| Project by griph0n | posted 03-18-2011 08:49 PM | 3954 views | 3 times favorited | 5 comments |  |
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My wife says either I have to meditate or she does. I’d just sit and think about the shop, so it’s probably going to get used more by her.
Mostly hand tools again, a little work with the bandsaw. Scraps of maple, birch and the dreaded, never to be used again, purpleheart. A simple Danish Oil finish.
The curved legs work well for adjusting posture and apparently you can rock as you sit. The top is a little heavy and makes the stool a little awkard to flip around one handed, but it feels solid and grounded when you sit on it. It started out with a thin seat but a problem with an attempt at through tenons nearly ended with it getting thrown across the shop. I guess this is meditation MKII.
Now just sit and breathe…. hmmmmm where’s the smell of sawdust?
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richgreer
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#1 posted 03-19-2011 02:51 PM
Sometimes I sit and think. Sometimes I just sit.
-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.
saddletramp
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#2 posted 03-19-2011 03:57 PM
That’s a very nice bench. Unique!
Here’s a pix of my meditation bench, not nearly as nice as yours.
Some times I sit and think, others I …..............let’s not go there.
-- ♫♪♪♫♫ Saddletramp, saddletramp, I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please, saddletramp ♪♪♪♫♪ ...... Bob W....NW Michigan (Traverse City area)
Bluepine38
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#3 posted 03-19-2011 05:09 PM
Nice bench for a good purpose. I made a similar one for my oldest son using a drawing he sent as a
blueprint, after seeing yours, I think I may have made the curved bottom on his a little too round, but
he likes it. Thank you for sharing.
-- As ever, Gus-the 80 yr young apprentice carpenter
yooper
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#4 posted 03-19-2011 11:55 PM
Really nice bench, but what really impressed me was the number of clamps hanging on your shop wall!
-- Jeff, CT - keep calm and make sawdust
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#5 posted 02-08-2012 04:04 AM
I would have put a lot of thought into it before attempting to sit, could be fatal!
-- "ButI'mMuchBetterNow"
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