Chinese Inspired Bench
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26 February 2015 at 11:19 pm #125100
When I first found Paul’s blog, then book and then Masterclasses the one thing that struck me was his insistence that you only needed to learn three joints to build furniture. Dovetail, mortise and tenon and housing dadoes. I understood the rational but was still skeptical that learning only three joints would be limiting.
IT”S NOT!
I built this little Chinese inspired bench and it only uses two of the three joints. Mortise and tenon and housing dados. There is no way I would have been able to build this without Masterclasses and Paul’s instruction. All of the skills that I needed for this project came directly from Masterclasses projects. Thanks again @paul-sellers.
I made a pitiful video showing the assembly of the bench. Its held together with wedges only. No Glue. Thanks for looking.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.26 February 2015 at 11:47 pm #125102That’s a pretty sweet looking little bench! How are you going to finish it?
27 February 2015 at 3:14 am #125119Greg, when I saw the title of your project, I figured it was one of yours. I saw some of it on your site recently. That joinery is intense. Are the legs splayed or is that the camera playing tricks. If so, how in the world do you lay out and get the mortises so right?
Well done!!
27 February 2015 at 4:55 am #125130Thanks guys.
@delong1974 I am applying several coats of Tried & True original finish and will then give it a couple coats of paste wax. I want it to age and show a little wear over time but still be easy to freshen up now and again.
@mattmcgrane Yep, the legs splay front to rear. Which is why it had to be assembled in a particular sequence. As the seat board is driven down it draws the legs closer together. Effectively locking everything in place. The layout is not as difficult as you might think. Fabricate and dryfit the base and then mark the seat board directly from the base in both directions. Then extend the marks to find the mortise locations. Sounds convoluted but it really isn’t.2 March 2015 at 3:00 pm #125183Hey Greg,
That is a fine example of cabinet-making. No glue, no nails, just impeccable joinery.
Thank you for sharing.3 March 2015 at 9:44 am #125199I was trying to work out how this worked as a workbench. Took me all this time to work out it’s for sitting on ><
3 March 2015 at 9:46 am #125200Fantastic work, Greg! The coves are a really interesting detail and look great.
George.
3 March 2015 at 4:05 pm #125209Very nice, great joints really great .
Noticed the fairly new corn broom in the back ground surprised it’s not a Pols soiree by..?
Why don’t you post that here, I just made two of each..
Thank you
Frankj3 March 2015 at 5:19 pm #125211Thanks all!
@mooncabbage you know you are a woodworker when you immediately try to figure how to do work on any and all benches. LOL
@frankj That broom is my backup supply. I doubt that it will last much longer before being converted. I’m glad you find the pollissior useful. It really does a good job. I posted about it earlier on here. https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/discussions/topic/making-a-polissior-polisher/ -
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