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Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench

author-gravatar dougs_pouch Jun 14, 2018

I wanted to make a Danish cord bench in a Moller Style design for some time.  I picked up some really knotty Tasmanian Blackwood that was little use for anything else due to how checked and split it was. I was pleasantly surprised at being able to get the legs out of it. The side rails I added in as I went, more for stylistic reasons but I decided against a front rail as I wanted to keep the design light.

I had some challenges with the Danish cord (being my first time) with a pretty shaky start. I learned technique on YouTube from Ed Hammond videos and Ken Burton (to a lesser extent).  

I took limited progress photos of the wood part as I was on a bit of a schedule. The joints are hand cut mortise and tenon except the side rails which are dowels as they’re mostly decorative. I hand shaped the legs with rasp, file and planes. The rails were shaped with a router for consistencies sake. 

Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench
Photo of Tasmanian Blackwood Danish Cord Bench

1 comment

Beautiful bench! That blackwood looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!

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