I Built an Outdoor Bench

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⚙️ SHOW NOTES: I built an outdoor bench for relaxing and taking in the scenery behind the shop. It’s no ordinary bench. It’s built to last using the same mortise and tenon joinery found in the usual indoor fine furniture I love to make. The bench build also features using my new Multi-Router for cutting all the mortise and tenons with great accuracy, efficiency and ease. And I made the bench out of beautiful and weather resistant Southern Cypress for long lasting durability.
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@nicholaspiscionere2412 Год назад

Hi Kris and Tom, as you know I built this bench using your detailed plans and informative video tutorials. I couldn't be happier with the results and continue to get compliments on the project. Your approach to teaching inspires us to build things we never thought we could. Thank you

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you Nick! Yes, you know first hand what it takes to build one of these benches! I appreciate your kind words more than you know. 👍😎

@nikkarel515 9 месяцев назад

You are a lucky man having a shop in the woods..and doing what you love to do. Nice bench

@EpicWoodworking 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, yes, I thank God everyday I have in it! 👍😎

@smoterino Год назад

This piece has such a simple beauty. You do really fine work. Thank you for sharing it.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you, I really appreciate it! 👍

@normp.3657 Год назад

I just finished building 2 similar English garden benches, but i made mine from pressure treated wood and painted them to match all our other benches on the farm. Nice work!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Those sound nice Norm, gotta love a good garden bench! Thank you and thanks for watching! 👍😎

@Michael03051 Год назад

Very nicely done Tom. Your demos always impress. Thank you.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you Michael, that means a lot, glad you enjoyed it! 👍❤️

@Finewoodworkingofsc194 Год назад

Great video, as always. I really enjoyed this video and format. I've had the plans for sometime now, so this gives me inspiration to pull them out and get started on my porch bench. Thanks Tom and Kris for posting.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks, I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it and like the format…it is new for me to do voiceovers so I’m glad to know it came together well for you watching it! 👍😎

@SeaSmokeDesign Год назад

Great video Tom and Kris! Love the new voice-over format... Tom's voice is very relaxing while watching him create the bench. Kris, really like the choice of music that eases in around the 11:30 mark 👌

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Dan! I had my doubts about how it was all going to come together. And the choice to not have any music for the first 11 minutes during the actual build process was intentional and it felt right to add it beginning with the glue up phase…maybe that will become a regular move. Thanks for noticing, glad you enjoyed it! 👍😎

@jerrystark6766 Год назад

Beautiful benches! Nicely Done. Two thumbs up. Thanks for the video!!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Jerry!! 👍👍😎

@rlamarch Год назад

Great job on the bench and the video. I loved the format and nice to see the multi router in action.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Rich! Yes, it sure is a nice machine 👍😎

@jeffforbes3772 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful.

@inspectr1949 Год назад

Nice unexpected treat as I came inside to escape the 95℉ heat and saw this great inspirational video, must get the plans for my Panto Router and supply of Tamarack which is perfect lumber for outdoor projects., thank you Tom and Kris.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Michael! Yes, thanks he Panto Router would work well too I am sure…although I’ve not tried one myself I have seen them in use. Stay cool! 😎

@camdives Год назад

Great video production Tom and Kris, those benches look great and well constructed. I am looking forward to seeing them in person and perhaps making one or two myself.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Cam! I’m plodding my way learning how to work in and make edited videos, so it’s nice to know it looked good to you! 👍😎

@fredfloyd6957 Год назад

I enjoyed the video. The outdoor bench has been on my "bucket list" for many years. I have the plans and there are a few other projects ahead of this one. The challenge here in Southern California is to find 8/4 cypress. Thank you for sharing.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Fred! Oh yes, I guess Cypress would be hard to find. As dry and beautiful as the weather tends to be in Southern Cal, I bet you could use lots or woods without worrying too much about decay. Even painting is an option which obviously increases the longevity. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@RobbieBolog Год назад

