Mini Moravian Bench Build Process
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Posted 17th August 2025
I did manage to get the other top piece done yesterday (but was it was too hot in the room with the computer to want to post any pictures). Remember that sappy bit of wood near the dovetail socket?
This is what it looks like now:
On the final corner (the top outside corner of the second piece) I experienced one of the reasons I dislike power tools: when you make a mistake and slip slightly it has a big effect. The planer's nose dived a little (I obviously wasn't pushing down enough at the back) at the end of the pass:
The radius on that edge is now slightly bigger than the radius on the other four, but you'd have to be looking extremely carefully to be able to tell:
With that done, I decided all the remaining pieces were ready for their first coat of Mike's Magic Mix, so I arranged them on the workbench:
The stretchers and wedges have now had three coats; the leg frames and top pieces have had one (I haven't taken any post-oil photos yet). I'm aiming for four coats on everything I think, so the last coat will probably be on Tuesday evening.
As I said in the last post, I think there's a reasonably high chance I'll end up planing the top surface of the top pieces again (once the frame is assembled). If so, then the top surfaces will have to have another four coats, but (being a relatively small area and only one face) that shouldn't be too much hassle.
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