log bench

↻ 2025-07-29

• overview
• process
• base design

overview

I chainsaw-milled some slabs from a tree which died in my yard, of lightning strike. The piece at the top of the log was nothing special for nice furniture, but still large enough to make a simple bench from.

process

• Cut the log to rough dimensions with a chainsaw
• Plane the log flat. This took a lot of planing because there was such a prominent cup to the end piece.
• Seal with deck polyurethane. I hope this can take the weather
• Cut steel scrap for a base, weld
• Assemble

base design

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