I just wanted to quickly show my latest creation. It's a walnut bench with a Danish Cord seat. Built with a combination of handtools and powertools. All surfaces were handplaned, and not sanded. The weaving is of course done by hand and follwed the instructions on Finewoodworking.com.
The finish is walnut oil from the supermarket's salad dressing aisle. I don't normally mind using sapwood, though in this bench I don't really like how it came out on the front rail. I think it should have more contrast to get away with it.
The weaving of the cord was tougher on the hands than I thought it would be and the result is somewhat less tight than i hoped for, but overall, I am pretty satisfied with it.
cheers,
Vincent
Apologies for the grainy quality of the picture.