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I built 6 or 7 of these benches. These benches where often built with matching tables. I used distressed Alder with a glaze on this one. I’ve carved Eagles on the back then carved feathers on the tables. I carved a mountain background with columbine flowers on one bench then carved columbine on matching tables. Many I just left natural.































18 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 947 days ago
I am SO in love with your work Dennis.
This one really tugs at my heart. I can feel a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes when I look at it. What does that mean? I have no idea—other than something about it REALLY appeals to me.
I think it is your diamonds on the back that really put it over the top for me.
And i love the finish. Hey maybe that’s it—it matches all of my dusty furniture!! ;)
I could just say “it’s a fashion thing”
Love it, Dennis. Absolutely love it.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
FMOmbr
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posted 947 days ago
Dennis – Nice project – I don’t know about the glaze experiment gone bad – I think the finish is very appropriate for the bench. Nicely done! Mike
Chip
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posted 947 days ago
Dennis, as usual your work is just great. Man oh man. Didn’t even think about the finish when I saw it. So, are you going to do a table for it? Hope so and don’t forget to let us see it.
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.
dennis mitchell
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posted 947 days ago
Chip, no tables for this one. I just don’t have room in my house…one of these days I’ll get rid of this one to. I plan on building an upholstered couch and chair then the bench will have to go.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
pat sherman
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posted 947 days ago
dennis, i like the bench. i can not read a ruler for anything. so i do not even attempt to build something.
but i like the fiish on that. looks just right for the work.
-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/
shack
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posted 947 days ago
Dennis outstanding.
-- JohnShackleford,North Carolina
MsDebbieP
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posted 947 days ago
when you build the couch remember my first comment!!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
fred
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posted 947 days ago
Dennis, I like your style and craftsmanship. By the way, when are you going to join the Chamber of Commerce?
-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
dennis mitchell
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posted 947 days ago
Fred… It is on the list, right between selling all my worldly possessions so I can becoming a celibate monk and moving to Los Vegas to be a Michael Jackson impersonator.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
Lou
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posted 946 days ago
very nice! i love the dimonds on the back rest, very nice design!
-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)
jockmike2
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posted 946 days ago
Very cool Dennis, I like the designs in the back, Rustic, looks like it would last forever. I like the finish too. mike
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
dennis mitchell
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posted 946 days ago
Thanks! One of the good things about rustic furniture is they improve with age like a good wine.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
Bill
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posted 946 days ago
Wow, nice bench. Wouldn’t that be great to make a ton of those for the park service? They would fit in nicely in many parks.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Karson
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posted 946 days ago
Dennis great Bench. Don’t you own a smoothing plane all of those chips on the seat could cause splinters.
Oh I remember you said you don’t use sandpaper, you use dull chisels.
Great looking bench.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
dennis mitchell
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posted 945 days ago
Heck! Karson you should have seen it before I took my plane to it!
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 899 days ago
Dennis, I think you do great work, I can’t wait to see it in person.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
YorkshireStewart
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posted 777 days ago
Wow! (not often a Yorkshire word!) I love this. Yes, especially those twigs. What an interesting touch. Are they recessed into the surface?
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dennis mitchell
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posted 777 days ago
Yes I routed out the diamond shape and inset them so they don’t rub against your back when you sit.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com