Beautiful work! I enjoyed this style video

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate that! 👍😎

@mikelongo4689 Год назад

Tom and Kris, you make a great team and you're really hitting it out of the park!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks so much Mike! 👍

@victoryak86 Год назад

As always just stellar workmanship.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you as always!! 👍😎

@tiptoad46 Год назад

Wow, that turned out nice. Elegant even. Love this video format. I am a big fan of the voice over style.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you so much! It’s good to hear you like this format. It’s new to me so I wasn’t sure how it would come off and it took me a while to get into the learning curve. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@BobAmarant Год назад

Wow, excellent build, thanks for the tip with the multi router, my buddy has one and I'll have to hit him up to borrow it.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Yeah, they sure are nice machines and great on a project like this! 👍😎

@garynelles Год назад

I much prefer these types of build videos Tom. Keep up the good work.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks, will do Gary!

@DIYwithDennis Год назад

Great video!! Format was great!!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Dennis! 👍😎

@michaelrobin332 10 месяцев назад

Schöne Werkstatt, schönes Projekt, sehr sympathischer Mensch. Danke für das Video

@JimmyLee0757 Год назад

That is an awesome bench. The way you explain everything makes it seem so simple. But I have to say...those are some COOL TOOLS and jigs, Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Jimmy! Yeah, the tools can add to the fun, but sometimes the simple pleasure of hand tools is a nice break. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@JimmyLee0757 Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking I agree. My Bride gave me a small lathe for my birthday and I can't believe how peaceful it is watching a piece of firewood become something cool. I can't wait to learn more than just figuring out how the tools work.

@TallEvaGuy Год назад

Hi Tom. That slider is a sweet looking saw. Finally...another woodworker using a multi-router. That thing is the stuff. You have one of the perfect applications for it...upper and lower back rails. I generally do loose tenons on everything. I run them on the table saw for width, planer for thickness and sometimes the router table to round over. I usually make up several sticks to keep on hand and cut to length when needed. I build some slatted furniture and this thing rocks at repeat mortises like that. Great build by the way. Thanks for the video.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Hey Thanks! Yes I do like the slider, the Felder K700. I have yet to make the most of it, but amazing potential and applications for making jigs that attach to the slider, for precision and efficiency with multiples, and very safe way of working too. I do love the Multi Router too, glad to finally have one! I know what you mean about the floating tenons. It does make faster not to have to think about the added tenon length, and there is a little more setup. From a couple other guys I heard the same thing, mostly using it as a mortiser. I wonder if Woodpeckers, now that they own it, will consider offering premade floating tenons like the Domino. Although most probably like to make their own because it’s not to much trouble to make a run of them and you can customize the width and length easily. Do you have a favorite material you use to make your floating tenons? Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching! 👍😎

@TallEvaGuy Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking I bought the domino sticks when I had the 700. I liked cutting them to the length I wanted. If Woodpeck could get the price that was suitable, it may be worth a try for them to market some widths. It is easy to cut the width and thickness I need though. In the beginning I used the router table to round the edges. On the last few projects I just used the block plane to bevel my edges with approximately four facets. Kind of semi round on the edges. I don’t make my tenon stock to fit very snug on the width. I give myself a tiny bit of wiggle. The material I use is generally cutoffs of the material I am using for a project. Nothing scientific. Just being thrifty. I’m glad Woodpeck is releasing some new videos of the machine. The old video of Jerry with Lorraine Tool was a little dated. I appreciate you stepping out on the limb with the multi-router and the Felder. Seems some of the online and magazine community will shame some folks for using expensive equipment. I can appreciate that but also appreciate thinking outside the box of how may different ways a project can be created. Thanks again.

@henrysara7716 Год назад

Lovely bench, thank you.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you! 👍

@justinanderson8347 Год назад

Beautiful benches to go in a beautiful place!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Justin! 👍

@Jimwho77 Год назад

Great job. Nice looking bench.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Jim! 👍

@robertbutler8004 Год назад

How exciting!!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you!

