The Last Thing You Made #4  

very nice execution and application. Shiver me timbers.
yes,
Aunt Mark

Very nice, Leif! How are the legs connected to the top?

They are joined with 7/16 dowels. Two per leg. The wood movement should be compatible, but the grain is so wild on the top, it is a bit of an open question. They are glued into the top sockets, but dry socketed, loosely into the legs. Near the top inside of the legs there are small wood thread "set screws" that go into the dowels to lock them into place. Thus the piece can be disassembled by loosening out the set screws and pulling off the legs. And, pulling out the cross brace tusk tenons of course.
Dowels are not the strongest way of making the joint, and I debated doing a wedged through tenon, but I decided I would like the disassemblability and the use case does not demand maximum strength anyway. I sit on it to put my shoes on in the morning. And the occasional shirt might get tossed on there. Not rigorous use. Also, I have hopes that if the wood movement is not well matched the dowels can wiggle a bit in their dry sockets and perhaps, if need be, break, sacrificially, before the top does. But I really hope the wood movement is properly matched and I won't ever have to rework the piece.

I just realized that the other 5 photos I took did not upload. Will post them in a bit.

The missing photos of the Koa bench.

Nice job on the bench, Leif!

That top is absolutely beautiful Leif, fabulous job. I love that it disassembles!

If it is going to have tusk tenons, it kind of has to disassemble..... So the one choice dictates the other.

Your cork floor, Leif. Did you lay it yourself?
I've been thinking about cork for our kitchen for awhile now and I'm curious about how folks like theirs. Linoleum is also on my radar.

I did lay the cork floor myself. It is quite easy to do, and those are not the snap together sheets, just ~3/16" thick rectangles of cork. The hard part is finding a water based adhesive. (Although, where you are tk, you've probably got access to much more than I). And it is a lovely floor material. Warm, soft, easy to install, inexpensive. Basically the perfect floor for a bedroom.

I know some neighbors that have cork floors throughout their home, and it's mellowing into a very soothing moddled surface that seems to crave bare feet, toe's optional. I like it. Yes.
Aunt Mark

Nice bench, leif!
Cork floors are very popular in Denmark! It seemed like every kitchen there had cork flooring. The natural color will forever remind me of my high school band room (soundproofing?) but I like some of the dyed colors and burls.

Gropius put cork flooring in his house in Lincoln, not far from here. And I used to see it at the old Fogg Art Museum where there were cork tiles in the non-public areas since probably the 1930's or before that had developed the most alluring "patina" (for lack of a better description). I kinda fell for the look and feel under foot there, I guess. The old Fogg has been wholly transformed recently by Renzo Piano, BTW. Into what, exactly, I'm still not sure.
But, hey. How about Leif's cool bench?

Hi all,
New here 🙂
Made this coffee table about a year ago.
Brazilian Oak & White Limba. Finished w/ briwax.