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New Bench

comments (2) February 14th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

Kent_Perdue Kent Perdue, contributor
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I recently finished this, it is a bench that seats two. 

Materials: Elm, Red oak, MDF, Bronze, Steel, Rubber.

I joined the edges of the boards, and left the faces ruff sawn.  The inside facing sides of the boards were ebonized to make a darker shadow line.  The spaces are from round red oak spacers with a treaded rod running through in three places.  The base is MDF, I did a false fence miter to get a clean corner, then Primed, painted, and clear coated it.  The top is free from the base.  I used watco on the areas that a finish were applied.

It was a fun piece to make, It took me about 3 days. 


Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Kent Perdue
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Comments (2)

jalambert jalambert writes: Great piece!
false fence miter, assuming hes referring to a sacrificial fence on the table saw and having the large of the sheet/miter on the outside of the blade/opposite from the fence. long miters on wide stock with a reg table saw can be a pain at best.
Posted: 6:39 pm on April 19th

BryanSw BryanSw writes: What is a false fence miter?
Posted: 7:59 pm on August 17th

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