@Mrstevebro56 Год назад

Well done!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you Steve! 👍

@ralphpavero7760 Год назад

Great project I to have been thinking about the multi router for years this may be the year lol thanks for the video

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Ralph, glad you enjoyed it! I know the feeling of thinking about the Multi-Router, it’s great for finally have one and imagine the possibilities…only took me thirty years! 😎

@porpiniki Год назад

I'll be using this for my build. Great, as always. I love the Fanfare Theme Music at the end. "Good Show Old Boy".

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you! 👍👍 I appreciate it!

@rick91443 Год назад

I should have been heading up to bed when I saw this video pop up...Great idea, our benches are wearing out! Cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you Richard, glad you enjoyed it! Pleasant dreams 👍😎

@stevejohnson57 Год назад

Very Very nice video with enough info, short enough to keep my attention.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you Steve! I have felt a lot of self-doubt as I plod through trying to learn the art of making good video. So your feedback is a confidence booster. Thanks for taking the time to write and thanks for watching! 👍 You may have noticed too we borrowed video from the SNL episode gluing up the full bench.

@garyhome7101 Год назад

I'd like to make this bench some day, but unfortunately it'll have to be without the fantastic mortise and tennoning machine! Very nice bench from a great teacher!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Gary! Yeah, the Multi-Router method is new to me too. You might be interested to know we have an Online Course and Full-size Plans for making that bench, that is based upon the more traditional hollow chisel mortising approach and techniques. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@bobbabcock3847 Год назад

Hello from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Thanks again. I like everything about this vid, garden bench design and build, narration, and video production. I'm sure the Camera Lady was responsible for the polish in that department.

@CameraLady Год назад

Aww thanks Bob, I had a small part, but this whole production is all Tom. 🙌

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Bob, yes, she was behind me the whole way with encouragement as I plod through the process of learning the video editing process, and of course, for all the dynamic moving video shots, she is behind the camera!…we even borrowed from the video of a recent SNL to get the larger bench glue up sequence. Thanks for watching and being with us! 👍😎

@RobRobertson1000 Год назад

Tom, love the different video style. Could watch them all day :) But then again - I reckon I need to get building. ;)

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Bob! I will definitely be working on more in this style. Making and editing the videos feels like an art in itself that I have a ways to go with! 👍😎

@RobRobertson1000 Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking Yes, would be great to have someone do it for you. Who knows there might be some local talent just waiting for you to ask for that help ;)

@dariushmilani6760 Год назад

Fantastic Project. Liked and Subscribed.👍

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate you too! 👍😎

@jameschval3738 Год назад

You are a Great teacher, and spokesman for all tools you use. Is this in your backyard basically where this beautiful bench will be? Chris,you a Tom make great videos.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Jim, that means a lot to me! Yes, the shop is located out behind our home and the view at the beginning of the video is going out behind the shop, where we will be placing the benches strategically for nice views. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@joem2209 5 месяцев назад

I built this bench using your swing/bench plans & video. Came out great. The problem is I finished it with several coats Marine grade waterlox and a couple coats of floss waterlox. Well 2 years later and the finish is faded unevenly and looks like it’s even gone in places. I need to refinish it. What should I use? Paint? Thanks, Joe

@fredfloyd6957 Год назад

Hi again, Tom. I am watching the video again. I've looked for an "inflatable drum sander" that you used to smooth the curved pieces. Can you give a source for this tool? Thanks again...

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Hi Fred, Sure, I had to think a bit since I got that at least twenty years ago. They are available from the sandpaper/abrasive dealers. I think this is the one I got it from, and mine is the 3” diameter x 9” lathe mounted: www.industrialabrasives.com/sanding-sleeves-industrial-abrasives-airfilled-cushion-contour-sanders-c-77_101.html?sort=3a&page=1 Hope that helps!

