Outdoor Sitting Bench 

Beautiful Marc. I'm glad you're putting out so many videos here recently, I really learn a lot from you. I love that Zelda shirt too.

Thanks Marc. My son just purchased your bookshelf project plans and is very excited to build. He also enjoys your instructions on your videos.

Its so nice to see a fellow professional using techniques that are appropriate rather than a quick fix.

Beautiful, the small details make all the difference.

Thanks for the video Marc, you are a gifted instructor. I've learned a lot from you over the years and appreciate the effort you put into your content.

You Mark are the best woodworking teacher on-line. I always wait your new videos and they never disappoint me!

Great project Marc. As always, excellent craftsmanship!

What a GORGEOUS bench! Thank you for creating and sharing this video with us!

I finally got around to watching this and loved this video. Great approach to build it "vanilla" then fancy it up. It is startling how such tiny changes make such a huge difference in look and posterior comfort.

I love the little extra touches. They are very slight but they add a lot! It makes a big difference.

Marc, whenever I see you using the planes, I realize how many different talents there are within woodworking. It isn't just measuring, cutting and banging things together. There's so much detail work that requires 'feel,' 'eye,' and experience. Great project. You've inspired me!

This is beautiful, and that perfect balance of simple and Spag Flair

There's more than meets the eye on this absolutely wonderful and ''simple'' mahogany bench! Beautiful work Marc!

A beautiful bench! Definitely putting this one on my "To Do" list. Thanks for another detailed and inspiring video!

Beautiful, I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge, thank you & look forward to more projects.

great video, Marc. Thanks for all the details, the extra methods for doing things, and even the thought processes your went through. Top notch.

Great job Marc! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us. Personally, your videos have been very inspiring and helpful to me. My girl and I run a woodworking shop in Playa del Carmen, Mexico and we are always taking ideas, tips and suggestions from everywhere.

Great Project Marc, So glad you are sharing some free videos again as you are one of the first wood workers i started following a few years back. Its great their are people out doing this , not only are you all sharing your knowledge but also inspiring us to get into our shops and become creative and make things. This goes out to everyone out there make shows on how to ..

4:28 When your legs don't work like they used to before... Very nice project! Love your videos! I'm not a woodworker myself but I really enjoy watching woodworking videos, yours especially! Keep it up, Mark!

Love this project. Even more now that you went through the details of finishing. Matte finishes were something I didn't know were available with exterior grade finish.

Great bench, and I like how you showed two versions in one video. But I have to admit, I paused the video to search for the BaZnGa t-shirt, you have some cool t-shirts.

Finally I've got my version of that project finished. Thanks for inspiration. It's for inside purposes (bench for sitting when you putting your shoes on + some simple shoe storage). I used only circular saw, hand drill, orbital sander and hand saw to make it. 158 dowels were used. I have to make some jigs to make it square (no jointer, no plainer, no drillpress, etc). It's oil finished, to let you put wet shoes on the shelf, plus I like half-matt (satiny) finish it gives. Lumber used is dimentional pine (wood cost around 30$) plus ~15$ other stuff (finish, dowels, bracket, screws). I wanted not to use any metal parts, but ended up with top screwed using some brackets. It went out quite good, it's square, sturdy, got some gaps and not everything is flat, but it's my first project. Image: pics.it64.com/bench.jpg

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video Mark! Just as always, you see something that you like and replicate it in your own way, with your own style and "spag flair".

This one was one of my favorites. It is something I can do in my shop and feel like I would have a great chance of success. Thanks!

Work of art Marc. Happy to be gaining insight from you.

Beautiful bench. It's a work of art, not just woodwork!

Hey there! Thanks for the inspiration, video, and specs to build this. Just finished making one for my front porch and the family loves it.

Marc, great looking bench. Thanks for the information concerning the outdoor finish.

Hey Mark. Love the return to longer and more in depth videos. I learned so much from the earlier videos you made, I'm glad to see a return. I'm looking forward to more.

High quality, perfect finish and great design... You work like an Italian "artigiano".

Really really nice. And thanks for the good details of showing how it's done. Just realized that I can to mortice on my CNC router, so thanks for that👏👏👏

So envious of you're shirt collection,and that bench turned out amazing.

Marc- great workmanship - fine furniture quality for outdoors! Here's a tip I've used on outdoor furniture to prevent water stains and capillary wetting of the feet. I make a small block of HDPE (from a kitchen cutting board) for each leg and attach with a countersunk stainless steel screw from the bottom. These are almost invisible and keep the end grain dry.Also prevents scratching pavers if chairs etc are dragged.

Oh my! How wonderful!

Mark, probably the most refined video I've seen from you in a while. Good stuff. I like the detail of your finishing process.

Love the bench Marc. It's great that you are doing some free projects again as I can not afford to join your guild site. Really great watching your build videos again.

Thank you ! I am learning very with its videos here in Brazil !

Very nice. Thanks for the build video.

Marc, I love how the bench turned out. I just happen to have a bunch of Honduran Mahogany that will work nicely for that. I think I'll build one too!

Marc, The bench looks great and the design details add a nice touch to it. Thank You.

looks great Marc, loving these videos!

Fabulous as always Marc..

Dude, I love you projects they are very inspiring to me. Being a novice I watch your channel a lot to learn new things. I also love the T-shirts you wear. Zelda is by far my favorite one as of yet.

The bench looks great! Thanks for the video!

Marc, the bench turned out great! Also, loved your strategy for routing the mortise! Sure I'm gonna use this method from now on. And amazing Link tshirt btw.

Awesome video. Thanks Marc

Really great work. Best of luck with your new upcoming addition!!!

Beautiful work! Definitely want to give this a go.

Another great video Marc! Thanks for sharing!

