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100 Year Old Boiler Room to Boat Shop | The Workbench - no. 19
October 11, 2025 · 20 min · 55K views · Eastern Canada
What this video covers
Joshua constructs a workshop workbench inside a 100-year-old boiler room to support the restoration of a 32-foot wooden sailboat built in Japan in 1966.▶ 0:41 He uses a laser level to install a ledger on uneven, non-square walls before framing two side benches.▶ 0:51 He rips plywood sheets to 24-inch widths and scribes them to fit the irregular corners.▶ 2:48 To stiffen the bench tops and accommodate future holdfasts, he adds a center rail and drills dog holes.▶ 7:56 He finishes the wood surfaces with a mixture of linseed oil and pine resin, buffing the application with an orbital polisher and a wool pad.▶ 13:35 He builds an adjustable miter saw table between the benches, using threaded rods and wing nuts to align the saw deck flush with the work surfaces.▶ 19:32 Rough hemlock forms the apron and backsplash.▶ 14:22 The project serves as practice for working on the uneven surfaces of the sailboat.▶ 5:40
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