Building An Heirloom Bench In Walnut

[@ronnieahman6958]

Wow, what a fantastic piece. This will live on decades.

[@lorismith8887]

Beautiful furniture. There’s so much more to the build then one would think.

[@johna.9742]

As always Andy, great looking piece and great video of the process. I am 66 and have been woodworking (self taught I might add) for over 30 years, but I still get motivated by young experienced woodworkers such as you. Keep up the great work and thanks.

[@AndyRawls]

Thanks John!!!

[@johna.9742]

:)

[@PaleRider54]

At this point, I am still an aspiring furniture maker. I really appreciate the point of view you take, which is my goal as well, which is that the piece you are making is one you intend to last for generations. It's what I call heirloom furniture, because that is the ultimate goal. Quality craftsmanship should stand the test of time, even with use over the years.

[@burtreynolds5427]

I'm glad someone else has the same feeling about epoxy river tables

[@tomruth9487]

I will be happy when epoxy river tables go away. The whole live edge movement leaves me cold actually. Don't get me started.

[@burtreynolds5427]

tom ruth I don't mind the live edge movement. I think the simplicity of the Nakashima style furniture is as timeless as shaker furniture, but adding epoxy and other mixed materials in the mix is ridiculous and will fade over time. I think live edge connects people back to the natural world and that's why they like it, because most are stripped of it in there everyday lives.

[@tomruth9487]

@@burtreynolds5427 , Well you have a good point there about the live edge thing. That is a good side of it. I guess one thing, I feel like it uses up a large volume of lumber. If you notice the quality of slabs has gone down, just like the quality of a lot of hardwoods even some that are supposed to be sustainable.

[@mikebeacom4883]

tom ruth After the live edge fad passes, there's going to be a lot of well seasoned salvage lumber available.

[@tomruth9487]

@@mikebeacom4883 , Hahaha, yes indeed. I like they way you think.

[@Subsonic-cd2en]

Absolutely love the piece. If I had one criticism, it would be the joinery attaching the backrest to the rest of it. You took all this time using a very clever "housed" mortise and tenon, floating tenons, and all that wonderful shaping of the armrests and then you just glued the top few inches, drove a screw and a cut nail in to attach the backrest. Still, beautiful craftsmanship!

[@Craftswright]

OOOOOOH man, I've been accused of safety slips on my channel, but when you wiped off the dust at the router table with that straight bit going (5:17)......almost came out of my chair lol great video!

[@markbeiser]

I gasped a little.

[@hollewoodfurniture8190]

Beautiful piece! Love the design and especially since it's based off furniture from the greatest state in the world!

[@Coolride1000]

Beautiful piece. Excellent craftsmanship. Thanks for the video. 👍👍

[@MJ-nb1qn]

Classic, Beautiful, timeless. You nailed this piece. Thanks.

[@colinhawkins8265]

I hear you about the timelessness of furniture design. Right now I'm looking for a new bedroom set and it's so difficult to find stuff that isn't just following current trends (lots of upholstered headboards, which isn't for me.) I'd like to buy something and keep it for a long time and for me, that means picking something built solidly and designed a little more traditionally. I admire your craft and appreciate the designs you go with. Thanks for sharing with us, Andy.

[@donalddparker]

Great stuff. Love that piece and that band saw!!! Creative joinery - will definitely try that in the future. Thank!

[@DavidWaller123]

I've seen this furniture on your website and I'm so glad that you have finally showed us how it is built. It's a classic. Thanks.

[@robjohnston8083]

Thanks for posting Andy. I realise you're probably too busy , but this would be the sort of piece I and am sure others would be keen buy plans/tutorials for.

[@AndyRawls]

I’m actually excited to hear you bring that up! I’m working on offering plans and I’m thinking about including this bench. It’s a bit challenging because I would need to sell the jigs with it to make buildable.

[@adams5202]

@@AndyRawls I'd be happy to pay for both! Gorgeous piece!

[@williamellis8993]

Absolutely beautiful piece, Andy. That rail joint is unique. I've never seen anything like it before. Thanks for sharing.

[@nickyork8901]

Wow, a really fantastically elegant design, and the execution is amazing too.

[@akrafty1]

Great build! I love the use of machines and hand tools. It’s a great blend of skill and working smart to feed that family. Thanks for the content and I look forward to the next build.

[@cky2genrapper]

I found this piece to be rather beautiful. If i had money. I would buy one. And gift it to my mother and father. Maybe one day. But that is truly amazing. Keep up the good work. And the great videos.

[@sdcofer52]

Nice work Andy. The X-Carve is incredibly useful, I can see that the time it saves pays for it. I’ve done similar joints and it can take a lot of time and skill to get it right.

[@normanroberts9914]

It’s always a pleasure to watch A true craftsman excellent work look forward to the next one

[@mattbowers5342]

What a great piece! Thanks for sharing your methods, I have learned a ton from watching you work.

[@jakedevillier5863]

Awesome work Andy. I really love your style of furniture and videos.

[@mauriceryton]

Beautiful piece, built with pride.

[@donaldpowell7762]

Man, that is gorgeous. I’m so glad I found your channel!

[@scottb.2022]

Really like how you adapted your piece from the historic original. Looks great.

[@StopGravity]

This is a beautiful piece of furniture. You do some damn fine work.

[@tomdenny8507]

A very nice piece that will still look good years from now.

[@cps5698]

Andy - really love your work, this daybed is no exception. I would suggest 2 slight tweaks, however. Bring the bottom edge of the armrest down just enough to match the heft of the cross brace below it, and raise that cross brace up high enough to be equidistant from the armrest and the seat cushion.

[@tufankilinc636]

Gorgeous piece and outstanding craftsmanship! Greetings from one Texan to another!

[@matthewlorfeld5412]

I've been saying that the epoxy river tables are trendy and wont age well but no one listens. I like the way you think and your lines are classic, nice work. Also, that jig is sick, subscribed.

[@stevezytveld6585]

Thank you for the ongoing lessons. This is stunning work. And finishing with the cut nails is genius. You're truly making work that will last {you should consider some sort of inscription/inlay/branding for your Makers Mark}. - Cathy (&, accidentally, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

[@zkdcharge]

Looks great Andy! Can't wait to see your next video!

[@shackman9566]

Beautiful piece thank you for sharing.

[@rj270812]

I love the piece! It is so much more beautiful and timeless than a traditional couch.

[@bunnhearn314]

What a great piece ! You are such a craftsman. Following all your work and videos.

[@AndyRawls]

Thank you!!

[@brucegoodwyn978]

Thanks for another great video, Andy. I like the idea of holding off on the final shaping until the frame parts are assembled. Also find it interesting that you use the CNC for a lot of jigs and setup pieces. Great way to get accuracy in a hurry!. Not to mention you have the programs on file in order to make duplicates. Great work! Bruce from Boerne

[@leksey7870]

Very beautiful bench! Good work!

[@mikeoregan3551]

Beautiful bench.

[@scottsimpey2965]

Absolutely gorgeous bench Andy. I really like the look of the housed or cased mortis and tenon. You should have brushed the router table off before turning it on or used a brush to do so because as someone else mentioned your hand got rather close to the bit.

[@clydedecker765]

Love this piece, Andy. Good design and apropos to Texas and New Mexico.

[@florianlacombe7163]

Beautiful ! How have you do for cup around the tenon (10:42) ? Thank you very much !

[@johnchung6900]

thanks for sharing the jig info

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Great looking Walnut bench

[@johnbaker7621]

Nice work

[@Kkuts37]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@tooljunkie555]

Always good to chase that crack!! sorry Andy I had too..haha! Bench is BEAUTIFUL AND BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED AWESOME WORK/DESIGN! Love that beast bandsaw too! That blade must be expensive

[@jeffandphoebe]

Fantastic work! That is a great piece.

[@myhoneyshandmade1077]

Such a great piece. Nice job.

[@joycevonbon4955]

Love your work. I hope to buy a piece of your furniture sometime in the future.

[@manuelcalvillo4660]

Really great work.

[@HandCraftedbyJasonCooper]

Nice! I really need to invest in a CNC one of these days....

[@toddharwood2876]

Beautiful work!

[@chuckholton4666]

Damn Andy! You sir are a beautiful craftsman.

[@joeppppppppp]

You should do a video one building a solid heavy workbench and give it a solid strong vice.

[@londonkiltmanreview1955]

Beautiful work with great skills!

[@chriskythreotis4686]

Love the sound of sharp tools shaving wood...

[@Knightmerica]

New subscriber. Good to see a video without somebody trying to make it sound like a monotone indie pretentious hobby. Actually learned a lot of things and good to see the x carve being used as minimally as possible to maximize the craftsmanship that you are putting the build.

[@jawhite531]

Beautiful

[@adamrtr71]

Brilliant job. Love it. 👍👍

awesome workmanship. 👏👏 Very good design. thanks for sharing🧿

[@Drew-de7ey]

Gorgeous piece. Gorgeous work. I love it all (except the one screw.. sorry)

[@markwanstreet8487]

Great channel. Love your work. Do you have plans available for the Texas Settee

[@donaldtrabeaux1305]

Absolutely stunning craftsmanship awesome 😎

[@danlynch1154]

Beautiful!

[@TheSMEAC]

I totally understand the need for the jig as it pertains to business/time…. Did you not cut these by hand in your first iteration though? I thought for some reason you had done these compound M&T by hand at one point. I think this is my favorite piece of yours ❤

[@TheRedhawke]

Beautiful work sir.

[@mmanut]

Nice Piece, Like it allot ‼️👍👍. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@bigguix]

very good work

[@zephyr1408]

Beautiful piece! Really what being a custom carpenter/furniture /cabinet maker is about! I am a custom carpenter contractor! In California I have to have a contractors license to do what you do? Really a nice Shop, nice family & you have the ability! God has blessed you and I truly hope you give him credit? Anyway I enjoy the furniture builds! Oh have you ever heard of a book titled “Carpentry & Joinery “ by author PAUL N HASLUCK? Every pro needs this book! It covers all joints since Man was doing Carpentry in only 500 pages :) Serious look it up on Amazon i got the idea from “Tony” Kings Table in New Zealand! Gotta give him props! God bless Andy!

[@woodsie5474]

I think you need a license to burp and fart in California because of their state EPA wants to tax you for the methane.

[@zephyr1408]

Well Andy your almost right? I actually live in Northern California where your 2hours away from walking away from your car, getting lost never to be found! Right where I fish (trout) some guy ran off the road 14 yrs later they found him? And he was extremely skinny! See every bone he had! ? Anyway I just enjoy having the life blood taxed outta me not the whole other deal with crowds! Ok buddy!

[@tocov]

That's a great looking bench. The only thing I would add is a epoxy river running through it.

[@AndyRawls]

Haha!! Nope!

[@possiblegenius1]

That is gorgeous! For doing that inside radius on the handle, would a scraper cut to the radius of that cove shorten your sanding time? Similar principle to your custom plane, but hopefully a little cleaner for ya.

[@dylansousa5571]

Andy i love your channel

[@scottmcfarland1177]

I agree with you that bench will look good 100 years from now and people will have long gotten rid of there epoxy river table!

[@David-fv7zg]

14:30 I have never seen this before, other than aesthetics, is there any advantage in structure with this joint? Thanks, beautiful piece.

[@LTDWoodworks]

Beautiful piece of furniture!👍👏 I'd be curious how long it takes you to actually build one of these from start to finish? Granted you have some great machinery to speed things along. Still curious.

[@AndyRawls]

Right now it takes around 20-25 shop hours.

[@LTDWoodworks]

@@AndyRawls Cool, Thanks Andy.

