She took longer than I wanted her too. But like a baby in the womb–no matter how much you coax her, plead with her, and beg of her, you can’t rush the moment she’s born (barring pitocin).
And at 8:07 PM on May 2nd, she arrived…
56 pounds, 22 ounces (totally just made that up), 66 inches long (not made up), solid pine with a redwood finish.
Only a month ago, she was nothing more than this…
…an vision in my mind and on Taunton Press’ Website.
I bought the wood on March 31st. Now she had substance–matter–wood! I stickered and let her acclimate to my garage for two weeks while I did my landscaping.
Two weeks later, I cut the pieces into rough shape.
She began to have recognizable form.
For the next two weeks, I spent every day after work shaping this beaut.
And most weekends…
I’d guess I put about 30-40 hours into her (more time than on my marriage, I’m afraid…..sorry Amber!).
But she’s here. And I’m one happy daddy.
Hmm, how could this be, Russel Jensen was contructing exactly the same bench for “Fine Woodworking” in the year 2008, http://www.tauntonstore.com/fww-planjapanese-garden-bench-011231.html and 7 year later, you had, obviously independently, exact the same idea. A miracle.
Thanks for stopping by, Sam. It seems you missed my previous post where I link to Taunton Press. But, I see where the confusion comes from. I updated the blog post with another link. Thanks again!
Oh, I was just confused because I came through Google just to this site, now it makes sense. Thanks
And nice work
Thanks! Glad you stopped by!
Dustin, the bench looks great. I just got the plans myself and was a bit discouraged not to find a board ft. estimate. Do you have a round about figure of how many board feet the bench was with waste?
I wish I could help! But I just used a bunch of 2x12s I had lying around the shop. I heard rumors there’s a sketchup CAD model out there. If you get a hold of that, you could have it estimate things for you.
Good luck!
Thanks for the reply. I’ll keep searching for the CAD drawing. The redwood looks great to, may go with that myself!
It’s actually pressure-treated pine that I stained a redwood color. It’s holding up beautifully (despite an exceptionally rainy spring).
Good luck!