Two simple benches came out of the workshop this week. Hope you enjoy!
I’m thinking of putting some simple benches up for sale…anyone have a price point?
Make it safe & keep the rubber side down.
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This Week in the Classroom: The Boys Are Back In Town!
My boys are back in town and they are locked and loaded – here’s a few glamor shots of their beautiful simple benches.
Remember – if these look good to you, come build your own version with me at TX/RX Labs in May.
This Week In the Classroom: The Simple Bench
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve let y’all into the woodshop at work. We’ve been building the “simple bench”. If you’ve been reading this blog long, you know I love building benches – butterfly benches, green benches, small benches and long benches. My boys have been working off this pattern:
And I give them lots of flexibility in said pattern. We started with three 3 foot lengths of 1×12 stock. The students then cut their bench seats to any length as I rip the rest of the stock into 3 1/2″ strips for the aprons and 5 1/2″ strips for legs. Then, they cut their aprons and legs to length as I rip the seat to finished width. The left over stock from that rip becomes the stretcher. A few bridle joints (I think that’s what they are) and we have ourselves a rock solid base.
It’s taken nearly five weeks to cut and assemble the benches (~25 hrs of classtime). Next week, the students will be able to either stain or paint their work. That should take less time – maybe a day or two. I’m expecting this project to be complete by the time report cards come out.
Make it safe & keep the rubber side down.
