Small bench for hall

[AndyP]

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!


Started off by adding some walnut inserts between some chestnut boards to gain the required width needed for the top and sides.




Trefoils were made by centering a 1" drill on the points of an equilateral triangle


Edges of the trefoil rounded over with a router






Record multiplane was used to make the groove for the back


Wedged tenons using walnut for the wedges - since discovered that the wedges ought to go across the grain


Not perfect


Shelf and base are set into simple housings


Drawers are made from old kitchen drawer fronts


And the dovetails - on an angle were cut by hand








Satisfied customers

 

[fred]

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

Cheers
fred

 

[AndyP]

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.

 

[Rod]

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

Rod

 

[AndyP]

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