Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
not the boat yard

Bill Tindall
The patina steel bolt heads will look just right on this bench 100 years from now. The stainless steel won't. I would sand the zinc off any exposed steel parts so the bolts look like they belong to the bench as the bench acquires character.

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