This beginner's woodworking video shows you how to build a small DIY bench to use as a step stool, a child's chair, or for improvised seating; great heirloom gift for kids, and you can add their initials so there's no fighting over each other's benches when it's teethbrushing time.

Skills you'll learn: Using a jig saw, sanding, using a Japanese style pull saw, injecting human foibles into heirloom projects, drilling, making your own milk paint, painting with a shaving brush.

As always, "Anything I Can Do" Host Mag Ruffman makes the mistakes so you don't have to.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:37 Cut lumber to length and sand (or vice versa)
02:42 Trace notches onto end boards
04:08 Cut out the notches with a hand saw
05:24 Understanding the V cut
07:06 Cutting out the V
08:28 Drilling the circular 'split stopper' hole and sanding off slivers
09:07 Assembling the bench
10:04 Choosing your fasteners
11:12 Drilling pilot holes for the nails
13:02 Final assembly
13:43 Drawing a design on the top
14:06 Using a scrolling blade
16:59 Removing sawdust with a tack cloth
17:26 Finishing with homemade blueberry milk paint
18:50 Using a shaving brush to paint
19:32 Finishing plus some inspiring examples to contemplate

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Anything I Can Do aired on the W Network in Canada from 20012002

Anything I Can Do CREW Season 1
Host: Mag Ruffman
Executive Producer: David Smith, S&S Productions
Supervising Producer: Heather Ryall
Producer: Mag Ruffman
Director: Heather Ryall
Director of Photography: Rick Boston
Writers: Mag Ruffman and Daniel Hunter
Production Supervisor: Daniel Hunter
Production Manager: Jeff Baker
Researcher: Rosemary Vukmanich
Art Director: Wendy White
Props Manager: David Hoekstra
Producer Trainee: Tracey Boulton
Assistant Director: Donna Morissette
Camera: Rick Boston, Rick McVicar
Audio: Attila Laszlo
Gaffer: Christopher Hanyk
Camera Assistant: Dave Bradshaw
Editor: Frank Moressa
Music: George Vacval
Post Audio Supervisor: Roberto Capretta
Post Production Coordinator: Vicki Gough
Production Accountant: Hope Lee
Makeup: Valerie Chubey
Production Assistants: Jennifer Large and Christopher Boston
Catering: One Hour For Lunch
Special thanks to: Lee Valley Tools, Precision Sportscar Richmond Hill, DeWALT Tools, Liz Foers, Leah Cherniak and Sue Mitchell