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A friend, who knew I do artistic furniture, asked me if I could make a curved structure for her garden. She wanted it for a privacy screen, something curved and artistic. She had bought some willow fencing pre-made, 5’ high x 16’ wide and asked if I could incorporate it in the structure. I drew a design using cedar posts. I thought about using naturally bent cedar trees, but they were too hard to find. I decided to bend the posts somehow. I made a sample by bandsawing a 4” x 9’ cedar post into strips, making a form and bending and gluing it back together. It Worked!! I made 2 different forms, 1 a simple curve for the willow fence support rails, and another S shaped form for the top parts. I used a Logman Tenon Jig with my router and made 2 3/4 round tenons on the 5” posts, and 2” tenons on the 3” posts. I laid it all out and driled the holes in the upright post and set it all up in my backyard. I also made a bench on one ond, with cedar branches for the back. I took it over and set it all up with no problem. Then she said she wanted another one, taller and a bit wider. I made the second structure faster and it turned out beautifully!
The first section is 16’ wide, 10’ high with a 4’ bench on one end, and a 3’ section on the other end. the second section is S shaped, 16’ wide, 12’ high and a 4’ section on either end.
She is so happy, and I get great comments on it. The 3 pictures show some of it.
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16 comments so far
Karson
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posted 198 days ago
Wow. A great design. Nice job. Very inventive on the custom bending.
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gizmodyne
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posted 198 days ago
Very cool. I love garden furniture. I am intrigued with the tenon makers.
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cajunpen
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posted 198 days ago
Wow – that is some creative work. I really like the design and story behind it.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
dustynewt
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posted 198 days ago
Beautiful, natural and non-intrusive. Excellent job, Flip.
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Tomcat1066
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posted 198 days ago
I love it! The curves and the material seem to blend together to make the fence seem like it’s a natural formation, not a construction. Well done!
-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!
MsDebbieP
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posted 198 days ago
another “I want” project.
beautiful
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Jiri Parkman
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posted 198 days ago
That is beautifu.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 198 days ago
Very nice project Filip. It would be a compliment to any landscaping design. I am going to have to put something like this on my to do list- for later on this year of course.
Thanks for sharing.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
DAN
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posted 198 days ago
inspiring !
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scott shangraw
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posted 198 days ago
I like the fence.I have been wanting to do some sort of artistic fence in my yard.Hope you don’t mind if I take a few ideas from your project.
-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com
CharlieM1958
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posted 198 days ago
Very cool!
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john
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posted 198 days ago
Beautiful work and great design.
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RobG
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posted 198 days ago
Very Nice work!! You could make a career out of doing work like that!!
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roman
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posted 198 days ago
very original and I quite like the gentle curves that goin two directions. You must of reakky searched for right trees to give that look. Thats something that would look very nice in the general theme of my own gardens.
Bravo!
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Mario
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posted 198 days ago
WOW nice work and it is always nice to get good feedback from happy customers. Loks like someshowcase stuff to me. Thanks for posting.
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hap
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posted 198 days ago
this is great work. gave me an ideal.
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