed mine again and add some handles to
    the drawers. Drawer pulls are the only thing that the bench is
    lacking. I got some nice stainless steel to finish mine off. 

    It will be the last bench you will buy. It will last about three
    lifetimes. Mine already survived being flooded my the A/C overflow
    pan in the attic above it. My 500 Brooches book and some of my tools
    did not fair so well. We was gone on vacation for a week and that is
    how it was found so I did not know how many days it sat like that.
    There was more water running on it every time the A/C kicked on in
    Aug in FL. 

    No connection with Otto Frei just a very, very happy customer! 

    Call and order yours today. Ask for Amber. She is great to deal
    with. 

Regards,

Rodney Carroll
www.rcgems.net
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