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Japanese Garden Bench
Oct 24, 2012
Woodworker: Russell Jensen
Jensen built the bench for an article in FWW #198 and incorporated elements from Gary Rogowski’s Asian-style bed from Home Furniture #8. Mortise and tenon joints and marine epoxy hold the sturdy piece together. In total, Jensen needed to cut 40 mortises of four different lengths. To simplify the process he used a router and two simple jigs. The bench is unfinished except for epoxy on the ends of the legs to make sure no water wicks into the end grain.
Photo: Russell Jensen
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where are the plans for this as a member ??
I built this bench for our local Relay for Life silent auction out of Cypress. Nice design. Have read that it was not comfortable, however, do not find it uncomfortable at all (I'm only 5'6"). Bult it in about a week and a half in the evenings after work. Favorite part was making the tenon on the arm rest. Not difficult, just made you think a little bit.
I built this bench for our local Relay for Life silent auction out of Cypress. Nice design. Have read that it was not comfortable, however, do not find it uncomfortable at all (I'm only 5'6"). Bult it in about a week and a half in the evenings after work. Favorite part was making the tenon on the arm rest. Not difficult, just made you think a little bit.
I am building this bench from Black Locus. The plans and templates are fine but I am disappointed that there was not a note to keep one from making a stupid mistake. The mistake I made was to not recognize when using the templates that the legs are mirror images e.g. left and right and therefore you need to be careful when cutting mortises that you don't wind up with two left legs.
I now that all your experienced woodworkers would never make such a stupid mistake.
O well need to cut out another rear leg.
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