Building a 5 board bench - Wormy Maple

[Mistwalker]

Shit happens............to wood.

Oooh, both shit and wood in the same sentence...kinky!

 

[lmalterna]

We tore down an old barn on our place when I was a kid- the siding was all wormy Chestnut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some was planed down and used for headboards and chairs but much was pretty rough.

Bill

 

[Ronin_Jedi]

Shit happens............to wood.

Woodn't that be interesting.

OK, OK, I get it. It's corny like most of my cousin's jokes on TV.

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[Mistwalker]

We tore down an old barn on our place when I was a kid- the siding was all wormy Chestnut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some was planed down and used for headboards and chairs but much was pretty rough.

Bill

Man I bet the good parts were beautiful when finished!

 

[Texas_toothpick]

Can't wait to see this progress.

 

[Fiddleback]

Yeah, the larvae bore and eat, and their excrement discolors the wood around them. Cool looking stuff, has character.

We tore down an old barn on our place when I was a kid- the siding was all wormy Chestnut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some was planed down and used for headboards and chairs but much was pretty rough.

Bill

Wow. I'd have loved to see that.

 

[Scotcha]

Shit happens............to wood.

Haha gold

 

[Fiddleback]

Legs removed from the big plank, and the top is ready for routing and initial sanding.

After some sanding.

 

[cbach8tw]

Very pretty, neat project. Thanks for showing us how it goes.

 

[Fiddleback]

OK. This morning I squared up the legs and just built a 'house of cards' style stackup to show the general idea.

Then this afternoon I put a 7 degree angle on the legs, inlet the legs for the aprons, and cut the aprons. Unfortunately, the kreig jig I ordered is not shipping as quickly as I wanted it to, so assembly may have to wait a bit.

I still have to cut the cutouts on the legs, assemble it, distress it, and finish it.

 

[Fiddleback]

The legs will also taper from bottom to top.

 

[Uncle_P]

Looking good. Poop wood is beautiful.

 

[Fiddleback]

OK, all of the machine work is done and the bench is all glued and screwed.

 

[Nbrackett]

Very nice. I really like the clean look with all the screws hidden.

 

[Luca917]

Oh it's getting pretty!

 

[swonut]

Cool, looks good. If you get a chance can you flip it over and show us the kreig holes. I was kind of wondering given the 7 degree slant of the legs just where they are located.

How are you going to finish it? Danish oil would look good IMO.

 

[Scotcha]

That looks great. The poop wood looks very nice.

 

[Mistwalker]

The bench is beautiful. What finish are you going with?

 

[prom52]

Cool project Andy......a well executed design. It will definitely pass the "poop test" !

 

[Uncle_P]

That look great Andy :thumbup::thumbup: