DIY Mid-Century Modern Slatted Bench - Woodworking

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In this video, I build a DIY mid-century modern slatted bench modeled after the iconic Nelson Platform Bench, designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller. This is a timeless mid-century modern design that makes for a fairly simple yet rewarding woodworking project. The bench can be built from easily attainable materials, including a handful of 1x2 and 1x3 boards from any home center.
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For detailed dimensions and a materials list, check out the build article here: craftedworksho....
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Thanks to Acme Tools for sponsoring this video. Learn more about my drum sander, which came from Acme, here: bit.ly/supermax...
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Supermax 19-38 Drum Sander : bit.ly/supermax...
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@bradlampe1 4 года назад

Totally loved the video. I made one just like yours on the video. Everything was perfect...but when I looked closer at the actual Nelson bench it has 12 slats not 11 and it is a few inches shorter as well. So I’m made another. This is not a criticism just a friendly observation for those who want to make it EXACTLY like the Herman Miller one. I live in Zeeland MI, the home of Herman Miller so I feel like I need to be spot on. Thanks again for the video.

@thegauvinator3075 5 лет назад

excellent job as a retired gc i can tell you take pride in your work. well done

@Hubbmade 7 лет назад

At the beginning of the video I was sure you bought metal legs, but after watching it I really like how you made them! I would definitely like to try that one of these days. great project!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks man! No buying legs for me, at least for the most part. That's cheating, hah!

@Keionspost 6 лет назад

The leather is great on wood too, I know of it and has seen it being used by some of my friends in the woodworking industry. Excellent job on the bench.

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@YouCanMakeThisToo 7 лет назад

That leather dye worked really well on the oak. Bench came out great!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+YouCanMakeThisToo thanks Caleb!

@rockusbacchus 7 лет назад

Man, that thing is beautiful. The box joint jig really makes this seem more accessible. I think I'm going to have to make one or two of these...

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+rockusbacchus go for it! Thanks.

@ModernBuilds 7 лет назад

Nice! That jig you made for cutting the dados was great!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Mike! I saw someone else do something similar and it worked awesome. Loving the podcast, by the way. Listened to them all so far, great stuff.

@ModernBuilds 7 лет назад

Sweet, thanks dude. Maybe someday we can do a podcast quest swap

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Modern Builds that'd be great! I'd love to have you on ours any time your available.

@rosstrilsbeck6429 5 лет назад

Modern Builds sm

@DIYCreators 7 лет назад

Looks Great man!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+DIY Creators thanks Glenn!

@kmaher7688 7 лет назад

my home is mid-century and i just saw your other video for the table with glass. INSANELY BEAUTIFUL! its depressing and exciting to see how you can build some of these classic mid-century bench at home. your collection of equipment is so intimidating. i wished i knew someone like you near me to help me to get this house into its original glory. as life would have it, i am sure you live nowhere near me. :-( great job and thanx for the video.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks man! I'm sure you could find a woodworker in your area!

@BronkBuilt 7 лет назад

That bench looks great. I really want to build one. I'm all about showing you don't need to be a pro to build things and I think I will be able to build this following your great instruction. Thanks.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks man!

@ManCrafting 7 лет назад

I like that design. That would be perfect for a mud room for changing boots and shoes.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Chad, definitely would be!

@SpecificLove7 7 лет назад

That is a very nice bench

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Specific Love Creations thanks man!

@manberdo 7 лет назад

Nelson bench turned out great! You should prove everybody wrong and do a follow up video building one with just store bought lumber, a circular saw and a drill!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Hah, maybe one day! I would love to shut up the trolls.

@swissarmychainsawadams9541 4 года назад

"you can do all of this with a circular saw and a speed square" LOL okay!

@FamilyManYT 7 лет назад

This is next level furniture. Good work.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+SweatyPalms007 thanks!

@AndrewSzeto 3 года назад

love this build johnny! got a pal who's going to be doing this for their first project! pumped to give this a shot!

@milantoombs6696 3 года назад

What a great looking bench!

@BoomerKeith1 7 лет назад

LOVE the simple jig idea! As always, your joints look awesome! Great video! Also, the leather dye looks amazing. Never even considered using leather dye.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Sooner Keith thanks again Keith! Yea, the dye worked great. I have a lot of friends who make high grade tobacco pipes, and they use this dye on the briar. Figured it'd work for me too!

