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WELL MY TIMBER ARRIVED THIS MORNING ALL 30 LENGHTS X 16 FOOT.AS YOU SEE MY WORKSHOP IS ONLY SMALL SO THIS TIMBER WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED TO THE BACK GARDEN/YARD BEFORE I CAN START CUTTING THIS TO SIZE.THESE ARE TO BE MEDIUM OAK STAINED.AS THATS WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS.ME I WOULD HAVE LEFT IT NATURAL COLOUR THEN OVER THE YEARS IF THEY LOOK AFTER THESE BENCHES IT WILL GO GOLDEN HONEY COLOUR.AND AS ALWAYS I WILL BOIL LINSEED OIL THEM. AS WITH THE OAK STAIN IT WILL BE HALF AND HALF OIL/STAIN THEN IT WILL BE SPRAYED ON THE BENCHES.AS I SAID BEFORE MY WORKSHOP IS SMALL 20 FOOT X 10 FOOT. BUT ITS COMPACT,JUST NEEDS SORTING OUT.IVE NOTICED THE WORKSHOPS YOUR MEMBERS HAVE IN THE MAGAZINE,MY WORKSHOP SECTION? SOME OF THOSES WORKSHOPS MAKE MINE LOOK LIKE A PIN HEAD.THEY ARE MASSIVE COMPARED TO MINE.BUT I WILL MAKE DO WITH MINE FOR NOW TILL I WIN THE LOTTERY.

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