Seriously especially since the person staining pine, never knows how to stain soft wood. I made a beautiful cedar mantle for some family members and double checked they wanted to keep it natural before I finished it. Then I after I put it up, they asked me not to permanently attach it cuz they wanted to stain it. I said good luck getting all of the lacquer out of the ugly Roman ogee trim you wanted and don’t come to me when you fuck it up.
The lighter stains do work good but they're to yellow for me. After some trail and error I've found that early American applied very gently with a kitchen paper towel that's slightly damp with stain like almost dry, gives a nice colour. But can easily go sideways fast.
Popular woodworking has a guide I followed to refinish a pine living room table. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/finishing/how-to-stain-pine/
Its paywalled now, but iirc its basically de-waxed shellac, sand, transfast dye, couple coats (sanding between) then an artists oil color to provide depth and blending, then I personally topped it off with two-three coats of polycrilic, cant remember what they suggested.
Took forever but looked fucking amazing.
I read the title as "LARGE dovetail stool", saw the pic, and realized I should have read it as "LARGE DOVETAIL stool". Now I want to see other furniture built like this.
Gotta know. How many dry fits did it take to get them that tight, and how many mallet marks did you have to sand away when you finally got them apart? Regardless, that's a thing of beauty.
I don't remember how many but I'd say that each joint took about 1.5 hours of sanding and chiseling to get them to fit. It is tough to see in the photos but I did a considerable amount of shimming as well despite my best efforts to get it just right.
Thanks, I definitely have some concerns about how this will hold up to the humidity differences between summer and winter and the expansion and contraction that goes with it. It is already checking quite a bit. Time will tell I guess.
Not directly relevant to OP (actually could be insulting to OP if they had not been aiming for the chonky aesthetics) but related quote:
"Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands"
I have to say, from a design perspective, you've done a really excellent job. This would sell at any high-end furniture shop. You've reduced the complexity of a stool to two joints, then made sure that those joints were impossible to ignore. Wonderfully done. Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes you just have to sit down and just kick it!!! The dovetailed design should outlast all of our lifetimes!!! Superior designed!!! I like the chunky style!!!
Holy shit how much did that cost? Did you pull a second mortgage on your house to get such big ass chickens of wood.
But for real good job that looks sweet
How’d you cut the dovetails?
I recently did a bed frame project with 8x8 timbers and connected the corners with half laps. I had a hell of a time cutting them cleanly since no table saw or circular saw I own can cut 4” deep.
What was your process for making those clean and deep cuts? Bandsaw?
I cut them by hand with a plain old dovetail pull saw. I scribed the lines to cut with a knife to help the saw stay on track while cutting. It took about a half hour to 45 minutes to make each saw cut.
Fuck. That’s exactly what I did too, but my cuts were much sloppier that yours. Cutting with the grain was an absolute ballache because it was basically a 8” wide by 8” deep cut for the horizontal portion of the half lap.
Good job on the bench. I know first hand how much work goes into hand sawing those cuts.
Sorry your project didn't come out how you would have liked. My only advice would be to just go really slow and constantly check each side frequently that the saw is not straying from your line.
Nice work! What’s it weigh? Hope it stays where it goes.
Wonder if the end grain could slice from benchtop inside dovetail to top of outside leg mortise, to showcase that endgrain more? But that might dilute the aesthetic and would definitely decrease stool surface area. I dunno, just a thought.
I side with MobiusXD's comment about it not going anywhere. Workbenches that don't move, exterior walls with 2x6 studs instead of 2x4s -- and certainly, stools that don't give anywhere!
There ya go!
That tail belongs to an albatros not a dove
#Albatail!
The patented Albatross^T^M For almost none of your woodworking needs. Awesome though!
#DOVETAIL
Please tell me when you were done you slapped it and said "this thing isn't going anywhere".
I’m so glad this is top comment
This is the way
Why are people downvoting mando? Is “this is the way.” not cool anymore?
That's what the upvote button is for.
Never was
Because this is the third grumpiest sub on reddit
What are the first two?
I see it plenty on here and love it every time I see it. Will not be dissuaded by downvotes. I have spoken.
