How to Build a Super Sturdy and Cost Effective Garden Bench \\ Home Decor \\ Woodworking Challenge

a few weeks ago Jeff from the weekend DIY er threw down a challenge to build a garden bench you know what Jeff I love a challenge let's do it let's go have some fun [Music] welcome to the white lab workshop I'm Brent and for this challenge I looped in my wife Amy from the white lab house to come up with a design she found something she liked on Pinterest and I made a quick sketch to keep track of my dimensions this garden bench is gonna live indoors rather than actually out in the garden so it's more of a garden inspired bench so I used construction lumber instead of something more wrought resistance if you like this design and want to build one for outdoor use I'd suggest using something like western red cedar for more durability my favorite part of this project was teaming up with one of my shop buddies who's here with me to describe what we did hi I'm the shop buddy this design is simple and only calls for three different lengths that can be cut from three two by fours the top is made from three pieces cut at 46 inches he picked out the best-looking sections of boards for the top because that's what you see first [Music] [Music] next we and when I say we I mean me measured out four pieces at 17 and a half inches for vertical sections of leg assemblies my dad set up a stop block for me and I made the cuts so I guess it was we after all [Music] [Music] [Music] last but not least we did the horizontal sections of the leg assemblies four pieces at ten inches [Music] [Music] for the leg assemblies I wanted to get rid of the construction lumber edges to make cleaner connections with the joints I took off one edge then set up for a 3-inch rip for the other edge [Music] if you like me and love watching and doing woodworking please consider subscribing and hitting the belt keep watching my awesome self and I guess my dad too [Music] [Music] I just had to sweep up the sawdust off the table saw because it's too satisfying to not do it I can't be the only one right funny finger emoji I [Laughter] wanted a stable leg assembly so I opted for using my tenoning jig to cut rabbets to use for lap joints I set the saw blade to slightly less than the width of the jointed piece I'll clean out that last extra a little bit with that second cut [Music] I wanted to make a cut in the middle of the board but my tenoning jig came up just a touch shy of letting me do that it was good enough for me though [Music] after the tenoning jig out comes the crosscut sled to finish cutting out the rabbit [Music] I used the adjoining piece to measure so that the outside of the blade lines up with the outside of the piece then I set my stop block [Music] as I said at the top of the video this challenge came from Jeff over at the weekend DIY er Jeff is a good dude who shares his wide range of DIY projects aimed at hobbyists and DIYs out there I'll leave a link to his video below so you can see where this challenge came from to give Jeff some well-deserved support [Music] [Music] I wanted to make sure I didn't overdo the depth on either of the cuts so I cleaned up the joints with a chisel [Music] so now that the boring stuff is out of the way now it's time to get to everyone's favorite part of woodworking sanding so I made my dad step out of the way so I could handle the fun part [Music] since I do all the work around here my dad made me mark 3/4 of an inch at the end of the wood so we know where the screws go because we plan to leave the screws challenge [Music] [Laughter] [Music] there we go now you just have to hold it [Music] [Laughter] [Music] time to glue the leg assemblies we glued them clamped them and screwed them into place [Music] [Music] I'll take that [Music] for the top pieces my dad positioned them as evenly and squirrelly as he could then he pre-drilled and screwed them down [Music] my dad tested it out with a super awkward sit and wiggle test followed by a loud clap for the finish my wife wanted a two-tone look so I took it apart again and gave the leg assemblies a coat of a nice and dark stain we're still trying to decide what to put on it for a final ceiling coat probably some water-based poly [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and boom a garden bench thanks again to Jeff at the weekend DIY for challenging me to build this bad boy I hope you had as much fun watching this build as my daughter and I did filming and editing it in the spirit of keeping the challenge going I'm gonna reach across the pond and challenge my buddy Sean in the shed over in the UK Sean let's see what you come up with for a garden bench [Music] let us know how we did with this one by leaving a comment below and if you like these symbol builds for around the house we've queued up a playlist for you to check out we'll see you over there bye [Music]

Channel: White Lab Workshop

Views: 138,025

Keywords: woodworking, white lab workshop

Id: 2jhq1uHAxkA

Length: 13min 53sec (833 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 14 2020