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Finally got round to gluing the bench up, I've just the arm rests to make. Cut and glued the wood for the first arm rest but will need to wait until dry to use the clamps for the second one. http://s1068.photobucket.com/albums/u44 ... t=seat.jpg http://s1068.photobucket.com/albums/u44 ...

Nice work Davthy.Yes we have used the same plans,I am going to make my arm rests the same as your ones. I have been really busy at work this month and just can't get motivated to finish this project.All I need to do is glue it together and make the arm rests. :cry:

Yes, I think it's more for modelling and small projects.Only cost me £50 on ebay and was new,still in it's box. It done the job I bought it for though,and in time I will be hoping to replace all my tools with better quality.

Its a Sealey , it's a nice little drill but a bit on the small side if I ever decide to do some larger project.The travel is only 50mm.

It was after talking to a co worker who was retiring that got me thinking about woodwork. He told me he was going to spend his retirement woodworking as that was his passion.He told me about the machinery and tools that he had and some of the things he had made. I decided then that I would try...

The plans I downloaded are showing dowells through the mortice and tenons,but I thought they were do be drilled after the bench was built. I may drill them offset before I put it together as that seems a good idea as well as the one about the wedges. Thanks for the help,it's very much appreciated.

Thanks Andy,never even thought about reversed wedges.I think this is what I'll try.The bench all joins together fine so the wedge idea should be enough to hold it tight for gluing.Do you think it will be okay for keeping everything square after chapping in wedges?

The only thing holding me back now is I have no sash clamps whatsoever,so I will need to wait and try and get some on ebay,unless I can make my own out of a length of wood.So the final glue up will have to wait. :cry:

Finally got round to drilling the back slats for the dowells. Came up with this "u" shaped fixture screwed to the end of my bench. The slat then sits squarely in the fixture. The slat is then clamped to the bench and the dowelling jig. Slats can then be drilled squarely. Slats are then...

I drilled a trial piece 9mm and it was a bit slack on the dowells,so tried 8.5mm hole and fits the dowells lovely. I need to get off my bum and put the bench together again but seeing I'm on holiday I can't seem to find the motivation.I'll probably do it tomorrow. :(

The dowells are 8mm, would it be better for me to drill the holes in the slats 9mm for ease of fitting and lining up or do you think that would be to much clearance for the glue?

Starting to run a bit low on wood now,I had to use a piece with holes in it ,on the back cross member. I didn't realise that there would be so much waste. I've plugged one of the holes and sanded it and it's turned out ok.

After a while i have finally bought a small bench drill. I have dismantled the garden bench(ready to drill dowell holes),made a dowelling jig using bushes that someone at my work turned. I planed a bit of wood to the same thickness as the back slats and added the bushes to it. I've drilled the...

Standing itself at last. http://s1068.photobucket.com/albums/u44 ... =seat6.jpg

Thanks for your kind words,I'm sure other newbies like me will be encouraged to use this forum now. Instead of being so condescending,it would maybe have been better offering advice on how to post pictures.

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I still haven't got a clue how to get the pictures that are stored on my computer onto here. Any help greatly appreciated.

Today I managed to plug the mortices that I made the mistake on, I cut new mortices and dry fitted the sides of the bench. I have still to mortice inside the back legs to take the back of the bench and cut the 10 degree angle on the back legs.I will try and get the mortices finished tomorrow.

Hi everyone,I'm new to woodwork and have been reading these pages for months and also learning from you tube videos. I found plans on the internet for a garden bench,so have decided to have a go as my first project. They were demolishing secondary school round the corner from me so I asked them...

Thanks James, I was hoping someone would move this to the correct forum.