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Image 1 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 2 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 3 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 4 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 5 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 6 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 7 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 8 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 9 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 10 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 11 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 12 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 13 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 14 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 15 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 16 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 17 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
Image 18 — Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools
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Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools

I found this cool piece of curly oak and intended to make a small triangular cricket table with it, but when it came down to it, I didn't want to cut the board up. So I kept it as long as I could and made this little bench. Really happy with this.

Red oak, worked mostly with hand tools, finished with natural shellac and wax. I also used a bandsaw to break down the stock and a power drill to make the tenons with a tenon cutter--it was my first time doing that and I'm not sure I will do it again. I found it difficult to control and ruined a leg. Everything else was done with planes, chisels, handsaws, bit & brace, etc.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

(added progress pics, sorry, missed that the first time!)

u/lostarchitect — 1 day ago
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Red Oak Bench, made mostly with hand tools. I'm still learning things with every project.

I found this cool piece of curly oak and intended to make a small triangular cricket table with it, but when it came down to it, I didn't want to cut the board up. So I kept it as long as I could and made this little bench. Really happy with this.

Red oak, worked mostly with hand tools, finished with natural shellac and wax. I also used a bandsaw to break down the stock and a power drill to make the tenons with a tenon cutter--it was my first time doing that and I'm not sure I will do it again. I found it difficult to control and ruined a leg. Everything else was done with planes, chisels, handsaws, bit & brace, etc.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

u/lostarchitect — 1 day ago