Rustic pine bench

You did a great job on this. A simple way of joining everything up and it just looks very well-done. Again, great skills you got…designing and implementing them too!

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Man that is just what I need. Gonna have to try to make me one of these when I get the time

-- Jimi _ Measure twice, cut once.......@#%#$@!!!......measure twice, cut....

Notice on the far left side of the back rest (the tall side) you can see what looks like drips in the stain…that is actually pitch that just keeps oozing out. I’ve scraped and sanded it away at lest 3 times and it just keeps coming back. Anybody have any suggestions on how to seal up the board to stop the “bleeding”??

-- Juniper Canyon Design

that’s a great bench. Is the pine planed? It looks pretty smooth for a chainsaw cut.

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That’s one of the best looking rustic benches I’ve seen. Great job!

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Don,
Nope, that is the cut from the chainsaw. If you sharpen the chain properly for a rip cut, it leaves a pretty smooth surface. These slabs are actually rougher than some cuts I have made. This was a really tough tree to mill, very hard and so full of pitch that if you grabbed a handful of sawdust you could squeeze it together like a snowball….and the grain looks very cool in person, the pics don’t really pick it up very good.

-- Juniper Canyon Design

Awesome job. I use the same mill. I love it.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

I’ll bet that won’t blow over.
Nice build…................

-- mike...............

You carved a pure Winner from that old tree! The color is beautiful also!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

@junipercanyon…Is the bench setting in the sun? That could be the reason for the pitch running. Ive made outdoor furniture from box store treated lumber that did that cause it was directly in the sun. Moved it to a shady location and it stopped.

-- Jimi _ Measure twice, cut once.......@#%#$@!!!......measure twice, cut....

great work!, elementairy solid look to it.

-- -Thomas -

Cool, like the fact that it is ALL chainsaw.

-- A childs smile is payment enough.

Beautiful and servicible.
Amazing how you see beauty and purpose out of “trash” trees!

Super cool lookn bench.

As for the pitch/sap, like the other guy said, putting it the shade will help otherwise you have to super heat the area or whole piece thats bleeding with a heat gun (without burning it) for an extended period of time, ….it will bleed a lot from the heat gun but this is what you want. When it stops bleeding, clean the sap off………when it cools and provided it doesnt exceed the high temp of previously heating………it should stop bleeding.

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

That is one great bench

I can imagine that in the flesh that

resin must have real depth.

You’ve done the wood proud

jamie

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