Hello Marc and thank you for sharing your work, it really is on a different level. Greetings from Ireland :)

This is my second woodworking project. My first project was a cabinet for our small laundry room. This bench project took a lot of patience, of which I have very little. But I managed to complete it. When it came time to cut the curve in the slats, I had to borrow a band saw. However, the band saw I borrowed was not capable of making the cut. It was a pretty old, cheap Craftsman that only had a single speed. And, the blade may not have been sharp enough. I'm not sure if that type of cut requires a faster speed, a different type/thickness of blade or both. Anyway, I lined up all of the slats side by side and clamped them all together and used a belt sander to start the curve. Then I used a manual block plane to shave off more out of the center. Once I got tired of doing all of that, I used a finishing sander to smooth out everything. I really wish the band saw would have worked for me. Thanks for the inspiration and the plans. This turned out a lot better with the details of the video than I could have ever made it without the instructions. I will be doing another one of these at some point.

Man that's a lot of mortis and tenons! Nice work!

Awesome result.

Excellent video as usual mark. Wanted to thank you as i recently bought an outdoor table from pottery barn and decided (to my wife's annoyance) to make some custom benches to go with it. Your design matches the Chatham collection perfectly! Not looking forward to 34 mortises times 4 benches but should look great when done.

Thanks for another nice project on your free site. Nice bench, nice video.

Incredible work, bench looks amazing! Inspiring to watch, thanks for posting!

Really excellent video. Showing the evolution of the design with embellishments to the basic plan was a really nice feature. Discussing alternative build methods, while demonstrating the minimum tool approach, was very much appreciated. The explanations given during the finish coating were clear and candid. A very open-minded teaching approach to walking us through the build. I even like the length - long enough to show all the key steps and techniques, without making the viewer watch entire or repetitive processes. One of your best videos and one of my favorites. Oh, and I really like the bench too. ;-)

Beautiful bench.

Awesome project. Amazing end results. Thanks for sharing with us. :)

Great project! I learned a lot from you! You are a great teacher for someone like me who I am hobbyist!!! Keep up the great work!

Great project! Love the insight on outdoor woods and finishes! You always inspire and feed me so much information! Thanks man! NOM NOM!

Like you said, it is Pretty Pretty Pretty good project.. You kept it too simple.. Bravo !

Beautiful bench i think these would look good either side of a matching table. Wish i had a set of workshop tools like yours to make one!

Great bench Marc, loved the Curb reference too. I can see why you like working with African Mahogany.

Very nice Marc. I think this is one of your better projects. Simple yet elegant. I bet the curvature in the seat slats make it comfy. I use the same trick with epoxy for the but ends of the fishing rods I made.

Nice how you took the effort to explain your decisions

Really nice project. Looks great.

Very NICE, Marc!

Gorgeous bench. The finish really interests me because I have an old sailboat that I'm reviving and the teak needs attention. I'm going to look into using CPES to see if it's feasible as long-term finish. Thanks for the tip.

Great vid Marc. I appreciate your use of, and instructions for those of us with, limited tool availability. Although most of us wish we had a Festool Domino, most of us don't - so I really appreciate it... Oh, and the bench is awesome.

Really good explanations as you go along

Very nice indeed. It looks elegant and expensive. Not sure I could make one like it, but sure was fun to watch. .....Ken...Marina CA

Great project, the bench looks really nice... I like the matte epifanes finish for outdoor, so much better than glossy... doesn't look like plastic at least in the video.

Great design Marc. Thanks for the early access :)

Great project, Marc!

rockin bench man, would sit on it anytime.

Beautiful

beautiful looking bench I don't do much mortise and tenons but this is one I would like to try

Nice work... especially on the Larry David reference.

Love it! Marc. Thanks for putting this one out. I'd love to do one of these at some point, but I've got some bench refinishing to do first. I've been wondering what I'll use for the finish.

I love watching your projects but I don't often feel like I can make them as is because I don't have any fancy tools. I especially appreciate something like this because i can make my own almost the exact same way. My embellishments will be different but it's nice of you to do an instructional for the common man.

I really like your work! cheers!!

Been wanting to build this one for a long time! That being sd,i think have my 1st spring project lined up..thanks for the inspiration marc!🍻gonna go with mahogany also i love that golden color!

nice work!

well done.. nice bench ..thank you!

great video and well explainned as usual... thanks a lot!!!!

This is one awesome vid, Marc. I am in the middle if making this version of your bench with its subtle curves. I ended up buying a mortise machine (Powermatic 701 bench top) for the mortises. I already had one of those tenon jigs that has been sitting in my workshop and put it to work immediately after getting my mortise machine. In retrospect, your router based mortises are probably a cleaner cut, but my hand held router skills are lacking in comparison to yours (older age, haha). Mine is being made out of birch and will be indoors. Now, I owe you! I will buy one of your product design vids on your website. You are simply, hands down, the best teaching over all woodworking instructor out there. Thanks again, Greg. BTW, your beautiful wife walking into her 'lady parts' doctor's office scene was classic funny! Lol.

Hi Marc, I have just recently subscribed to your channel, which I think is great, I have just watched your video and what a great bench, I'm from the UK and when spring arrives I will definitely be building this. Keep up the good work.

Really nice bench.

Very Nice Marc.

thanks for sharing the video

Marc, will you be bottling this "Spag Flair"? I'd like to preorder the mega pack. I love design details you added to the bench. They're small but they really add a lot!

Great vid thanks for sharing.

seriously, I hope that I can one day make something that looks this nice.

Great job

another awesome video! loving your tattoos man!

Marvelous

nice bench and details thanks! :)

Gets home from work. Sets down at desk. Goes to RU-vid. Clicks Marc's Video. Hits like. Watches video.