plans for a commemorative bench please

[mel]

has anyone got any plans for a commemorative bench
got to be nice looking , extremely strong

how can a website have to much information
i've searched using the search button , but it comes up 2778 matches
mostly your work benches that you have been building
haven't got time to go through them.

it will be built out of iroko or oak {teak to expensive }
links to sites with plans most welcome

regards
mel

 

[Shultzy]

I have some, in old woodworking mags, but I suppose they are copywrited?

 

[mel]

i gave all my old mags to mailee
i suppose hes still wadeing through them

those mags brought back memories thou
jim kingshot , david savage , woodcut trading company ......................

 

[Roger]

Here's a few useful examples with some half decent information and pictures:

Benches

More

More still

I don't know if you'll find any plans online - a little too specialist maybe?

 

[mel]

thanks roger
thats along the lines of what i was thinking
mel

 

[garywayne]

Hi mel.

Couldn't you search for your bench from the "Image" search page off the Google front page.

I hope this is of some help.

 

[Taffy Turner]

Norm has a set of plans for a lovely Leuytens (spelling???) bench - plans available form Brimarc I should think.

I doesn't look like a project for the faint of heart though!

Regards

Gary

 

[mel]

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:38 am Post subject:

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I doesn't look like a project for the faint of heart though

its OK gary
im a proffesional :shock: :shock:

 

[mel]

gary and gary just come across this

http://www.teak4less.co.uk/benches/luty ... od_18.html

remarkable price
dont think you could buy the wood for that price
and it would certainly tip the scales with my time

 

[martlewis]

gary and gary just come across this

http://www.teak4less.co.uk/benches/luty ... od_18.html

remarkable price
dont think you could buy the wood for that price
and it would certainly tip the scales with my time

Remarkably similar to the one Norm made, in fact it looks identical!

 

[mel]

whos norm ????

 

[martlewis]

whos norm ????

Norm Abram

 

[martlewis]

Try this: Lutyens Bench

 

[Jake]

remarkable price
dont think you could buy the wood for that price

If that's real teak, I'm my own grandmother.

 

[mel]

jake
i'm sure there are different grades of teak
what gets imported here is just too expensive , irrelevant of which grade

mart
was just winding you about the norm thing , got a couple of his books somewhere
but i do wish that so many people wouldn't bow to him as some sort of god
his practices are dodgy to say the least , i'm sure hes a nice bloke
and hes a good tv presenter for the american/canadian viewers
but here in england, amputees are taken very seriously after the event

most of his workshop is now filled with delta gear and its all from sponsorship , haven't seen the programme in a long time ,so i'm not up to speed with who is and who isn't sponsoring the programme

hard hat on ready for the barrage and flying comments from the normites

 

[Jake]

I'm sure there are as many different species that get called teak as get called mahogany.

 

[martlewis]

lol I have to agree about his method and especially the half hour adverts (sorry I meant shows) that he does.

I think it comes down to a serious lack of talent on British TV. The camera work and the way he explains things are very good in my opinion. Makes a nice change to see the work in progress rather than lots of arty shots and camera movement.

I've learned a lot from his shows. There was a time I would have run a mile if someone had suggested using mortice and tenons!!!

There is a solution to all this...

UKworkshop TV!!!!!

Let's start our own TV show :lol: We could take over prime time TV.

 

[martlewis]

most of his workshop is now filled with delta gear and its all from sponsorship , haven't seen the programme in a long time ,so i'm not up to speed with who is and who isn't sponsoring the programme

And as for sponsorship, who can blame him. Somebody can sponsor my workshop any day. Fill it with brand new tools and I'll happily tell the world they're the best

 

[Shultzy]

The last person I saw on tv making anything in wood was Richard Blizzard, and he was responsible for rekindling my interest in woodwork.

 

[bobscarle]

Mel

Putting aside all the things Norm does that we do not like, he has plans for an English Garden Bench which may be something like what you are looking for.

http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?212

Bob