Skinnygoomba
Shohin
White Oak Bench Build
Started building an outdoor bench for my trees, wanted something low so that they are easy to water.
I'm building this in white oak and utilizing interlocking joinery which should allow it to survive many years in full sun. I find it important that outdoor furniture have interlocking joinery because the wood will go through many cycles of getting wet and drying.
The planks for the top have been edge jointed, glued and face jointed, they're set for finish planing next week.
The stretcher has been jointed flat on all sides and this is where the excitement starts, the outside joints are going to be captured by a double dovetail locking through mortise, sounds complicated, looks simple and the work is somewhere between the two.
More to fallow as I complete it.
Started building an outdoor bench for my trees, wanted something low so that they are easy to water.
I'm building this in white oak and utilizing interlocking joinery which should allow it to survive many years in full sun. I find it important that outdoor furniture have interlocking joinery because the wood will go through many cycles of getting wet and drying.
The planks for the top have been edge jointed, glued and face jointed, they're set for finish planing next week.
The stretcher has been jointed flat on all sides and this is where the excitement starts, the outside joints are going to be captured by a double dovetail locking through mortise, sounds complicated, looks simple and the work is somewhere between the two.
More to fallow as I complete it.
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