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Well when we moved into our new house, The previous owner had this park bench outside. It was pretty beat up. The wood was rotted and falling off and the cast iron sides were very rusted. While cleaning up the yard, TLOML said to throw it away. I dragged it over to my shop to take it apart ,to scarp the iron, and that’s when I had an Idea. I’ll rebuild it and give it back to TLOML as a surprise. I made the slat’s all out of pine and stained them really good. The Letters are also made of pine and were first made on my home computer then printed out, taken to the shop, cut out then double face taped to the wood. I then cut the wood on my scroll saw and then rounded the edges with the Router table. I screwed them into place from the back side of the bench and the way I have the white area recessed makes them look like they are on a cloud. Needless to say she was speechless when I gave it to her.
TLOML = The Love Of My Life
-- "Keep Miaking That Sawdust," Lance
11 comments so far
rikkor
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posted 605 days ago
That is a great save. Nice reconstruct.
Scott Bryan
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posted 605 days ago
This is a very nice project and a wonderful save.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
ND2ELK
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posted 605 days ago
You did a beautiful job on this bench. It is so nice when old pieces like this are saved from the junk heap. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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clieb91
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posted 605 days ago
Great Save. Turned out real nice, like the lettering idea.
CtL
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GaryK
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posted 605 days ago
Pretty nice. Not too sure how long the pine will last though.
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Dadoo
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posted 604 days ago
Nice save Lance! Looks like an old casting too. Gary’s got a point about the pine though. Not sure how it’ll do in our ever changing New York weather. Maybe toss a grill cover over it at times to protect it, or set it on a covered porch.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
Jon3
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posted 604 days ago
Superb salvage job!
Dusty56
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posted 531 days ago
THE CAST IRON IS AWESOME but that looks like quite a span for pine to support any weight for very long .I can’t see any center supports from your picture . Hopefully the love of your life won’t fall on her butt if she breaks through it . It is a very nice looking project though !!! Thanks for posting it : )
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frankson
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posted 510 days ago
Good Idea, and you beat me to that idea. I have one I started except I got some cedar decking that I am going to try for battling the weather. But it does look good. good luck.
-- Frank O, Croydon, Pa
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 503 days ago
Beautiful!
The cast iron will last forever.
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Grumpy
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posted 481 days ago
Great job. Good luck in the contest.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python