@victoryak86 Год назад

Hey Tom, I have no idea if this is an interest of yours for a sort of new design idea but have you ever deigned or built a canoe or a small boat (nothing too extensive lol, I know that’s a much bigger undertaking)? I’ve always loved the beauty of handcrafted wooden canoes and boats. It would be truly “epic” to see you take your knowledge and skills (in both design and implementation) into something like that with your own creative flourishes. I have no idea if you have my interest in this but it would be amazing to see the whole process if you ever did decide to do it with all the knowledge of different woods and their beauty. The lily pad table made me think of this because of the whole organic and creative aspect being brought to life. Anyway you probably have many things already lined up so just tossing another idea out there😄Thanks for your generosity and time in sharing so much experience with all of us. Hands down the best woodworking channel I’ve seen (and I’ve watched many of them).

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Oh man, you’ve read my mind! That’s something I want to do badly but won’t be able to work it in for a while. It’s been one of my side hobbies and interests to research designs of small boats as we are not far from the ocean here and I would love to get out there once in a while, explore the coast and islands and do some fishing. So when I do get around to it, I will definitely pour all I have into building it, and videotaping the process. In the meantime, the success and growth of our RU-vid channel will have a lot to do with determining how soon I could incorporate building a boat project like that. Hopefully posting more edited videos like this one will help make it happen sooner! Thanks again! 👍

@victoryak86 Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking that would be amazing when it is the right timing. It’s neat to think of the possibilities, but there are so many. My father built a small sailboat decades ago from a kit (called a Mirror Dinghy) and I’m in the middle of refinishing it thoroughly, learning as I go. But the idea of making your own design would be awesome and more interesting and rewarding I guess. Anyway looking forward to all the content coming. Your teaching is great since it’s so much more thorough although the short vids are great too. Hopefully some of these companies will sponsor your channel as it couldn’t be a better advert for their tools. Unfortunately our society has a much shorter attention span than in the past so everything is these little “info bites” but of limited value when you’re trying to learn more than just the basics. All the best Tom. I may join the “wood” soon as well 😄

@1deerndingo Год назад

There are so many things to learn by watching you build that bench. Ill watching this a few times to pick up all the little things that are just taken for granted (IE. use a wet cloth over the end of a 1" spatular to remove glue from right in those corners). Did you build the bench to justify the flash router thingy?

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Danny! I’m so glad you found it useful. That bench is part of our Online Courses and Full-size Plans, so we wanted to feature an edited video to hopefully get more views and interest. And it was also nice to combine with showing how a tool like the Multi-Router can make a difference in making the mortise and tenons. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@davebishop992 4 месяца назад

Tom, this is such a sophisticated design compared to so many other benches. Incorporating the front seat rail into the series of seat slats is just one feature that sets it apart. This is definitely on my project list. I am curious about the parts marking system you use, especially because I think I have seen others using a similar "language". A good example is at 8:35 of the video. Is there a place online where this is explained?

@darrylbhopkins Год назад

Tom, that is a really nice bench! Is it possible to build this bench using your plans if you don't have that fancy machine? I do have a bench top hollow chisel mortiser, as well as regular chisels, a shoulder plane, etc.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Darryl! Yes, absolutely, all of our drawings show more standard mortise and tenons and are best used with a hollow chisel mortiser. This was a “one off” method because I just got the Multi-Router and I was just showing how the process could be modified to use the Multi Router. So short answer is you have all you need to follow along on the drawings (and with the video series option), if you want to make it! Thanks again 👍😎

@johnshoureas1629 Год назад

What I noticed with the Multi Router is the templet is down low where it collects sawdust from the router. Does the bearing end up rolling over the sawdust causing an irregular shaped tenon ? The Panto Router has the templets high on the machine away from any sawdust.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

I think that was a problem before Woodpeckers bought Multi-Router a couple years ago and designed and added in a dust collector. I only know it with the dust collector and there was not any issue with sawdust messing up the tenon. Must have been a problem in the past. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@sawdustwoodchips Год назад

great video!! what is the router bit you are using? looks massive!!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks! It’s from Infinity, I think it’s called the “mega” something…naturally 😎 They so have other sizes and diameters that are not so big and heavy. But it sure produces a nice surface! Thanks for watching! 👍

@NoelPepin Год назад

Nice Job! how many hours you would say it took you to build one?

