Boot Bench

I was tasked to make a simple bench for outdoor use as a perching point for boot removal.

I had some recovered wood that happened to be pressure treated and pretty chunky so I figure this would be perfect project for it.

After sanding back the wood and trimming off the ends,

Quick sanding timelapse

I had a stab at some chunky dovetail joints. They could be a bit snugger, but not bad for a first attempt. I used a bandsaw to cut the tails and half of the pins. I glued some 60-degree off-cuts to the pin board to achieve the inverse angle as the bandsaw table only tilts one-way (medium-size brain moment). I then did the same thing again to double the bench depth.

I used pocket holes to attach the two halves and wood glue to join the dovetail joints. Then I took a router to each end and added a chamfered to make it a little more interesting.