My first mortise and tenon project

[Dave Cohen]

I built this after purchasing a Delta benchtop mortising machine and cut the tenons on the table saw using a home made jig (from PWW) that slides on the fence (I now own a bona-fide tenoning jig).

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[Bruce Page]

Very nice Dave. Most of my stuff is mortise and tenon and I haven't had one fail yet. It's a strong joint.

[frank shic]

wow, that looks great dave! how about snapping some pics after you finish it?

[Mike Langford]

NICE.......I like it!

[Dave Cohen]

wow, that looks great dave! how about snapping some pics after you finish it?

Hmm, umm...it is finished - I painted it :rolleyes:

[Art Mann]

You have to click on the picture and enlarge it to see the finish job. Looks good to me.

[Todd Burch]

Cool.

What is it?

[Dave Cohen]

Its a toy bench for my kids. I upholstered the top by stapling some fabric with batting over a 1/4" piece of luan ply.

The wood is all poplar, and the panels are MDF wainscot that comes pre-primed.

I designed it myself. Was an interesting exercise with 3 pages of pencil drawings and head scratching to figure out how to mate all the pieces together. :)

Took me awhile to find the right mechanism to soft close the lid, but eventually I found this, which works great:

http://www.specialtysupplies.com/soft-down-staynonhanded-white-p-2272.html
(and this is the cheapest place to buy it that I found)

[Norman Pyles]

Looks great, mortise and tenon is the way to go.

[frank shic]

Hmm, umm...it is finished - I painted it :rolleyes:

doh! so you did and it looks quite splendid at that!