January 22, 201610 yr This is a storage bench I made from a tree that one of my brothers cut down at his home. It took me three years to build it, mostly because I'm disabled and have had 11 surgeries in that time with one more on my neck coming up. I had to make the drawer out of white oak because I ran out of wood from the tree. I glued a bunch of scrap oak I had sitting around, I made sure the grain on the front of the drawer matched. I used hand cut dovetails for the drawer. Router cut dovetails for the seat box. I used through tenons on the side and arms of the bench. I also used pegs for the slats to make sure they stay put. I did a lot of hand tool work on this project because I enjoy the more hand on approach. I've been buying more and more hand tools but I do have a Profesional saw stop table saw too. I guess I like to mix it up, I'm glad to finally have this project done. Tomorrow we are having an unveiling party for the bench I hope he likes it. Thank you for reading my ramblings. Jaime Edited January 22, 201610 yr by John Morris edit tags
January 23, 201610 yr That looks great Jaime. There are times i wish I had a full shop area, to be able to do things like this , but I am stuck with turning. I know what a bummer LOL. Edited January 23, 201610 yr by Charles Nicholls
January 23, 201610 yr 13 minutes ago, jimbotoc said: Well, I have a garage with so many tools I can't work on anything, lol. Aww shucks what a problem to have . Edited January 23, 201610 yr by Charles Nicholls
January 24, 201610 yr Author My brother and his wife loved the bench so everyone was happy. I unfortunately don't have the restraint I should have when it comes to tools. I buy too many.
January 24, 201610 yr 13 hours ago, jimbotoc said: My brother and his wife loved the bench so everyone was happy. I unfortunately don't have the restraint I should have when it comes to tools. I buy too many. Don't we all? Buy too many that is.
February 4, 20169 yr That looks really good. I admire your courage and stamina to complete such a project. Keep it up. What is your next project?
February 4, 20169 yr Very nice. That is bound to become a heirloom. Excellent work. I would make a small card or something like that with the story of how this was made from that tree and affix it to the inside. This way down the road when folks years from now see it they will know the story of the bench. DW
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