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Small bench for hall

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Small bench for hall

Postby Andyp » 02 Aug 2014, 11:09

Small hall bench.
This was finished earlier this year.
Brief from the missus was to replace a pair of old plastic stools that the kids sit on while putting on their shoes

A number of firsts with this project such as a sketchup drawing which took me a whole afternoon!
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Started off by adding some walnut inserts between some chestnut boards to gain the required width needed for the top and sides.
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Trefoils were made by centering a 1" drill on the points of an equilateral triangle
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Edges of the trefoil rounded over with a router
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Record multiplane was used to make the groove for the back
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Wedged tenons using walnut for the wedges - since discovered that the wedges ought to go across the grain
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Not perfect
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Shelf and base are set into simple housings
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Drawers are made from old kitchen drawer fronts
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And the dovetails - on an angle were cut by hand
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Satisfied customers
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Re: Small bench for hall

Postby fred » 02 Aug 2014, 11:25

Nice one Andy.
I like the drawers, and the way they fit. They give a Japanese look to a traditional old english bench.

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Re: Small bench for hall

Postby Andyp » 02 Aug 2014, 12:53

Thanks Fred, I was aiming for an airtight seal on those drawers so that when one is pushed in the other pops out. Needless to say I did not quite achieve it.
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Re: Small bench for hall

Postby Rod » 02 Aug 2014, 14:01

Very nice Andy - my only concern would be the tiny drawer handles especially if the drawers are full of stuff?

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Re: Small bench for hall

Postby Andyp » 02 Aug 2014, 14:08

Rod, thanks. I bought larger knobs as well but the chief design consultant did not like them. There are only brushes, polish and shoe laces etc in the drawers
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