| Blog series by Greg Wurst | updated 484 days ago | 3 parts | 4013 reads | 24 comments total |
Part 1: Sketchup plans
I really liked a garden bench posted by steveosshop and decided to design one myself so I didn’t have to buy the plans: So, after getting some rough dimensions from other benches and eyeballing his project I came-up with the following design: Much the same as the original, it’s built with 2×4 and 2×8 lumber and 1×4 pine. Construction is butt joints and dowels, but you could make it mortise and tenon or screw and glue if you wanted. I wasn’t h...
Part 2: I hate drilling dowel holes
So I took yesterday off in hopes of getting the bench together. I thought I would have the whole thing together and sealed by the evening. Of course, I was wrong. I had already cut the pieces for the bench a week ago and let them sit in the garage. Wednesday night I took the seat supports down into the shop and cut the curve on the band saw and smoothed them with the oscillating drum sander (I printed a scale picture of the curve to use as a pattern). I also cut the legs to shape using...
Part 3: Finished
Got to work on the bench Friday evening and today. I started Friday by cutting the armrests to shape. The rear had to be notched at a 7 degree angle, which I did on the bandsaw for one piece and the scroll saw for the other. I then cut the front and rear table pieces from the 2×8 blocks. I used Sketchup to print a scale model of the curve to transfer to the pieces. I then cut a couple cup holders, which I somehow cut one closer to the side than the other. I thought both were ...
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