[@gentilejoshsaved1646]

Very nice. You could try a few different designs with backrest.

[@alecmcmahon]

For the back rest, im interested in how movement is dealt with, The you've got a screw on top and a nail on bottom across the width of the back rest grain. Does the cut nail somehow allow for a little bit of movement?

[@AndyRawls]

Traditionally these backs were nailed on and unlike screws nailed will allow for some wood movement.

[@ingwiefreak]

@@AndyRawls change the Phillips srew for a slot head and the project is %100 done!!!

[@stallionranchwoodworks]

You are not going to get that much movement with Walnut.

[@willmccoy5548]

Really nice piece. Why didn’t you peg the back? Can you not get the same strength?

[@larrybud]

How close to final dimensions do boards need to be for the S4S machine to work?

[@seanmclean8594]

Beautiful...

[@KLIDIMARIA]

A Masterpiece !!!

[@ehudmigdan]

Very nice!!

[@chrissleblanc]

Love it, not a fan of the screw open in the back?

[@classVwhitewater]

This inspired me to spin off of this idea a little. I want to duplicate the style but with a solid walnut seat and Maloof joints. Have you ever used a Maloof Joint?

[@jimmybob7364]

Question: for the pegs...did you round off the head? If so, what method did you use? I have tried it but mine always come out lop-sided. So, I stick to flush or pyramid.

[@zaneh6224]

Can you substitute the screw for a cut nail or peg to keep that hand built look, the Philips screw is the only think I don;t like about this piece, gives it a mass produced look

[@errolpereira8292]

Great work! What a beautiful piece. FYI seems the link for the bench is expired

[@LILGWoodWorking]

I love woodworking

[@markbryan9989]

Fantastic bench. I agree wholeheartedly about timeless furniture design! Remember that godawful mid-century stuff?! Thanks for great videos Andy!

[@SilverbackWoodworks]

great piece. cool video.... but, phillips screws? not slotted? or plug them?

[@hazembata]

Nice work Andy. That project is harder than it looks because of the curves. If I may make a suggestion, the way you connect the back to the rest of the piece seems inconsistent with the style of the piece. Can you mortise and tenon the back to the arms rather than glue and screw?

[@Alelucart]

Very elegant and well done but I also agree that the screws to attach the back is not a good idea. A much more solid joint could be made. If the bench does not have a wall behind, the screws they will give way over time. Then I would put the slats in the drying phase of the boards, from the video it seems that they bend under the pressure of the clamps . By the way, good job!

[@kevinalmeyda]

I love the details on the arms. Really beautiful. Have you ever done a video on your finishing process? You mentioned the piece was “oiled”. Are you just using a tung or linseed oil? Wiping varnish?

[@superhall229]

Maybe use a flat head screw for a more classic look. I know, I know, I hate them too but they do add some authentic look to fine furniture.

[@AndyRawls]

Yeah you’re probably right but I do hate them!

[@gtm7614]

Andy could you rabbit the back on. The back does not seem like it is strong enough with the screw and Nail. Also Instead of a screw could you use a wooden peg glued in with some ebony pegs.

[@29lookingood]

It's Beautiful 💙

[@joewillmer495]

2:10 brother how did you make that not kick back?

[@randywoodworth5990]

How much for a hickory rocking chair?

[@bukatasv]

Отлично !

[@Joe___R]

That's a good looking bench The only thing I would change is to have the back mortise into the side rails or at least fit flush with the rails instead of being inset.

[@AndyRawls]

Not a bad idea...

[@GageDrums]

I was thinking the same thing.. I was disappointed to see that he didn't mortise it in.. Kind of ruined the piece for me but I do like the look of the rest

[@zephyr1408]

What Gage? You can build this? Let’s see it? I think your a drummer? I build custom cabinets, Islands, tables! Hard work, cost money to make money! Want to see mine? It’s posted? Let’s see yours gage? Please just be kind don’t critique his work enjoy it! Ok I did enjoy your drumming thou?