Newly Completed

[Ed Fasano]

QS white oak, Watco Danish oil & paste wax finish. From a Woodsmith plan.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

That's beautiful, Ed. I like how you sculpted out the two seat areas.

 

[Raymond]

Ed, that design is simple, sturdy looking and elegantly executed. Great job!

 

[llucas]

Ed
That is simply terrific. I love the scale and masculine nature while maintaining elegance. I too like the sculpted seats. Thanks for sharing

 

[KenOfCary]

I really like that piece. Simple and sturdy but with a lot of elegant touches, like the sculpted seats and curves on the stretchers, etc.

 

[Henry W]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

I too like this a lot.

Are those 'real' through tenons on the seat? If so, they look great.
Through tenons always seem like a fine idea, but I am not certain I can get them to look like that.
Any hints for me? I have never tried them.

Henry

 

[zapdafish]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

How did you finish it? Love that color

I also like how the rays on the lower stretcher flow :thumbs_up

 

[Ed Fasano]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Henry,
They are real through and wedged tenons. I too was apprehensive about getting them positioned and sized correctly, but all went well. First, the Woodsmith plan (Issue 198) offered terrific detail on establishing the positions and setting temporary hardwood pieces around each tenon to serve as routing templates. Having experienced some trouble with double stick tape, I instead used the masking tape with thin cyanoacrylate method of attaching thetemplate pieces (highly recommended!)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ub6PsY4cgwg
A one-inch hole was drilled first to hog out the waste. With a top-bearing-guided flush trim router bit, the mortise was trimmed about three quarters of the way through from the bottom (where the template pieces were attached). With that done, the mortises were again routed form the other side with a bottom-bearing flush trim bit. The wall created by the first stage of routing (from the bottom) served as the bottom bearing guide. The corners were then cleaned up with a very sharp chisel.

The construction is quite robust.

Ed

 

[Ed Fasano]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Thank you.
The color is owed to the quarter-sawn white oak. The finish is simply three applications of Watco Danish oil(neutral). The final coat was wet sanded with 600-grit wet-dry paper. A thin coatof Liberon neutral wax was applied last. Foolproof, which suits me fine.
Ed

 

[Richo B]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Very nice!

 

[David Justice]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Excellent!

 

[Ed Fasano]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Sincere thanks to all for your kind words.

 

[golfdad]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Great looking piece Ed. Like Bill I would also like to know how you sculpted the seats

 

[Ed Fasano]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

At the risk of making this a Woodsmith commercial, their plan detailed a time-consuming, but effective means of scooping the seats. Three simple fixtures were needed — two outriggers and a router sled. Back and forth, side to side, Fourish hours, 1/32” at time. With the router work done, clean up with a card scraper was relatively easy.



Ed

 

[LeftyTom]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

That seat looks comfy, Ed.

 

[mlzettl]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Nice job, Ed. Good looking craftsmanship, and the material selection is spot on.:thumbs_up

Matt

 

[golfdad]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

I had forgotten about that technique Ed.......thankyou

 

[Kent Adams]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

At the risk of making this a Woodsmith commercial, their plan detailed a time-consuming, but effective means of scooping the seats. Three simple fixtures were needed — two outriggers and a router sled. Back and forth, side to side, Fourish hours, 1/32” at time. With the router work done, clean up with a card scraper was relatively easy.

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Ed

Could this also be accomplished with an 18 to 20" bandsaw? I'm looking for an excuse to buy one .

 

[Raymond]

Re: Newly Completed - through tenons?

Kent, since the seat depth is 16" (see the drawing), your new bandsaw would need a depth of cut equal to that! :icon_thum

The POWERMATIC[SUP]®[/SUP] PM2415B 24 INCH BANDSAW would get you close.