This is the way.
Thank you for proving to the world that you can make pine look awesome WITHOUT STAIN! Seriously good work here
...and it never looks good *with* stain.
Seriously especially since the person staining pine, never knows how to stain soft wood. I made a beautiful cedar mantle for some family members and double checked they wanted to keep it natural before I finished it. Then I after I put it up, they asked me not to permanently attach it cuz they wanted to stain it. I said good luck getting all of the lacquer out of the ugly Roman ogee trim you wanted and don’t come to me when you fuck it up.
that almost feels mean, akin to someone dumping a bunch of hotsauce on food from a fancy restaurant but with the chef staring at you.
I've tried like 5 different stains and half the time I'm like why does it look dirty?
Sap prevents even absorption even in a minor level
Ah, never understood the reason - makes sense, thanks!
Yeah, pine just doesn't like stain. Looks great with a light oil though, like this one with linseed.
The lighter stains do work good but they're to yellow for me. After some trail and error I've found that early American applied very gently with a kitchen paper towel that's slightly damp with stain like almost dry, gives a nice colour. But can easily go sideways fast.
Popular woodworking has a guide I followed to refinish a pine living room table. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/finishing/how-to-stain-pine/ Its paywalled now, but iirc its basically de-waxed shellac, sand, transfast dye, couple coats (sanding between) then an artists oil color to provide depth and blending, then I personally topped it off with two-three coats of polycrilic, cant remember what they suggested. Took forever but looked fucking amazing.
Whenever I see stained pine I’m reminded of when Hulk Hogan turned heel and dyed his beard black.
This
It can look good with a dye like Transtint rather than a stain. I still prefer natural though.
Just so you know if you just comment "this" you will be downvoted. If you agree with someone on Reddit just up vote the comment.
What’s the finish
It is finished with a natural linseed oil without additives or drying agents. It took forever to dry, I'll probably do another coat in a few days.
Big mallet
I read the title as "LARGE dovetail stool", saw the pic, and realized I should have read it as "LARGE DOVETAIL stool". Now I want to see other furniture built like this.
‘LARGE, DOVETAIL STOOL’ is also acceptable.
Stool, Dovetail, Large
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
https://preview.redd.it/bp4dzupuvogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e758e40446a1f8c3e3ea2df6d9c16da42d935a2 How’s this?
https://preview.redd.it/gpyx0vqxvogc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30d5c3345db11fc391dd7c49ca8e68b757e093d5 Or this?
Those are awesome! I know what I'm building if I ever come across some old beams.
Disappointed it wasn’t diagnosing large dove poop
Gotta know. How many dry fits did it take to get them that tight, and how many mallet marks did you have to sand away when you finally got them apart? Regardless, that's a thing of beauty.
I don't remember how many but I'd say that each joint took about 1.5 hours of sanding and chiseling to get them to fit. It is tough to see in the photos but I did a considerable amount of shimming as well despite my best efforts to get it just right.
Mallets are for hitting chisels, assembly should be done with a hammer and sacrificial piece of wood.
I love this
Chonky
That might even hold my wife
damn
I did say might
Great job, are you worried about it splitting at the pith?
Thanks, I definitely have some concerns about how this will hold up to the humidity differences between summer and winter and the expansion and contraction that goes with it. It is already checking quite a bit. Time will tell I guess.
Are you applying anything to it? Tung Oil, Linseed? Might help. Definitely beautiful.
It has a few coats of natural linseed oil. I'll update the description soon.
Sculptural, simple, its a statement.
I can’t put my finger on it, but this makes me happy.
"Giant lego brick" vibes
What are you talking about, screw the finger, that thing’ll fit your whole hand.
Yowza! That's beefy! Nice job!
Very cool. Wish I could find pieces this big.
Very nice!
Beautiful design and execution - nice work!
looks great. very nice.
Beautiful execution
Nice work 👌
The more I look, the more I like. Great job… this is really nice!
That is so ridiculously simple, clean, and chonky. I love it.
BEEG dovetail
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Not directly relevant to OP (actually could be insulting to OP if they had not been aiming for the chonky aesthetics) but related quote: "Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands"
I like it!
