Danish Cord Bench | Learning to Weave

This Danish Cord Bench was my first time weaving, and it was great learning a new skill, which was also quite a meditative process! This project is part of the Wood Whisper Guild, tutored by Caleb James, a renowned woodworker & chairmaker, specialising in Danish Cord.
The bench is make of oak, although the long sides are maple as they are fully covered. The joinery is a stepped or haunched mortise & tenon - I used my domino jointer to make the mortises, but Caleb uses a drill press in the course...
The finish is Fiddes Hard Wax Oil White, although Caleb uses a traditional Danish Soap finish
Although it appears a time consuming process, once the technique & flow is established, you can progress through the weaving pretty quick. It is however quite tough on the fingers! Now I have the technique though, I will absolutely adapt this process & skill into my future furniture design work...
The Wood Whisper Guild is an excellent resource & the courses are very professional
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[@rafaeluhu]

Thanks for sharing. I liked the rod as a mid-rail to prevent the front and back rail from warping towards the centre of the bench. The tension of the cords would prob do it at some point. Well done.

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Agreed, many thanks!

[@osamabegain2903]

Thank you for sharing this 😊

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

My pleasure!

[@williamlott7612]

Beautiful bench, love the weaving. Well done. Darlington, South Carolina USA

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks so much!

[@nathanielsnyder1511]

just scooped up this course the other day! Danish cord should be here in a few days. You killed it man Made it look as easy as Caleb.

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks so much & hope you had a great time making it!

[@duncbee]

You're skill and craftmanship is exceptional.

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks so much Dunc!

[@andreasmenz1748]

It's looking great! Looking forward to what you're going to do with the cord leftovers

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Yes me too! may be a few months unfortunately as the workshop has three massive built-in projects currently so difficult to fit stuff in around those! many thanks!

[@billboy7390]

Beautiful piece. I teach furniture making at a college in Arizona and one of my students has several mid century danish pieces of furniture made of teak. Teak furniture is hard to find new as it’s all custom made and He wanted four stools of teak with woven seats so he made them. He made one out of Poplar $3 a bf before building the teak ones $40 a bf. He has sense made 7 foot dining table, an entry table, and several other pieces. He enjoyed the weaving very much and said the same thing you said.

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thank you, and hear you on the teak, so difficult to get good stock now!

[@mariadorosariosilva7929]

Linda peça Pode me falar que cordão é esse?

[@joem2209]

Wow…absolutely stunning and beautiful.

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks so much Joe, much appreciated!

[@CrudeButEfficient]

Nice, that looks comfy!

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

It's very comfy indeed! Thanks

[@adelheidsnel5171]

Utterly satisfying

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thank you, it certainly was to build it too!

[@brettturner6993]

Looks great!

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Cheers Brett!

[@geographyinaction7814]

Gorgeous mate! Well done!

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks so much!

[@hermanitostv9202]

Good job 👍

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks 👍

[@DHANTEJHASTKALAKENDRA]

WOW NICE JOB

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thank you!

[@DHANTEJHASTKALAKENDRA]

@@DeerRiverCraftsman WELCOME

[@DJC995]

Very Nice Thanks again

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

As always, many thanks mate!

[@noahmateen]

Do you happen to remember which size domino cutterhead you used to make the mortises and can you add some more detail on how you did them? I bought the WWG plans but would like to use my Domino to make the mortises

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

From memory it was the 6mm cutter head

[@joymama5]

Your bench came out great! I purchased the project from the woodwhisperer guild and was wondering if you could share your layout for cutting the mortises with the domino. I have a domino machine and would like to use it like you did for cutting mortises instead of the drill press. From your video I cannot determine your domino settings. Thank you

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

So I drew a centre-line, and came down 1mm on height adjuster (6mm bit on domino) - then flipped the piece over to achieve a 10mm mortise - did everything at 12mm depth setting, and longer mortises at 28mm depth setting, making my tenons slightly shorter to accommodate. Middle setting on domino gives about a 25mm (1") slot, so slighthly overlapped the slots to get the 48mm - set everything up on a test piece & dial in the domino before the actual pieces ;-)

[@joymama5]

Thank you very much!

[@grzegorzkubiak1438]

Great job. How many meters of string has been used?

[@Carpenter_N]

Nice ❤❤❤❤

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thank you!

[@Woodman8800]

Well done 👏 what is the nail called, having a little problem finding them 😂

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

They call them cord nails! Cord suppliers usually sell them with the cord, mine did! many thanks

[@peterlarson233]

For a higher precision bench, use a lead screw instead of threaded rod

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Thanks for the advise, will take a look!

[@DUNE...]

Bonjour ! Où puis-je acheter la bobine de papier tressé et les petits clous please?

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

Bonjour...www.etsy.com/uk/listing/636226052/unlacedsmooth-paper-cord-for-danish?ref=yr_purchases

[@DUNE...]

@@DeerRiverCraftsman merci beaucoup 👍

[@jiujumran5711]

Itu tali apa namanya?🤔

[@kastelik13]

What's the thickness of the top frame? 2"x1"?

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

38mm (1 1/2") x 51mm (2") from memory! cheers

[@hmingsangahauhnar301]

Dia of the rope???

[@DeerRiverCraftsman]

4mm, cheers