Wooden/Iron Bench Refurbish

This is a rehab project. We had an oak and iron bench that we bought from Sam’s several years ago. I knew nothing about protecting wood (and, frankly didn’t care much) so over time, the bench became dilapidated.

I decided to dismantle it, replace the oak with cedar (to match other outdoor accouterments that I had built), refurbish the iron, then salvage as much of the original oak as I could. This is the result!

The first two pictures are of the rebuilt/refurbished bench; the third of the “old” bench and the last two of the “old’ oak and the salvaged oak. Obviously, the forth picture was taken during the process.

-- When I die I want to go like my grandfather did...peaceful, in his sleep...not screaming like the passengers in his car.