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Here is my attempt at a bench I found on another woodworking site. It is constructed almost entirely out of home made maple lumber. The back is T&G cedar. The base is finished with a latex whitewash and two coats of spray on varnish. The seat is finished with two coats Teak oil finish, five coats wipe on poly and one coat Renaissance wax
-- Jeff
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twobyfour16
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#1 posted 766 days ago
well done, Jeff. Is the top maple also? Looks like it has a little color to it.
-- Allan, Portland, OR
a1Jim
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#2 posted 766 days ago
Looks good Jeff
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Vasko
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#3 posted 766 days ago
Nice – I really like the way you did this, the whitewash compliments the tone and finish of the top so well!
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murch
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#4 posted 766 days ago
Nice sturdy looking piece.
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twokidsnosleep
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#5 posted 766 days ago
I really like this
What dimensions did you make it? It looks about 3/4’s the length of your table saw
-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"
ncdon
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#6 posted 766 days ago
Really nice. I’ve had something like this on my to do list for a while. You are motivating me. Thanks. Don
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rivergirl
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#7 posted 766 days ago
Nice little bench. Care to pony up the dimensions?
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Thinman
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#8 posted 765 days ago
Thank you all for the kind words..
For those of you that asked ; the base is 18 inches tall, 26 inches long and 11 and a half inches deep. The top is 28 X 13 and is about an inch and an eighth thick. It’s “about 1 and 1/8” because it wouldn’t fit in my planer so I planed it with my trusty #6
-- Jeff
rivergirl
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#9 posted 765 days ago
Thanks for the info Thinman!
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
BTKS
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#10 posted 765 days ago
Handy project, looks good. I need one in the entryway. Thanks for posting.
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KMT
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#11 posted 448 days ago
I really like that look.
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