Here is my first project I feel is worth posting here since I got back into woodworking a few years ago.
It's a dupe of this bench, but I used rift sawn oak instead of teak. I was surprised when I priced out teak lumber it was a significant way towards just buying the bench! I went with Domino butt joints instead of finger joints to simplify it, also I don't have a table saw and dado blades. This is my first extensive use of the Domino and it really helped with alignment and glue ups.
It took a lot more planning than I'm used to for the orders of operations of chamfering, glue up, and finishing, since there were so many different inside corners and small gaps. I did some prefinishing before glue up.
I usually use Polyxoil but went with Rubio Monocoat for the first time. 5% white to try and minimize the ambering effect. I like the color, although I wish it had less of a tendency for the pigment to highlight the grain unpredictably. It doesn't feel as smooth as when I use Polyxoil, I guess because the instructions said to only sand up to 120 grit. I may go back and sand the high touch surfaces with 220 grit and reapply Rubio. The Rubio was much easier to finish and with so many tight spots I was glad to only need one application.
It's a dupe of this bench, but I used rift sawn oak instead of teak. I was surprised when I priced out teak lumber it was a significant way towards just buying the bench! I went with Domino butt joints instead of finger joints to simplify it, also I don't have a table saw and dado blades. This is my first extensive use of the Domino and it really helped with alignment and glue ups.
It took a lot more planning than I'm used to for the orders of operations of chamfering, glue up, and finishing, since there were so many different inside corners and small gaps. I did some prefinishing before glue up.
I usually use Polyxoil but went with Rubio Monocoat for the first time. 5% white to try and minimize the ambering effect. I like the color, although I wish it had less of a tendency for the pigment to highlight the grain unpredictably. It doesn't feel as smooth as when I use Polyxoil, I guess because the instructions said to only sand up to 120 grit. I may go back and sand the high touch surfaces with 220 grit and reapply Rubio. The Rubio was much easier to finish and with so many tight spots I was glad to only need one application.
