David Marks Bench Complete

[Dev Emch]

First of all, the pedestals are great. They look like you used a type of granite stone. Really Cool.

Secondly, how do you guys keep things so clean and neat! My bedroom looks like katrina rampaged a tool crib! My ultimate dream is to get things looking as neat and clean as your bedroom.

[Roger Myers]

Jay,
That bench came out beautiful.... love the combination of materials, and as Mark said, nothing can be taken away, and nothing should be added...except my compliments to your craftsmenship!

[Kent Cori]

Great job Jay! I really like the design too.

[Steve Wargo]

Excellent piece. having seen the episode I think you did a great job. Everything looks crisp and clean.

[Charles Bruno]

Very nice Jay! Good Job on the patina. Where did you find the chemicals for it?

[Marc Ward]

I am doing the same project. Also using Sapele. The top is done except for the mortises. The post are done, and the bases are getting their 3 week patina treatment now.

Did you wait three weeks as instructed?

I finished my bench with Seal-a-Cell CLEAR and Arm-R-Seal.

I had a devil of a time getting the copper onto the bases. Did you have problems? What did you use? I have at least three different adhesives in there...hope they hold.

I did not put copper on the bottom, either. I did not carve the wooden supports...just made them out of scrap mahogony and used the same finish as the bench.

I did buy all the chemical and mixed up a witch's brew according to his instructions. Will be anxious to see how this turns out.

Will post pics upon completion.

ps: you bench is beautiful and the patina is great....hoping to get similar results.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Great job, Jay. I really like the combination of materials, and the clean, simple lines. Although I really like seeing the more traditional furniture built by others here on the Creek, my personal tastes run a bit more towards the contemporary side of things, and this bench is indeed that.

Thanks for posting -

- Vaughn

[Jay Knoll]

Marc, I look forward to seeing your bench! Interesting that we both used Sapele, I had never heard of it before but the new local "exotic wood" dealer said I wouldn't be disappointed, I got it for $3.75 a board foot.

Yes, I waited the full three weeks on the patina, I turned the bundles over each day to keep the liquid evenly distributed.

I used West System Epoxy to glue the copper to the bases, I roughed it up with 40 grit and wiped it down with Acetone before I glued them on. I had a bit of "pop off" on the edges of the copper when I was trimming the adjacent edges, the first time was the worst because I hadn't thought to use a backer board. But even with the backer board I had a few other occurences. I injected CYA in those areas, put a piece of wax paper on the copper and clamped in place. Everything stayed tight.

Jay

[Jay Knoll]

Marc, I look forward to seeing your bench! Interesting that we both used Sapele, I had never heard of it before but the new local "exotic wood" dealer said I wouldn't be disappointed, I got it for $3.75 a board foot.

Yes, I waited the full three weeks on the patina, I turned the bundles over each day to keep the liquid evenly distributed.

I used West System Epoxy to glue the copper to the bases, I roughed it up with 40 grit and wiped it down with Acetone before I glued them on. I had a bit of "pop off" on the edges of the copper when I was trimming the adjacent edges, the first time was the worst because I hadn't thought to use a backer board. But even with the backer board I had a few other occurences. I injected CYA in those areas, put a piece of wax paper on the copper and clamped in place. Everything stayed tight.

Jay

[Jay Knoll]

Marc, I look forward to seeing your bench! Interesting that we both used Sapele, I had never heard of it before but the new local "exotic wood" dealer said I wouldn't be disappointed, I got it for $3.75 a board foot.

Yes, I waited the full three weeks on the patina, I turned the bundles over each day to keep the liquid evenly distributed.

I used West System Epoxy to glue the copper to the bases, I roughed it up with 40 grit and wiped it down with Acetone before I glued them on. I had a bit of "pop off" on the edges of the copper when I was trimming the adjacent edges, the first time was the worst because I hadn't thought to use a backer board. But even with the backer board I had a few other occurences. I injected CYA in those areas, put a piece of wax paper on the copper and clamped in place. Everything stayed tight.

Jay

[Jay Knoll]

Sorry for the multiple posts everyone, guess it is the result of the screen freeze that someone mentioned in the support forum. The same thing happened to me and I thought I had made a mistake in posting so I kept trying! Looks like it worked!

Jay

[Jim Becker]

I'm with David, Jay...outstanding!

[Chris Padilla]

We need more smilies...especially a "thumb up" one! If I contribute a few more dollars can we get some more smilies??