Live Edge Black Oak Benches

Cool!

And I’ll bet they are too heavy to steal. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great job! And a great buy for any home!

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Love those. you won’t have them for long.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh

Wow! Very pretty. Nice work!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Great addition to the table.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Very nice – I hope that you can get a price worthy of the craftsmanship.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

oh yes… I love them!! The legs are really cool.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Ron;
—-yes, these ‘live edge’ benches are worthy of praise!

I’m wondering what is the width, height and length of these benches? I know….but really it’s a habit of mine, I just can never just look, without forming questions in my mind. Also I notice that it looks like the legs are splayed out, how did you determine the angle and how is the fourth un-seen board, joined to underside of top and inside of legs?

How-what-where-when….never could stop asking those questions….oh well.
Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

frank—-dont stop asking…thanks from a beginner who may not always not know what to ask…

ron—-very cool…i hope they sell well…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

Frank, height is 18” length is 5’ and width varies from 12” to 14”. I use pocket holes, screws and glue underneath so as not to be easily seen. I have made all my benches with the legs at a 15 degree angle with a support spanning from leg to leg also attached with pocket holes screws and glue (tight bond II). I have used this method for a number of years and have never had any come apart or loosen up. I am a creature of habit and stick with the same design when it works well. You will find many sizes of this style that I make, some more rustic than others. It works well for tables also, I have a nice rustic live edge redwood slab table that I use every day for my computer station.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Yes, I ‘ve asked that before too Frank.

Ron, I’d like to see some shots of the undersides some day, I know you don’t want them to be seen but maybe some of us jocks would like to see under the hood.

Just sometime when you have the camera out, no rush. Have great one.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Mmmm I love these. I enjoy the retention of the natural edges. And I like the way the arched cutouts in the ends follow the lines of the grain.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Ron, I love the large slab construction of these benches. Great job, and best of luck at the sale.

-- Robb

Nice to see this pop up again. How did the sale go? Where do you usually sell your creations?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I can only add to the praise. I’d love to have those benches.

-- Maplewood, MN

Yes I had missed these before. Great looking how did they go.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

That’s just the sort of thing I was looking at to make for the pond skating rink. They won’t be of black oak, but I like the design.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

They went fast, I’ve been keeping more of this wood covered and dry for this winters shop time.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Wow – These are fantastic! Great work!

-- JC - Central PA - www.affyx.com

These are just terriffic! Natural edges rock!

I love that primitive stuff. You’ve done a great job with these! Great Post!!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Really cool slab benches.

-- Steve-o