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This bench is black walnut from two sources. The bench and back are bookmarked pieces I got from a friend and the legs are from a tree on the property. It was harder than I thought to get everything to line up halfway decent. The tools used were a chainsaw (I split the log for the legs by clamping it to my shave horse and cutting it down the middle with the chainsaw), various sanders (LOTS of sanding!), drill/screws and chisels. After building this bench, I very much respect the work that Jeffro does and realize that I am a LONG way from skills like that. The bench at first had long back legs that extended above the top but I cut them off as the project morphed on me. The bench measures 5’ long, 3’ tall, and 18’’ deep. The height of the seat is 18’’ also. I used a mixture of walnut dust and CA glue to fill the screw holes (poor man’s plugs) and they turned out pretty nice. I finished it with Danish oil and now have to decide what to do with it. Oil is still drying in some of the pics.
I didnt like this thing at the start and middle of the build but as I got closer to completion it started growing on me and I am quite pleased with how it turned out. It is sturdy as can be and weighs about 55 lbs. Thanks for the looks and comments.
-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!
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bowtie
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#1 posted 323 days ago
Turned out great, I’m learning live edge/ rustic projects can be rough to get proportioned correctly. this one is pleasing to the eye!
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Arlin Eastman
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#2 posted 323 days ago
O Boy, O Boy
You sure did a nice job on that one. Way to go.
Arlin
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ShaneA
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#3 posted 323 days ago
Looks good, sturdy. Will it be an inside bench?
kiefer
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#4 posted 323 days ago
Jay
Looks like you live in wood paradise with access to beautiful wood like that .
I always wanted to know what furniture looks like in paradise and now I know .
-- Kiefer 松
JoeyG
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#5 posted 323 days ago
Now that’s a home run. Great job.
I am almost out of the cherry jam. I put less and less on my toast trying to make it last. LOL Thanks again.
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Roger
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#6 posted 323 days ago
This is way kool. Nice hunk-a-hunk-a Walnut fer sure
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
jaykaypur
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#7 posted 323 days ago
ShaneA———I dont know where it will end up. I may donate it to local charity auction or give it to the local general store…if they have room for it on their porch.
kiefer—-you are correct….it is paradise where I live.
JoeyG—-Just made blackberry this past weekend…20 jars!
-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!
lew
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#8 posted 323 days ago
Gorgeous, Jay!
-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
Monte Pittman
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#9 posted 323 days ago
Beautiful work Jay. Really gorgeous bench.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
Ken90712
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#10 posted 323 days ago
Awsome job noting better than walnut ! A real Beauty!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
jjw5858
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#11 posted 322 days ago
Really nice grain and pics. I have always loved Walnut, still have yet to work with it. Great work Jay!
-- "Make something you love tomorrow...and do it slowly" JLB
NHwood
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#12 posted 322 days ago
Very well done Jay! This caught my eye, and inspires me to build one! Your are right on with paying respects to Jeffro for his work, but you are not giving yourself enough credit for this bench my friend…. Excellent work!!!
studie
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#13 posted 322 days ago
Yay, that’s nice! To work walnut wood must take time and blades too, thanks for showing.
-- $tudie
junipercanyon
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#14 posted 321 days ago
Very cool bench. I recently finished a live edge bench that has a back rest very similar shape to yours. Looks great!
-- Juniper Canyon Design
Jamie Speirs
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#15 posted 320 days ago
Jay that is a really nice bench
You have captured the beauty
of the grain in a tight design
like the picture showing your thought
process
nice
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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