Laminated ply bench

[VW mick]

Hi

Just a few pictures of my progress so far on the laminated end panel for a bench seating area a friend of mine has asked me to build.

This also includes a dinning table top which he is buying some metal legs for. The table top is literally 2 layers of birch ply laminated together. I only really included it as it shows how I reduced a sheet down to create the strips ending up with the top sized piece leftover

Hope this makes sense as my posts including pictures always get a little confusing [attachimg=1]
Boring picture but I had to start somewhere 2 sheets of birch faced ply clamped together [attachimg=2]
I ripped 2 sheets at a time just used a combination square to set the rail each time (I'm sure I need something from woodpeckers to do this)
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Then cross cut the sheets in the same way
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Ended up with this
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Quite pleased with the consistency of the rips and there is no pressure on the ruler probably would be better if I pressed down on it (but was holding the camera)
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Then glued and screwed the table slab together
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This one shows how I managed to alternate the veneer. Not sure if it matters
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All glued up. We shall see how it turned out in the morning

Thanks Mick

 

[VW mick]

Update

Did a little bit more today [attachimg=1]
Unclamped slab
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Cut to size [attachimg=3]
RO 125 with 60 grit granat and a little bit of smoothing plane
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I am pleased with the results so far
The rest of the bench will be just cutting a few sheets up so no need to post much of that

Thanks Mick

 

[VW mick]

I am really pleased with the way the ply laminations show up on the angled front edge

Also you can see on the bench the other end wich will be partly behind a column so I didn't feel the need to make another re laminated slab

Mick

 

[Vondawg]

Looks cool ! Hope to see bench finished and if there were any problems.

 

[GarryMartin]

Looking good  [thumbs up]

 

[bkharman]

I am really pleased with the way the ply laminations show up on the angled front edge

Also you can see on the bench the other end wich will be partly behind a column so I didn't feel the need to make another re laminated slab

Mick

I was going to make the same comment. That angle produced a nice effect. Looking forward to more posts!

Cheers. Bryan.

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[Cheese]

I'll make it 3 votes for the angled front.  [cool]  Nice job!

 

[bkharman]

I am really pleased with the way the ply laminations show up on the angled front edge

Also you can see on the bench the other end wich will be partly behind a column so I didn't feel the need to make another re laminated slab

Mick

Hey Mick!  Any new progress on this?  Curious to see the final results.

Cheers. Bryan.

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[#Tee]

looking nice and modern!

 

[Jasonj888]

Great design idea.

 

[VW mick]

[member=21412]bkharman[/member]

Sorry mate I've been away the last 2 weekends and I have spent no time in the shop

Will be working all next weekend on it though

Also I've been waiting for a window to be fitted to get the height confirmed

I will update soon

Thanks Mick

 

[VW mick]

An update

I've done a bit this week [attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
All the rails cut up and tops and front panels
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A couple of easy jigs
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All the formers and ends done
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Have I over complicated this? 17 individual pieces of ply for this end panel
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Oh and a few pocket holes

Mick

 

[Neal W]

This will be interesting to see how it looks when it is finished. 

Neat project.

 

[Steven Owen]

It looks sharp.  You were lucky enough to find a knot free birch plywood.  It’s too bad I live in Canada.  It would be hard to make a birch plywood bench that would last more than a couple of winters outdoors.

 

[#Tee]

It looks sharp.  You were lucky enough to find a knot free birch plywood.  It’s too bad I live in Canada.  It would be hard to make a birch plywood bench that would last more than a couple of winters outdoors.

the way hes using the plywood does it matter if it was knot free or not lol

 

[Steven Owen]

It looks sharp.  You were lucky enough to find a knot free birch plywood.  It’s too bad I live in Canada.  It would be hard to make a birch plywood bench that would last more than a couple of winters outdoors.

the way hes using the plywood does it matter if it was knot free or not lol

When you have so many stores trying to push low grade birch you can’t help but notice when someone finds some pretty birch boards.

 

[VW mick]

Hi guys

Sorry for the slow progress (I do have a job)

But I have finished the bench

A couple of build picks and the finished article I did make a dinning table as well

But it wasn’t very interesting as a build so didn’t post much
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[VW mick]

Just to add the shot of the CSX that drill is just so nice for the small screws like the no4s for the piano hinge

I wouldn’t use any thing else now

Mick

 

[VW mick]

Couple more build shots I found just to show how I over complicated things [attachimg=1][attachimg=2]

Mick

 

[antss]

That's pretty cool looking.  Your friend is a really lucky fella.

I especially like the pop up power grommet hidden in the corner.