{"id":158,"date":"2015-05-13T13:39:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2015-06-15T20:48:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T04:48:31","slug":"a-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"A Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-172 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2786-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2786\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2786-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2786-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2786.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fig 1: a bench<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ellen&#8217;s porch bench got worn out and busted, so I got commissioned to construct a new one. \u00a0She picked out a style from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodworkersworkshop.com\/resources\/index.php?cat=435&amp;topic=wood%20garden%20benches\" target=\"_blank\">this page of benches<\/a>, and I got the supplies and threw one together.<\/p>\n<p>Constructing it meant that I finally had to get around to buying a pocket hole jig, which wasn&#8217;t as cheap as I felt it should be (even from Harbor Freight). \u00a0However, after using it for the first time, I lamented how long I&#8217;ve gone without having one. \u00a0It&#8217;s pretty darned handy, and I wish I made the investment sooner.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was finished with a satin polyurethane, which really brought out a rich gold in the yellow pine. \u00a0Not so much in the dimensional-lumber parts of the bench frame, though.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2168-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2168-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2168-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2168-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2168-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2168-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fig 2: a brief respite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finished it up by cutting a stencil and spraypainting a requested saying on the back slats of the bench. \u00a0Came out pretty darned sharp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen&#8217;s porch bench got worn out and busted, so I got commissioned to construct a new one. \u00a0She picked out a style from this page of benches, and I got the supplies and threw one together. Constructing it meant that I finally had to get around to buying a pocket hole jig, which wasn&#8217;t as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/?p=158\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Bench<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}