How did you aquire this wood? Did you go over late last night to get it?? (just joking with ya!)
Looking very good Buckskin.
I made something similar to this for an older Peek-a-Poo dog I had for a very long time before she passed away at the age of 19-1/2 years. She couldn't make it to the couch.
Last summer I called a local fence guy and asked if he had any panels he was going to trash. He said he had 3/4 ton flatbed pickup loaded with them. I then asked how much he wanted for them and he said if I bring them to you and you help me off load them you can have them.
From that load I have made a coffee table, end table and now this.
I saw the tables and commented. They look great Buckskin. Ditto about the free wood!
A neighbor cut down an old oak tree. What I could carry or haul, he said I could have. I am taking a woodturning class at the Woodcraft Store in Indianapolis next month. Hopefully I can fill these pages soon with some type of turnings. Maybe something will be good enough to post in these hallowed halls of LumberJocks(?).
I need to take a lathe class myself. I bought one and have fiddled with it, but it has just been way to long since my Grandpa first showed me how to use his. I bet you will have something worthy!
I keep seeing projects built with old fencing. A bowl, a gun rack and now this. My fence company has been piling up old fencing and tops of pickets cut from new fencing, for about two years now. We contacted a company to haul it all off and it came to over $5,000 just to give you an idea of how much old fencing we normally have on hand. It's been kind of a… community scrap wood pile. People come and get cedar or pt pine and build planters, gates or whatever. Recycling old fence materials is the way to go.
I agree about the old fence. In fact the materials used for this I received from a local fence company. When I called he had them on his truck and delivered them to my house free of charge. Saved him having to dispose of them.
Thanks for the comments as I have not been active here in a very long time. I still lurk occasionally.