Oak & mahogany bench

A birthday gift for my mother-in-law. Red oak planed down to 7/8" thick with 1" wide pieces of sapele mahogany in the middle of each panel. Band-sawn legs, aprons and stretcher. Legs are joined to the top with through-mortises and tenons. Aprons and stretcher are joined with 3/8" pocket holes and 1-1/4" fine-thread Kreg screws. Project was sanded to 220 (400 on the end grain), wet-sanded with 400-grit paper and tung oil (600 on the end grain), then given multiple coats of my BLO, tung oil, Arm-R-Seal, and mineral spirits blend.

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Comment by michael evans on April 22, 2014 at 6:42am: Sure would russ ha.

Comment by Russ Haynes on April 21, 2014 at 1:47pm: Thanks, guys! That's awesome Mike -- that would have been a picture to hang on the wall!

Comment by Matt Allen on April 21, 2014 at 12:50pm: Really Nice

Comment by michael evans on April 17, 2014 at 9:32am: Nice job on the bench russ ,particularly like the mahogany band .Once made a pair of medieval stocks for my mother in law but she would not get in them ha ,go steady.

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