Hello Bill.

Great bio.  It always amazes me how woodworking with handtools (and this 
list) snags  people in computer-intensive jobs like flypaper.  Must be 
something about how the work you do with wood and handtools is concrete 
and finite or that the skills you gain aren't discarded with a software 
or hardware upgrade.

About the construction of your bench-before-your-dream bench.  I'll pass 
a long a tip that was passed to me by someone in this group.  Might 
consider making the top layer from masonite and screw it down instead of 
gluing it.  It's a little more durable than  MDF and if it starts 
showing wear, you can replace it cheaply or flip it over for free. FWIW.

Welcome from someone who spent his youth taking things apart (common) 
and putting them back together (far less common) and just being a 
fire/chemical/electrical hazard in general.

Kevin Foley -- expecting real snow tomorrow in Virginia

Bill Owens wrote:

My name is Bill Owens, and I'm a 37 year old computer network engineer.
 

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