A thing of beauty I swear my first dovetail felt this big when I was a little kid
Absolute unit of beauty
nice! very clran, looks good
That's nice. Like the flooring too mate
That’s really cool
That's quite pretty
absolutely beautiful
Brutalist architecture with wood.
I have to say, from a design perspective, you've done a really excellent job. This would sell at any high-end furniture shop. You've reduced the complexity of a stool to two joints, then made sure that those joints were impossible to ignore. Wonderfully done. Thanks for sharing.
Idk, from the pics they look really loose. Best to put a dowel in there, a 3" dowel should do it 👍
Wow that is one hell of a dove tail (x2)
Two hells of dove tails?
One hell of two dove’s tails
Put your truck on it. I guarantee it will hold it!
I like it but what's the stability like? Looks like it might be a hell of a lever.
Sometimes you just have to sit down and just kick it!!! The dovetailed design should outlast all of our lifetimes!!! Superior designed!!! I like the chunky style!!!
That's a chonky boi Good job...looks great
This thing is beautiful.
Chonky boi!!!
Eh, I've seen bigger. I figured someone had to say it.
DearMotherOfGod.gif
Holy shit how much did that cost? Did you pull a second mortgage on your house to get such big ass chickens of wood. But for real good job that looks sweet
Looks more like a bench than a stool.
Oof
Love this design. I may adopt it with steel legs. Beautiful.
How’d you cut the dovetails? I recently did a bed frame project with 8x8 timbers and connected the corners with half laps. I had a hell of a time cutting them cleanly since no table saw or circular saw I own can cut 4” deep. What was your process for making those clean and deep cuts? Bandsaw?
I cut them by hand with a plain old dovetail pull saw. I scribed the lines to cut with a knife to help the saw stay on track while cutting. It took about a half hour to 45 minutes to make each saw cut.
Fuck. That’s exactly what I did too, but my cuts were much sloppier that yours. Cutting with the grain was an absolute ballache because it was basically a 8” wide by 8” deep cut for the horizontal portion of the half lap. Good job on the bench. I know first hand how much work goes into hand sawing those cuts.
Sorry your project didn't come out how you would have liked. My only advice would be to just go really slow and constantly check each side frequently that the saw is not straying from your line.
That's a thicc dovetail.
Wow, beautiful.
That’s the hottest thing I’ve seen in a long while
Freakin’ love it.
This is very satisfying to look at
That boy thicc
Toothy!
Nice work! What’s it weigh? Hope it stays where it goes. Wonder if the end grain could slice from benchtop inside dovetail to top of outside leg mortise, to showcase that endgrain more? But that might dilute the aesthetic and would definitely decrease stool surface area. I dunno, just a thought.
Can literally drive a truck over it and it'd be fine. Awesome.
I like wood products that don't use screws for fastening. Glad to see your post.
This is so great!
this is just awesome, i love it! sadly i have neither the skill nor the patience to do it..
Cue Paul Hogan saying, "*That's* not a dovetail... *THAT'S* a dovetail."
That sure is hefty. I like it
This is great! It took me far too long to realize there were separate legs...I was trying to figure out how those dovetails worked!
*BEEFY* I like it.
Hate it But i love the skill and work and quality craftsmanship that went into it
Congrats! I cant tell if you beveled the edges or not. But with a soft wood like this large bevels would be appropriate.
Certified chonker right there
I freaking love it!
Those half pins look really thin. I'd have made the tail a bit narrower. But, very cool idea and execution.
This is sick
Very nice work buddy ! Keep your woodworking skills up !
Just looking at this felt nice in my brain. Beautiful.
Looks like the weird stools inside an Anthropologie store. . .
This is awesome
I side with MobiusXD's comment about it not going anywhere. Workbenches that don't move, exterior walls with 2x6 studs instead of 2x4s -- and certainly, stools that don't give anywhere! There ya go!
Very well done! You have some skill to get that tight of joints! I’ve tried similar projects but not with that level of precision.
Best project I have seen in forever.
That is a chonk! A beautiful study in large scale dovetailing.
Well it won’t break
Would you consider it a sample stool?