Split top slab bench

[Mauri Motti]

Split top slab bench

A commissioned project that I shot on video. Interested in your thoughts and comments.

Kind regards, Mauri

 

[Stephen B]

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Simply excellent high quality crafting. Congratulations. Video too!

 

[deepcreek]

Mauri,

I'm a furniture maker and I found this very inspiring.  Exceptional craftsmanship.

Can you elaborate on the finish?  It looked like you were brushing on something from OSMO and then topcoating.  I use OSMO Polyx for some of my pieces but rub it in with white 3M pads.

I love your shop.  That European equipment is sweet!

Thanks,

Joe

 

[BMH]

Very nice job thank you for posting

 

[Mauri Motti]

Mauri,

I'm a furniture maker and I found this very inspiring.  Exceptional craftsmanship.

Can you elaborate on the finish?  It looked like you were brushing on something from OSMO and then topcoating.  I use OSMO Polyx for some of my pieces but rub it in with white 3M pads.

I love your shop.  That European equipment is sweet!

Thanks,

Joe

That is Osmo 1101 and I apply it because it makes the grain pop a lot more then when only applying a top coat or two or three alone. The topcoat is Osmo 3062 which is a matt finish that I like better (is less yellow) than the 3032, which is a satin finish and shows more yellow, though it is also like the 3064 sold as colourless. (This "yellowing" in my experience is especially noticeable on Oak and less noticeable on darker woods like walnut). Btw, generally speaking I like to apply Osmo with their "special" roller brush but due to the split top, which I didn't want to finish prior glue-up, I used hplv.

Thanks Joe!
Regards, Mauri

 

[Dogberryjr]

Beautiful piece of work.

 

[jmarkflesher]

If you had to guess how many $$$$$$'s for all tools in shop? MARK

 

[JayStPeter]

Nice Job  [thumbs up]

 

[roblg3]

Looks fantastic!  Will it be interior or exterior?  Who was the designer?

 

[Sparktrician]

That's just sweet, Mauro!!! 

 

[dltflt]

Great video and a beautiful piece of furniture.

 

[Mauri Motti]

If you had to guess how many $$$$$$'s for all tools in shop? MARK

Well.. You raised a question, now make a guess...

 

[Mauri Motti]

Looks fantastic!  Will it be interior or exterior?  Who was the designer?

Interior, in a master bedroom. The customer provided a sketch with dimensions but left details like finish, joinery, choice of wood (though red/ brown) etc. for me to decide. They based their sketch on their existing headboard.

 

[BristolDan]

Stunning finished work!

 

[avanderhoorn]

WOW great work!

Couple of questions.... What do you use to clean up the dried glue... was it a scraper and then plane (what type of scraper)?

When you use the router to joint the sides, what router piece you use, how "flat" is the bottom, etc, etc. I've been looking for a video that goes in dept into this method of jointing (as I don't have a jointer and its going to be a while before I get one) but haven't found a good one yet. Any recommendations or any chance you could make one?

Again great work!!!

 

[BPCFinishing]

Amazing work on the piece and the video!  I felt like I could've watched an hour of that!

 

[Mauri Motti]

WOW great work!

Couple of questions.... What do you use to clean up the dried glue... was it a scraper and then plane (what type of scraper)?

When you use the router to joint the sides, what router piece you use, how "flat" is the bottom, etc, etc. I've been looking for a video that goes in dept into this method of jointing (as I don't have a jointer and its going to be a while before I get one) but haven't found a good one yet. Any recommendations or any chance you could make one?

Again great work!!!

Cleaning up glue: depends what i'm working on and which glue i'm using. Might be just saw dust in some cases but when working on fine furniture mineral spirits (just a dampened rag) or, as in the video, just water.(dampened rag again) Also in the vid i'm using titebond and cleans up with water really well.

Router bit: It's a CMT 12mm shank and about 40 or so mm wide (1,5 inch) If you're interested I can give you the item nr tomorrow. (in bed now.. [embarassed]) BUT!! I'm using this bit only in the OF2200 and wouldn't do otherwise, meaning you need some heft! With the 2200 taking 1 or 2 mm in one pass can safely be done even when climb-cutting. When I purchased the bit a year and a half ago or so, I actually called Festool Finland to ask them about their recommendations on how to dail in the speed on the router for this router bit. Full speed isn't a problem as long as you don't feel the router slowing down very much they told me. And it doesn't. Even if you could hear the motor changing the sound somewhat the torque remains the same. It's an expensive bit but the interchangeable insert knives make it totally worth it.

As you may have seen in the vid, I do have a jointer/ planer but not as wide as the sides of the bench required. I didn't want to cut them in two parts to then plane them and glue them back together. Therefore the routersled. Hate the clean-up after though..

Thanks!

 

[Mauri Motti]

Stunning finished work!

Thanks and  [welcome] to the FOG! It's addictive you know.. [big grin]

 

[Billedis]

Mauri, that is beautiful work and the video was fantastic as well.  Thank you so much for sharing.  Bill

 

[AlexThePalex]

That's a great video, enjoyed it. You shot and edited it very well. And same execution on the table, which became a very good looking piece. And then all those nice toys you have.

[thumbs up]