Reply To: Having fun with the Bench

Selva, I actually had fun sizing the spindles (Vertical slats). Drilling the test hole in a piece of scrap to test the size as you go is key to success. I used coin just as Paul did in the video and it worked out perfect. When I put the back together everything fit up great. I just thought about something though. Paul split his stock instead of cutting it to the ruff size. I suppose that was to get the grain as straight as possible along the center of the spindle. I sawed mine and haven’t had any trouble so far. I may split mine on the second bench.