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Entrance Bench

Project by Don Kondra posted 764 days ago 896 views 7 times favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch

A fact of life for me is doing limited production work. This is the latest version of my entrance bench.

Cherry with black leather seat. The fun is the through wedged tenons on the handles.

The legs are curved in one dimension and tapered on the other…

-- Don Kondra - Furniture Designer/Maker


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Jojo

581 posts in 850 days


posted 764 days ago

Very nice job Don.

What’s that machine I spot in the background, a horizontal belt sander?

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://www.japanese-woodworking-tools.com/ · http://twitter.com/japanesetools

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MsDebbieP

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posted 764 days ago

I really like this… love the leather and the contrast of colour created… and the curves.. and.. and… and…

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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shaun

361 posts in 784 days


posted 764 days ago

That’s nice work Don, I love the lines. The legs being tapered on the bottom and curved at the top really got my attention.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

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RobH

460 posts in 928 days


posted 764 days ago

Really cool Don. The lines on that piece are very well though out and very well executed.

I am still scared of curved work. Mayne that would change is I started trying some.

Keep up the good work.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

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Fingersleft

71 posts in 774 days


posted 764 days ago

Don,

I’ve taken some time to study all of your projects. All outstanding! You’ve got the design eye I’m trying to achieve.

-- Bob

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mot

4901 posts in 915 days


posted 764 days ago

Really nice piece, Don!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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jcees

548 posts in 677 days


posted 572 days ago

Beautiful Bench, mon ami.

thanks,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

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wpreman

1486 posts in 591 days


posted 572 days ago

Another beautiful piece Don. Your work is outstanding!

-- Bill, Florida

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Don Kondra

71 posts in 764 days


posted 571 days ago

Thanks very much everyone for the comments

Jojo, sorry for the delay in answering, sigh….

The machine is a home made stroke sander, not by me though. When I was doing a lot of solid case work it kept me from returning to an office job… as if I’d still be employable. Lots of sanding is BORING but it must be done correctly.

Even for things like door parts, I do the sanding before assembly and just be careful with the clamps.

To give you an idea, a dining room table top used to take the better part of a day to final sand, now it takes less than two hours.

Stroke sander

Cheers, Don

-- Don Kondra - Furniture Designer/Maker

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