@SyberPrepper 7 лет назад

Stunning project. Makes me want to run out and build it.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@BruceAUlrich 7 лет назад

When I first looked at it, I the legs were metal. Interesting that you used leather dye for the wooden legs. It appears to work great. I like how the bench turned out!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Bruce A. Ulrich thanks Bruce!

@zericocasanovamunthe5231 4 года назад

Ya same, i think its metal

@letsmakesomethingawesometo8266 7 лет назад

That is a beautiful remake of a classic piece. I've been wanting to make one of these for a while.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Let's Make Something Awesome Together thanks man!

@DowntimeMedia 7 лет назад

Love the Olaf bandaid. Great looking bench!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Downtime Media hah, thanks!

@slyfox8953 7 лет назад

I love your DIY videos and less of the woodworking ones on RU-vid. Keep them up!!!!! Great job on this video.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Neil thanks!

@jersdave 3 года назад

Great video. Just finished making mine!

@Fixthisbuildthat 7 лет назад

Sweet bench, Johnny! Ripping that much maple must have been fun 😃.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Fix This Build That thanks man! Yea, this project singlehandedly made me upgrade to the more powerful SawStop. Fun was not the word 😜

@Emancarrillo 7 лет назад

Looks great. Always loved this style of bench.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@Makercise 7 лет назад

man! that looks sharp. well done.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Cressel!

@RobinLewisMakes 7 лет назад

Looks great man. Cool trick using the leather dye

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Robin Lewis thanks Robin!

@xavpil2 Год назад

985K subscribers. The guy can’t even read the comments anymore. Forget about answering them. But good for him. It’s a nice channel.

@craftedworkshop Год назад

Did you have a question? This video is like 6 years old.

@gt2scale 7 лет назад

Acme tools rocks! I got a crazy deal on my miter saw from them.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

They are definitely good people!

@nickaccardi5551 7 лет назад

Beautiful. Your joints came out awesome.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+ACW thanks!

@JakeThompson 7 лет назад

Very cool build!! Cool jig too!!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Jake Thompson thanks Jakes!

@basitis 6 лет назад

Simple yet Beautiful 👌

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@Thom4123 7 лет назад

AWESOME JOB Johnny. The bench is beautiful

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Thom spillane thanks Thom!

@red12287 7 лет назад

Great job, Johnny!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+red12287 thanks!

@HeathKnuckles_Tasty_Timber 7 лет назад

That looks great Johnny! 👌🤘

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Heath!

@LynnLaceyLLWW 7 лет назад

Thanks - That design would be great for a deck made from Cedar - I can see a couple around my deck in a few weeks.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Lynn Lacey that would be cool!

@marisotoserna 7 лет назад

ur shop=goals ur skills=goals i couldnt sub fast enough

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+marisotoserna thanks!

@FredMcIntyre 7 лет назад

Nice work Johnny!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Fred!

@arielpetines2722 5 лет назад

good job

@MichaelMacosa 7 лет назад

Great work Johnny!

@ilyaivanov1745 7 лет назад

It looks very beautiful !

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+BUK thank you!

@ccmmdd82 7 лет назад

Really good work. Got to make me one of those. Or two...

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Marcus Dahlberg thanks!

@JTWoodworks 7 лет назад

Very cool! From the thumbnail, I thought the legs were steel. The ebonized oak looks much better in my opinion!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks, me too!

@thisisgeorge2117 4 года назад

Just gorgeous! I have a similar bench design but a very different set of legs. Would love to have it built. I would do it, but I don’t have all the tools to do it perfectly. Also, I would prefer steel legs for my design and hence welding would be necessary.

@WatchMeDIYIt 7 лет назад

love the jig you made, man!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks! I saw something like it on an article on building a similar bench, it works great.

@Sjjones1977 6 лет назад

Looks great. I love the look of these Nelson Platform Benches. They are definitely are a classic design. Great work once again. As always you did a fantastic job. This is a definite must do when I can finally get my workshop set up.

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

+Steve Jones thanks! It was a fun build. Love the way it looks.

@frankingram3382 7 лет назад

That was a great project as well as a nice video. I believe that could be built from big box lumber right off the rack. Thanks for sharing. God Bless my friend

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

For sure! Thanks Frank.

