The Mending Bench

One person, one bench, Galway. Repair notes kept since October 2020.

Changes

Nothing on this site is deleted. When a record is wrong, a dated line is added here and a line is added at the end of the record itself.

Added and amended, most recent first

2026-11-09Job 197 - Added the release-paper detail that broke attempt two
2026-11-09Materials I keep - Recorded that the 45 gsm linen is now used far less often
2026-09-29Added job 197, linen spine linings. Six-month check scheduled for late March 2027.
2026-06-16Added job 189, rust migration in a steel case.
2026-06-27Amended job 164 (the 1908 almanac) with its six-month check. The guard is holding. Bow unchanged.
2026-02-11Corrected an old record: job 61 listed the tissue as "Japanese, mid" when it was the heavier weight. Left the entry, added the correction line.
2025-12-04Added job 164, the tide mark I decided to leave.
2025-04-21Added the paste routine change. Bench routine changes are logged here as entries now, not just mentioned inside other jobs.
2024-11-08Added the Materials I keep page. Removed supplier names from an earlier draft of it.
2024-03-05Changed how job numbers are written into entries (they had been inconsistent before job 120).
2023-08-09Added job 96, pressure-sensitive tape removal. This entry is why the tape line still appears on the materials page.
2022-10-17Stopped writing measurements in inches anywhere on this site. Old entries were left alone, so a few still carry them.
2021-05-30Added the six-month check habit. Before this date, 46 logged jobs have no follow-up record at all.
2020-10-11First entry. A 1950s school primer with a split joint, nine minutes of work, nothing learned.

Methods this bench has abandoned

If a change here surprises you, it probably surprised me first.