Craftsman Ottoman - Part 8

And.... it's done. Pretty much.

The last bit of cutting was to finish up the tenons on the lower stretchers. Once those were complete, a tiny bit more sanding then glue up the project.

Here is the completed chair, minus the plywood bottom for the cushion. On to the 'finishing room'. It'll get two coats of Minwax Provincial, then a few coats of Satin Polyurethane.

Start to 'before finishing' this project took somewhere between 8-10 hours. I used the following tools :

• mitre saw
• table saw
• jointer
• planer
• router table and 3/8" spiral up cutting bit
• drill press, 3/8" and 1/2" brad point bits
  
• drum sander (could have also used random orbital sander)
• random orbital sander
• 1/2" chisel

The project used less than 10 bd feet of red oak which I already had. With all the straight cuts this is pretty easy project to do. The mortise and tenon joints are good practice for larger, more complex projects.