Fir Bench

Looks nice. Is the top fir?

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Good lookin’ piece. I have always been a fan of that style of joinery.

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nicely done

The top is Fir. Thanks for the comments.

Very nice. I great job on the construction.

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Excellent build. I like the construction picture from below. We always wonder how things are joined. I saw the tops of the legs, and thought, ” I would have chamfered the tops to give it a floating top look, but yours is a well made and solid project, thanks.

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Nice bench.

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A fitting project for some really nice looking fir.

In my neck of the woods, properly dried, really nice fir is quite expensive. It’s great looking stuff!

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How was the fir to work with? How did you purchase it?

Fir can be fickle, stringy would be a good descriptive word. I have could hand plane some pieces and have to sand others. Next time I will make everything oversize and then machine to dimension to avoid tearout. That might work.
A positive note is that here is Edmonton you can get huge pieces for a decent price. This project was made from a 3×12x18’ log which cost about 40$. I am going to get some 4×12 this spring and there is stuff that is even bigger. You do loose a bit due to checking and knots but for solid bases and big dimensional pieces Fir is tough to beet in my mind.