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Rustic Cedar Garden Bench
Here is a garden bench I just recently finished, it is constructed of Aromatic Red Cedar bookmatched planks and native Juniper Ashe posts and subframe, 1.5 and 1 inch mortise and tenons, the arch in the back made it a little more challenging as each piece had to be custom fitted and cut. I finished it with Australian Timber Oil so it will hold up outside or on a porch. It is funny there was some moss growing on the bark, and I had two friends come by the shop and say it looked cool with the unintentionally left moss on there, so I left it, I was going to sand it off, instead I just worked around it. The bench is 5 foot long and the seat is 19 inches high.
-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com
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socalwood
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posted 237 days ago
VERY nice piece -
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TheQuast
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posted 237 days ago
good work. i think original looking, natural is the way to go! way to be a champ and leave the moss on there :)
woodman488
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posted 237 days ago
Nice job on the bench. I’ve been looking for an idea to make a few but sometimes just need to see a basic design.
Tony
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Peik Löf
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posted 237 days ago
Amazing bench :)
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mtnwild
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posted 237 days ago
That’s a hunk’a hunk’a bench!! LOL… Great wood on that, a lot of wood on that. Nice slabs! Cool garden.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
a1Jim
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posted 236 days ago
WAAAY Cool bench.
Jim
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snowdog
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posted 236 days ago
That should be sitting on my porch :) Did you use a tool like the Tenon maker to make the joints?
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Rusticman
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posted 235 days ago
Beautiful, and nice flow. Just cant get enough of that rustic stuff.
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SawDustnSplinters
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posted 177 days ago
Thanx for all the kind comments and yes snowdog I did use the Logman Tenon Maker, a heck of alot cheaper and does the job with out having to buy 5-6 expensive bits….and I can get those free-form weird angle tenons alot easier…
Be well
-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com
SawDustnSplinters
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posted 165 days ago
Once again, thanx ya’ll…..I just sold two of these today for 750…each..sweet…
God Bless and Be Well…..............
-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com