Do you/will you have plans for this for sale?

And water based poly.

@@jamesrogers4761 Truth

Same here. Titebond pl3 premium for life.

_Polyurethane_ construction adhesive. There are other kinds, and I'm sure he doesn't cheat on his one true love.

He got he job done

Thank you :)

Thanks :)

If you belong to his Locals you can see him and another rather large gentleman both sitting on it.

First you have to know exactly what the screws are actually doing. Most guys think they are holding up the part on the wall through shear, which is only partly true. The real holding power of a screw is through stiction where the screw is holding the part tight to the wall surface. So, to add to that stiction you would use something that increases it, like glue.

Matthias is just a tiny wood elf. John is, with no disrespect, much much bigger.

I don’t trust plywood enough to try this lol. I’d have to use all hardwoods. Nope.

That process is called over-building, not over-engineering. You over-build because you don't understand the engineering, with engineering being the way to make it strong without being too bulky or taking forever to finish and costing more than it needs to.

Simple answer that you won't like, it would be ugly then.

@@KipdoesStuff Two THIN struts wouldn't make it "ugly" and generally these types of banquette seating normally have a table in front of them which will hide the majority of the visuals. if the struts are put AWAY from the visible edges (as I stated) they will hardly be visible at all. Aesthetics are fine, but ONLY as long as they don't compromise the structure and you can guarantee even if anybody making this design doesn't have young children, somebody in the future who owns the house probably will and kids stand on bench seats all the time without thought to the structural integrity.

Give it some thought, first, and then give a rundown on how you see this failing if a future dumbass has his way with it. For example, do you see the whole thing collapsing, as in falling off the wall completely if a future dumbass jumped on it? Or would just part of it break off? Or would it pull the entire wall it's attached to down? Serious question.

@@JohnHeiszI know you've got supports, but they are all attached near the back, so I would think the seat part could well break away about at the point the back supports are attached, away from where said stresses will all be - even plywood and maple has it's structural limits. I know this design and the supports are all working on the theory that the weight of the body is close to the wall when a person is sitting back, but you cannot guarantee everyone will do that, depending on the table that goes in front, and children will definitely not do that, plus if that table is at all used at some point in the future as a play space, children will stand there and all the cantilevered loading will be at the front. Baquettes in corner spaces like this lend themselves perfectly to the task, and this has been built into place, so it could well be there for many decades, long after you've sold the property. All I'm thinking of are two or even one diagonal going from near the front to the corner where the floor meets the wall for each bench. A single strip of maple plywood, even faced on one edge would significantly increase the loadbearing capacity to a point YOU could probably stand on the edge without issue, though jumping up and down would be ill advised. If the spacing is amenable, screw the wall face into the stud and cap the screw head, or add the facing strip afterwards for the cleanest visuals.

I recorded a video this morning talking about the way the bench is built and how strong it is and will post that later today on my other channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9lomqqLscyWeZc.html It was prompted by your comment and others on this video, and other videos in general, where the strength of a project is questioned. @@rafezetter8003

That's why he didn't test it on video 😂

Make your own and prove it, oh wait, I forgot, you don't have 1% of the skill John does.

I thought the same, I didn't think it would be strong enough

@@KipdoesStuffhe’s right.

Give it some thought, first, and then give a rundown on how you see this failing. For example, do you see the whole thing collapsing, as in falling off the wall completely? Or would just part of it break off? Or would it pull the entire wall it's attached to down? Serious question.

I would add that the drywall between the bench and the frame is a cause for concern. The drywall should have been removed and framing attached using an in wall floating countertop bracket so as not to rely on construction adhesive and screws in plywood in a shear strength application.

You might want to watch this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9lomqqLscyWeZc.html@@aaronwood6910

@@JohnHeisz that’s great. But like I originally said, in my opinion this is not something that will hold up to the test of time. I would never build this for a client because I would eventually be called back to repair it. In your own home, you can get away with that.

That would be your inability to make it strong enough, probably because you don't fully understand how to. All I can do is present the info, but I can't make you understand it, or have the confidence that it will not fail that understanding provides. Truth is, you have no idea how this will hold up over time. Claiming otherwise is just blind arrogance.@@aaronwood6910