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17th Century Bench

 

17th Century Bench

This is a sturdy English bench of the Jacobean period. The original would have been in oak. In this period, these benches were sometimes used as tables. Thus we have been using our reproduction as a coffee table in front of the living room couch. My reference for this piece is Verna Cook Salomonsky's "Masterpieces of Furniture".

17th Century Bench Design Documents
17th Century Bench Design Documents
$40.00

Included is one multi-page 8 1/2 x 11 document showing all dimensioned components and various orthographic, perspective, and x-ray views. It also provides all the details of the joinery and carving design. This also shows all the full-size templates.

Read more about this piece here.

The bench has an ornamental floral band of Renaissance design carved into the apron. Also, there are inlaid woods (holly and ebony) in the stretchers and the end aprons. 

I used Modesto Ash as the primary wood and finished with linseed oil and seedlac.

 
This is the introduction to the construction of the 17th C. Bench. This is an English Jacobean piece.

Introduction

This video introduces the construction of the 17th Century Bench.

This shows preparation of turned legs prior to marking out of the mortises.

Planing the legs

This video shows preparation of turned legs prior to marking out of the mortises.

Uploaded by KillenWOOD on 2018-04-15.

Marking Leg Mortises

This video shows how to mark out the leg mortises.

This shows how I make the mortises in the 17th C. Bench Legs. The side mortises are angled due to the Leg splay, so squaring and cleaning the mortises is done at that angle.

Making the mortises

This video shows how I make the mortises in the legs. The side mortises are angled due to the leg splay, so squaring and cleaning the mortises is done at that angle.

This shows the procedure for cutting tenons on the Bench Aprons and Stretchers

cutting tenons

This shows the procedure for cutting tenons on the bench aprons and stretchers.

This shows a tenon fitting process on the 17th C. Bench

Tenon Fitting

This shows a tenon fitting process.

This shows how to size the small angled Apron on the 17th C. Bench.

Angled Apron Sizing

This shows how to size the small angled Apron.

This shows a procedure for molding the shape of the Side Apron Face.

Shaping the Side Apron

This shows a procedure for molding the shape of the Side Apron Face.

This shows a procedure for molding the shape of the Side Stretcher face

Shaping the Side Stretcher

This shows a procedure for molding the shape of the Side Stretcher face.

This shows a procedure for cutting the triangular inlay pieces that are a decoration in the Stretchers and Aprons

Cutting Triangular Inlay Pieces

This shows a procedure for cutting the triangular inlay pieces that are a decoration in the Stretchers and Aprons.

This shows a procedure using hot hide glue for gluing the triangular inlay pieces to the Stretchers

Gluing Triangular Inlay to Front Stretcher

This shows a procedure using hot hide glue for gluing the triangular inlay pieces to the Stretchers.

This shows a procedure using hot hide glue for gluing the triangular inlay pieces to the Side Aprons

Gluing Triangular Inlay to Side Aprons

This shows a procedure using hot hide glue for gluing the triangular inlay pieces to the Side Aprons.

Here is the procedure I used to transfer the carving design to the Apron

Transferring the Carving Design

Here is the procedure I used to transfer the carving design to the Apron.

This shows the procedure for outlining the carving design with a V tool

Outlining the Carving

This shows the procedure for outlining the carving design with a V tool.

This shows the procedure for rough "grounding" the carving design using a trim router on the 17th C Bench

Grounding the Carving

This shows the procedure for rough "grounding" the carving design using a trim router.