Popular Woodworking 2000-04 № 114, страница 30

tises. You'll notice that the mortises on the two adjacent sides meet in the middle of the leg. This means you'll have to miter your tenons on down the road.

Now lay out and cut the through-mortises on the back legs. The through-mortises for the top rail measure V2"-thick x 5V4" -wide. The through-mortises for the bottom rail measure V2"-thick x 2"-wide. Now cut your tenons and miter the ones for the lower case. To clean out the area between the two tenons on the lower case

SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS! GARDEN STORAGE BENCH

No. 2 2 4 4

Item

Front legs Back legs

Front/back pieces* Side pieces* Top rail** Bot.rail** Rear seat piece Front seat piece Seat support Slat supports Slats

Dimensions T W L 1 '/2" x 1 '/2" x 16" 1 '/2" x 1 '/2" x 34" 1" x 7'/4" x 45" 1" x 7'/4" x 18" 1" x 7'/4" x 47³/4" 1" x 4" x 47³/4" 1" x 6" x 48" 1" x 14" x 48" 1" x 3" x l6³/4" 1 l/i" x 1 l/i" x 42" W x 3" x l6³/4"

* 1" mitered tenon on both ends, included in measurement ** 2³/8" through-tenon on both ends, included in measurement

pieces, use a backsaw and a coping saw.

Cut the 2" arches on the front, sides and back pieces using a band saw. Clean up your work with sandpaper. Now locate where the center seat support will go and cut biscuit slots to hold it in place. Sand everything to 150 grit.

Assembly

After first dry-assembling your bench, glue up the bench in stages. First glue up the front pieces between the front legs and the back pieces between the back legs. I recommend polyure-thane glue here for two reasons. One, it's quite weather-resistant; and two, it has a long open time, which helps with this glue-up. Put glue in the mortises only, and be stingy. You don't want a lot of foamy squeeze-out. After the glue has cured, glue the side pieces and center seat support between the front

Material

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Redwood

Cedar

Cedar

7/8"-

1/2"*=

Plan

46"

Lee Valley Tools 800-871-8158

3 Hand-forged hinges (1" x 6'/2") • item # 0IA59.5I • $5.60 each

and back leg assemblies.

Screw the two slat support pieces to the inside of the frame (one on the front, one on the back). Then screw the eight slats to the supports with about 2¹/2" between each slat. Once that's done, peg all the mortises. I used V4" x V4" x 1V4" strips of walnut. First drill a ¹/4" hole that's 1¹/s" deep. Carve the walnut strips round on one end, then hammer them home. Cut the waste flush.

Now work on the seat. Notch the rear seat piece around the legs. Attach it to the frame using cleats and screws. Then attach the front seat piece to the rear seat piece using the hand-forged hinges from Lee Valley. These are rustic, inexpensive but of excellent quality. You'll need to scare up some equally rustic screws to attach the hinges. I used some old #7 x 1" flathead screws. PW

^7/8'W^{1 1/2}"

fn

1 ¹/2"-

3" 5 ¹/4" 3 ³/4"

2"

Elevation

43"

46"

1 1/2"

2"

7 1/4"

1 3/4" 4"

7 ¹/4"

¹/4" 7 1/4" 1 ¹/4".

34"

34"

'[1 1/2"

16"

1 1/2

■t

19"

Profile