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Project by CAMERONGAGNON.com posted 1087 days ago 1700 views 3 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is the couch and a bistro table from the heirloom garden furniture set. Notice how half the log is spalted and have is still solid. Also the table top and one end of the couch are bookmatched slabs. If you look closely you will notice that I sliced right through a square nail. The nail on the table represents an hour hand of a clock counting back to the time the nail was inserted and the roman numerials on the base represent the time that the nail was rediscovered.

-- "Safe woodworking isn't just about avoiding injury, it is also about avoiding extinction." CKG




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#1 posted 1087 days ago

Wow – cool! We’ve never seen furniture quite like that before! How did you go about the sanding process, and what’s it finished with?

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#2 posted 1087 days ago

Very cool….I was half expecting to see Fred Flintstone or Yogi Bear sitting in it! Nicely done.

Ditto on the finishing, curious what the finish is and how well it holds up to the elements.

-- Ian - Life's a game, if you don't play, you can't win.

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#3 posted 1086 days ago

Absolutely beautiful job. The finish is great!. I’m not sure that I’d want to be your furniture mover, though. -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

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#4 posted 1086 days ago

Wow thats some couch and table unique and cool

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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#5 posted 1086 days ago

The finish is spar varnish. I have left designated areas un-varnished for now to allow for a more controlled seasoning process. It presently has 4 coats and will be getting more this summer. Heavy… you say. It took 4 strong canucks seven tries to move the couch 15 feet using moving harnesses.

-- "Safe woodworking isn't just about avoiding injury, it is also about avoiding extinction." CKG

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#6 posted 1086 days ago

so ironic that you’re from Quebec, my first thought was “tabarnac that must have been heavy to move”

nice work Cam!

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#7 posted 1086 days ago

Wow, very nice!

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#8 posted 1086 days ago

Very unique!

Nice work.

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#9 posted 1086 days ago

Awesome!!

Great set, super job…..........................

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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#10 posted 1086 days ago

great work…. a bugger to move around though eh?

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#11 posted 1086 days ago

Very imposing pieces. I think I woulda just rolled ‘em into position. Why reinvent the wheel?

-- Jim

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#12 posted 1085 days ago

you’re an animal…very nice work

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