Redwood Bench for Mom

Wow, that is a nice looking bench!

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nice close to mine but not vary good work I konw your mom and Dad will love it nice

-- Nimkee** Joe

Nice bench. If it is outside, it will age to a mellow silver-gray. But 25 cents a board foot? I just bought some similar redwood for about $4.00 a board foot – and I live on the Northern California coast where the redwood comes from. You scored!

-- JohnnyB - - Sometimes determination can substitute for skill.

Wow, that is beautiful! What a lovely project! It looks beautiful!

Sheila

-- Contributing Editor, Creative Woodworks and Crafts, Sheila Landry Designs http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com "Knowledge is Power"

Well designed and built bench, Russ. Your mom will love it. Great find on that Redwood.!!............Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Thanks for all the kind words my fellow lumberjocks. The project was great fun, made especially so by having my son work along with me. All four of us, me, my wife, son, and daughter got involved to some extent moving the bench, the materials or the equipment about, sanding, or applying finish.

Thanks again,

Russ

Excellent. I’ve never built a bench. Might have to give it a try.

-- Cats, beer and wood...perfect.

I like it!!

Sent you an email Russ.

.....rookieII

Nice bench. My very first woodworking project (about 8 years ago) was a redwood bench similar but not the same as yours. Redwood was the first species of wood I worked with on a real woodworking project. Unfortunately no one warned be about how much an irritant redwood dust would be. There is a reason it hold up in the elements against insects. I almost gave up woodworking after that experience. Glad to see your son wearing a mask…

-- Jerry

Thanks, Bubbs. I had fun with the joinery. The whole thing was really rewarding. And, Mom really likes it.

woodrookieII,
Got the message and I emailed you the plans. Did you get them?

SRWoodworker,
Thanks.
We didn’t have a lot of problems with the dust, but I think that was because I moved all the tools out to the driveway. And, as you noted, we used dust masks. If we had tried to stay in the garage the dust would have bothered our eyes and permeated our clothes. I do not have good dust control.

Well, off to the shop.

Have a great day!

Russ

Very nice. You did a bang up job!

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Thanks HorizontalMike.

That’s a beautiful bench, I love redwood, its fun to work with, but hard to find. I really like the design, I bet your Folks loved it. Great job!

-- I was going for that distressed look