| Project by Dodeka | posted 319 days ago | 938 views | 3 times favorited | 5 comments |  |
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I certainly took my time finishing this project, but it’s finally complete. I got my hands on a piece of dark green marble that was from the soda counter in my grandfather’s pharmacy. I decided to make a bench out of it to put in my foyer so that people have a place to sit while taking off and putting on their shoes.
The bench design is inspired by this Bancroft Bench (also picture #6 above). Most of the material is spalted maple, with a few strips of walnut in the top panels. I used a wiping varnish with a buffed wax finish. This is my first furniture project done almost entirely in my own workshop.
I also have some process pictures in my Picassa album for those interested:
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Thanks for looking!
-- Liszka
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BenI
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#1 posted 319 days ago
Very nice looking bench, good work.
-- Ben from IL
tinnman65
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#2 posted 318 days ago
Very nice, that spalted maple looks great with the marble.
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DocSavage45
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#3 posted 318 days ago
Nice picture gallery! Shop looks like you pack a lot into it? The piece definitly fits the room. Nice work! is that your logo?
-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher
Dodeka
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#4 posted 317 days ago
Thanks! It’s a slim one-car garage, so I try to pack things in there as efficiently as I can. After finishing the bench, it was obvious that I still have work to do on organizing things, but I have a plan.
Yes, picture #5 is my logo, and the text below it is “MMXII” (2012)—though it’s a little hard to make it out in that picture. I posted a project about it, so you’re welcome to read more about it.
-- Liszka
Rick
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#5 posted 316 days ago
Very Nice Project! Thanks for Posting!
Rick
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