Here's a gift I made for the church we attend. We recently completed a new building and needed someplace to sit and put on your boots in the coat room.
It is made from a photo I saw on the web with some modifications. I scaled all the dimensions from a photo to come up with a dimensioned drawing. The original was a Mission style and had flat panels on the front sides and back. I decided that raised panels looked better than the flat panels in the original.
It is made from red oak, all the joints are mortice and tenon. The front, side and back panels all have tenons into the corner posts as does the cross piece on the back and all the slats. The mortices were cut with a drill press morticing tool. It is solid oak except for a small piece of oak plywood that makes up the inner bottom. There is also a raised panel on the back. The small end panels were made from one piece of wood, so the grain patter repeats top to bottom. almost like book match. It is stained with a Min Wax American Walnut stain and finished with Deft Semi-gloss clear wood finish. It took about 20 hours to make the whole thing including finishing. There is about $90 in materials. The seat does lift up for storage. The bench is about 44" long
Thanks for viewing
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