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Laminated quarter-sawn white oak with Lyptus inlays and sealed with General Finishes – Exterior 450. The wood was an anniversary gift (my kind of gift!) and my wife wanted an outdoor bench – something heavy so it could sit in the front yard and not be easy for someone to pick up and run away with. I decided on the curves to minimize the amount of standing water on the bench. I created two MDF routing templates – one for the leg, and the other for the top and began first bandsawing close to the template, then routting with a double spiral bit and guide bearing to the template for a good finish. Routing quarter-sawn oak end grain is not my favorite thing to do! Drilling two small holes in the same location on each piece of the top, I was able to use a 1/4” dowel to line up the pieces for the glue up. The same concept was used for the leg sub-assemblies. Loose tenons are used in the leg joints. Inlays were added for fun. The sanding process took about 8 hours. Finishing was quick and easy. All in all, it was about 80 hours worth of work. It’s one of my favorite anniversary presents ever!
-Brady
-- -Brady, Austin, Texas, Y'all
14 comments so far
mtnwild
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posted 204 days ago
Really great design there Brady. Fantastic idea and workmanship there. A real nice piece! Art to sit on.
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bibb
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posted 204 days ago
Very nice lines. Contemporary Asian is way cool. The mitered corners where the legs meet the seat are an excellent feature.
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SteveE
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posted 204 days ago
Excellent design. The curved lines of this bench are great and they appear to be well worth the effort it took to shape them.
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rhett
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posted 204 days ago
Excellent proportions and very pleasing to the eye. Deceivingly simple. If this is going in your yard, I would love to see what you would have made your wife to go in the hall. Nice work.
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hrvoje
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posted 204 days ago
me like..nice work .design
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johnpoolesc
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posted 204 days ago
design and executation are flawless
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a1Jim
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posted 203 days ago
looks great Brady
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DaytonB
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posted 201 days ago
looks great, Ive been wanting to build something like that and I really like what you came up with!
great job
dayton
bradyvan
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posted 200 days ago
Thanks everyone! If I had to build it again, I would probably take a lot of weight out of it by creating a thinner piece. I think I could cut the weight in half and still have a very stable bench.
-- -Brady, Austin, Texas, Y'all
GaryK
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posted 129 days ago
Cool looking bench! Good luck in the contest.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 127 days ago
Great looking design!
Good Luck!
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patrick m
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posted 126 days ago
Nice design. N Good Luck!
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Timbertim
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posted 110 days ago
You really did a nice job there, the sanding process pays off. 8 hours is long but i’ll bet your wife is happy! :)
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PetVet
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posted 96 days ago
I like this a lot!
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