Nice work on the bench. A few questions.

Getting the pins right on dovetails like that can be tricky. You have
to remove so much material before getting to the final sizing cut.
What methods\tools did you use? Did you remove material first or cut
it all with the same bit?

How is the top done, attached, etc? I suppose that quilted part is
veneered over something. Is there some consideration for expansion.
Those long rails might get a bit longer in the summer.

Really nice job with the poly. I agree it is best for a working piece
like a bench but so fricking hard to get it to look nice and still
feel like wood.

BW



On Jun 22, 7:28 am, damian penney wrote:
On Jun 22, 12:12 am, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:





Stretchers are not always structural. They can be for asthetic. A 40"
tall table can be a bit spindly but a console table won't take much
racking I'd assume; just sitting cuetly behind the couch or aong the
wall holding up a nice vase and a picture frame.

Consider this, I made this writing table with only a 2 1/4" apron
pocket screwed to the legs and some additional corner blocks across
the aprons under the top, My daughters have had their computer,
printer and hundreds of hours of homework, even sitting on the darn
thing and it ain't broke yet, though it could.http://www.sonomaproducts.com/Graphics/VE-WT-Large.gif

You won't need any stretchers. Depending on the material and how its
implemented the legs could bow, bend, curve but I don't think you have
any structural problem. If we are talking Oak or Cherry or something,
1 1/2 square ain't gona pull or twist or bow unless you mill them in a
severe moisture state.

On Jun 21, 4:32 pm, damian penney wrote:

When designing a console table how do you determine whether or not you
need a stretcher at the bottom of the legs? Is there some kind of rule
of thumb, guidelines? My legs will be 1 1/2" square and made of
walnut, dovetailed to the top rail/stiles and mortised to the rail/
stile below a drawer about 4" down. Leg length is about 40".

Perfect, thanks I'm making a matching console table to this entry
bench I madehttp://www.penney.org/benchgallery3/index.htmthe entry
bench is about 34" long, and about 20" high, the console table will be
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