Western Red Cedar Storage Bench

Well done, looks great!!

-- Jack, Albuquerque

A nice piece. Congratulations.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Great Looking Bench! Great design. I have been looking for something like this to build for our entry(wife bugs me constantly). Would you be willing to share the Sketchup design? I would highly appreciate it! Thanks!

-- From Plastics to Wood

That’s a great looking bench. What finish did you use?

-- - The mightiest oak in the forest is just a little nut that held its ground.

Thank you everyone, and Bingham I used Watco Danish Oil (cherry) from Lowe’s, that’s it, other than the wood prepping. I didn’t use any grain lifter pre-stain like Minwax makes for this project either, didn’t need it being western red cedar, at least this project didn’t.

Oh, Carl I’d be happy to share my drawings, let me put some dimensions back on them. I’m not the greatest at Sketchup yet. I build to order (wife projects lol) and have yet to learn how to add tabs within Sketchup whereby I can list a step by step. I’ve been print-screening and putting them in PowerPoint, but it works.

Hello fellow veteran. Thanks for the reply. I will look forward to the sketchup file. Guess we need to figure out how to do that. Not sure if you want to post here. No need to add dims. I am a retired design engineer designing plastic with Solidworks. Sketchup is new but its a matter of finding and navigating through for what needs to be done. Used powerpoint too for many years. Great way to put a design story together.
Looking forward!
Carl

-- From Plastics to Wood

Very nice looking bench.good job.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Very nice! I love when art and function come together!

Nice work and love the “happy wife = tool upgrade” rationale. Might have to move some of my wife’s requests up my project list.

-- Charlie

Nice looking bench, great project!

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

Thanks guys, Carl that’s awesome you’re a design engineer, I just need to email it I guess. I don’t know where to post a Sketchup file on here, but would do so if someone could Obi-Wan-Kenobi teach me.

Charlie – bumping up your wife’s projects hot-or-not priority list means you’ll be…..........wait for it….................wait for ittttttttt….......................WINNING lol….

DISCLAIMER: Charlie Sheen if you’re reading this (doubt you’re a woodworker…wait…on second thought..oh nvm) anyway Charlie Sheen I’m not paying you royalties for using your antics.