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Hard to say with accuracy given I was getting used to the new Multi-Router, making three of them, and the continuous video set up along the way is disruptive to the normal flow. Every step is pretty well documented so if you went through it and tried to estimate time for each step you would probably get as close to the time it takes as I would. Sorry I can’t be more specific, thanks for watching! 👍😎

@bowerscustomwoodworkingllc Год назад

Very nicely done, subbing for more!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thank you! 👍

@jameslatimer3600 Год назад

Tom. Thanks for your earlier replies. I want to make a gate for the deck of my daughter's new house. I'm looking at making saddle joints at the four corners. Is a three 1/2" finger joint, like an open mortise & tenon, stronger than four 3/8" fingers? The fingers are to be 3" wide by 3" long on the ends of 1.5" x 3" timber frames. I know there is a much larger long grain to long grain gluing area with the 3/8" fingers. But, are the thinner 3/8" fingers much more prone to breaking than the 1/2" fingers?

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Hi Jim, sorry for the delayed reply. I hope your question wasn’t too time sensitive. If not, I think I would just go with the three 1/2” finger joint…easier to cut, plenty strong and functions great. Hope that helps…for what it’s worth. 😎 Thanks for watching! 👍

@jameslatimer3600 Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking Well, great to know and thanks for the (delayed - No doubt giving it a lot of thought,🤔) reply. However, in the meantime my daughter is buying another house and won't need the gate. On the other hand I'm looking t a move too. So I might need one. Really enjoy the show, BTW.

@markhendrickson5886 Год назад

I can't afford the router bits you used let alone the Multi Router! Wonderful bench, though!

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Thanks Mark! Yes, there are so many ways of doing things. Often times I’ll choose the hand tool method simply for the quiet pleasure and direct control of the tool. Getting there faster is not always better! 😎👍

@markhendrickson5886 Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking Thanks for the courtesy of a reply. Doing that bench with hand tools would have been quite an endeavor!

@mstreich Год назад

Why don't bench designs ever have the top crossbar be flush with the back supports? There's always that edge cutting into my back. I think a lap joint would do it. No? Lovely bench though.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Hardly any offset there, and if you sat in it I think you would be surprised how that is a non-issue to its comfort. But making them flush could certainly be done. My primary reason for offsetting (less than 1//8”) is to have the shoulder of the joint protected from the weather, and to not have to be concerned with the inevitable seasonal movement out of flush over time. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@MoczarkaKanadyjska Год назад

Wait, is that a shaper cutter head attached to a regular router table? How?

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

No it’s a large flush cutting router bit, a compression style cutter with top and bottom bearings. It’s made by Infinity Tools, I think called a “Mega” bit…I wonder why? They also have smaller diameters and heights of the same style cutter. The one I’m using in the video is the 1 1/2” diameter and 2” high cut capability. Hope that helps 👍

@MoczarkaKanadyjska Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking That helps a lot, thank you! Now I just need to figure out how to get one to Europe

@vasiapupkin6446 Год назад

Meh. Don't see a single reason to have so super-expensive extra-fancy router and not doing the same with just a regular dowels.

@EpicWoodworking Год назад

Yes, except the dowels don’t hold up as well over time and are not as strong overall. But I agree, the fancier more expensive tools are not always necessary, as there are lots of ways to do things. Thanks for watching! 👍😎

@vasiapupkin6446 Год назад

@@EpicWoodworking debatable though :-) Many says dowels aren't as good. But if I used pine and hard wood dowels with a special glue that is holding it unbreakable and way more stronger than the wood itself, I doubt that dowels won't hold long enough, unless I am missing something. But hey, I don't have those fancy tools of yours. 😂🤣