Maple/Mahogany Entry Bench

I finally got myself a table saw, and managed to get some maple that I timbered, sawed, and air dried myself turned into planed stock.

Not much special, doug fir ripped from some 2X4s for the legs, pocket screw construction using my Kreg jig. The front piece of maple has a live edge I left on rather then routing a chamfer. I had no idea that the wood would have the color that it does. It’s almost a malty chocolate, the chips out of the planer reminded me of shaved chocolate. Very unlike any other maple I’ve seen, if I hadn’t tapped it for sap a few years back I’d have thought I had the tree mis-identified.

I finished it with a shellac seal coat, a light triple coat of poly, and buffed it with furniture wax. It turned out to be too slippery when putting boots on so I wish I would have waxed it afterwards.

I’m pleased with how it turned out, but I learned a great deal, so my future endeavours should be nicer.

-- Casey, Engineer, Escanaba, MI