@BoomerKeith1 7 лет назад

I'm gonna attempt to do just that this weekend. As always, the video quality IS amazing and so easy to follow. I don't consider myself an expert woodworker by any means, but after watching this I feel like I can hit up Home Depot and make this happen.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Sooner Keith thanks so much, man. Good luck!

@calvinogood 7 лет назад

Beautiful!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Calvin Ng thanks Calvin!

@Slovenianwoodworker 7 лет назад

Nice video..And bench..I avoid all "gaps" projects specially in furniture people here just don't like it. When they think of cleaning all tje dust from those hols :-)

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Hah, I could see that I guess. Thanks!

@debybrooke157 7 лет назад

beautiful bench!!!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks mama!

@MakingStuffco 7 лет назад

It looks very good man ! Great work!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Making Stuff thanks!

@DanPrudlow 7 лет назад

Well done sir.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Dan!

@GuysShop 7 лет назад

Very impressive build Johnny! I like the idea of the leather dye. Also if you where having a hard time ripping down that hard maple into strips, next time you might consider using your band saw then thickness plane them down to size or use the drum sander. It may be an extra step, however you don't have to deal with the tension that can be in hard maple.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+GuysWoodshop thanks Guy! And yes, I will definitely be doing that in the future. It also wastes less wood likely. Thanks!

@jamesspyderrr9975 5 лет назад

amazing

@Cubulation Год назад

It has been 5 years--how did the leather dye hold up? Looks great.

@workshop_edits 7 лет назад

Look's great! I've seen this built before in another video but done totally differently - the jig for cutting the dado's looks super handy - would love to try out that method one day when I have a table saw set up like that. Cheers - Zach

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks! The jig was great, worked perfectly.

@timzhang6595 7 лет назад

Cra

@telosfd 6 лет назад

Love it!!!!!!!!!

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@BALES5000 7 лет назад

Looks great! Fiebing's dye is my go to for blackness. Fun fact: The applicators are called "daubers." That's fun to say.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Ohh, thanks a good fun fact! Daubers, hah.

@HacknBuild 7 лет назад

What color black are you guys using? I tried the Fiebings "Black" color and it has a purplish sheen to it. I also have a black Kiwi dye that is seems more black, at least to my eyes.

@BALES5000 7 лет назад

Interesting. I used Fiebing's Black (same as you) on my Zipper Snare and had no purple hue. India Ink is another pigment used by drum builders.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+BALES yup, same. Just the standard black color. Totally pitch black.

@sumosprojects 7 лет назад

Hey mate, very very nicely built & I find your explanation on the project easy to watch, this is a fantastic channel & thanks for it 👍👍👍

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Sumo's Projects thanks so much!

@DonJohn87_YT 7 лет назад

Looks great! :)

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@nourdineohamo7926 7 лет назад

very nice work

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thank you!

@KnottyDogWoodshop 7 лет назад

nicely done!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks man!

@JulianDoIt 7 лет назад

Great one, thanks for sharing 🙂

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+1989go thanks for watching!

@JosneyFreitasSilva 6 лет назад

It's very nice!

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@joseeduardo376 6 лет назад

Great job man !

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

+DuddlesDB Thanks!

@mauromiranda9299 7 лет назад

Hi Johnny, how are you? My name is Mauro, i'm brasilian... i think your job very good... congratulations!!!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Mauro Miranda thanks a lot!

@alexpotestas3624 7 лет назад

if i only can i give a two like!

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Alex Potestas hah, thanks!

@janmajitshankar447 7 лет назад

Clean built! (y)

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Janmajit Shankar thanks!

@irayanti9786 7 лет назад

Nice work

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

+ira yanti thanks!

@larrybarry6266 3 года назад

Great tutorial! Thank you. I was just curious to know why you went with 11 slats instead of 12?

@mrosombrabboy 5 лет назад

Mastodon is for shure one of the bast sounds for the shop! hahaha

@kyl3dr 2 года назад

I got 8/4 walnut lumber and plan to rip it to 3/4 or so. Should I expect it to warp and need squaring up? Or will it likely be ok?

@davidfratu8225 2 года назад

Great work! How far in did you place the legs from the end of the bench?

