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