@DjuniorS 7 лет назад

Muito bom, parabéns pelo projeto.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Obrigado! (I don't speak Portuguese, hopefully Google got that right)

@WaylonWalker 7 лет назад

my daughter got really excited when she saw olaf make an appearance.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Waylon Walker hah, I was wondering how many people would notice that. Love my Frozen band-aids.

@rodoc93 7 лет назад

really nice did one a bit more simple. it was a pain to glue up

@kyl3dr 3 года назад

Is it best to mill 1x2s from 8/4 or 4/4 lumber?

@RabidCheetah 6 месяцев назад

Which countersink bits do you use?

@parkerstephenson6213 3 года назад

Great project and fantastic video! I'm planning on the same project and would like to understand the best way to finish the legs. Is it necessary to apply shellac over the die or can one go straight to poly for a durable finish on the legs? Was poly used on the legs as apposed to Lacquer due to these pieces being prone to kicks and scuffs? Again, great video and craftsmanship!

@jacobnorman4983 7 лет назад

Really nice piece! Why didn't you plane the joints flush on the bench top like you did on the legs?

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

I did some of that off camera on the ends. I don't have a way to hold the piece longways, so I couldn't plane the sides. Thanks!

@craftedbyalvint Год назад

How many 1x2s were you able to mill out of an 8/4? About 6?

@Mitermikeswoodshop 7 лет назад

wow i thought those legs were steel....nice job.

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Miter Mike's Woodshop thanks Mike!

@zsw67 5 лет назад

Any advice for making those dado's without a Dado Stack blade? Have made dados with multiple passes on table saw but seems like that would be too much work for the # of cuts needed for this bench..

@darkspeed62 2 года назад

For a simple bench, you sure as hell made this looks extremely complicated. Probably went a bit OTT with the sanding, for sure!

@chipsmith7398 7 лет назад

Are there any worries of racking with the legs not having any cross supports?

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Chip Smith I don't think so. This bench has been made since the 1950s in this way, should be fine.

@nguyenhuubang6868 6 лет назад

Interested 😘😘😘

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@hectorny94 7 лет назад

Nice work, I couldn't find the link for the dye though. Thanks

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Whoops, here you go: amzn.to/2mIY41y

@hectorny94 7 лет назад

Thanks

@tooljunkie555 7 лет назад

i like olaf too..;) bench turned iut nice Johnny..so that dye is supposed to feel like leather when its fully dried and cured??

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Joe basementwoodworking hah, a lot of Frozen fans in the comments ⛄️ And no, the dye is intended to be used on leather, not wood. It's just an alcohol based dye so I figured it'd work on wood as well, and it did!

@Lukomodius 7 лет назад

I got super excited to hear you can do this with a circular saw, after watching the video I still have no clue how to do that =( you got a link or something to the technique you are refering to?

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Check out this video by Matthias: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KNX9Y2cyRhk.html

@senyk1 2 года назад

I really cant see how you can do this with just a circular saw and drill - so many more tools were used here..

@rickrayn 4 года назад

I guess you could use pre-made trapezoid metal legs.

@reforzar 7 лет назад

That turned out sweet. Did you put any felt feet or anything on the bottom?

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Brian Prusa thanks! Yea, I basically always add felt feet to things, just usually assume people know to do that.

@brettbosn24 6 лет назад

What's the big brass looking thing on your drill when you are predrilling?

@craftedworkshop 6 лет назад

It's this countersink bit : amzn.to/2HuvMAo

@AnthonyLoPrimo 7 лет назад

So I have a question - as you mention while cutting the dados in the slats, you had several slats to cut into. Is there a reason you didn't do multiple slats in a row? If it's going to be cut in the same spots, wouldn't it have been useful to align and tape/clamp the slats together, and then just run a few at once across the table saw?

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Anthony LoPrimo I definitely could have done that. Not sure why I didn't in retrospect, hah.

@AnthonyLoPrimo 7 лет назад

Crafted Workshop style and cool points? :P

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

+Anthony LoPrimo hah

@basuramanya 7 лет назад

Great project. I built something much rougher but similar years ago for a display rack for Bonsai trees. Also what is the counter sink that you use early in the video and also at about 9:30 in the video?

@craftedworkshop 7 лет назад

Thanks Dan! It's this one: amzn.to/2npMUgs Pretty pricey, but works really well.