How To Make Log Benches
While they might not be all that comfortable they are sturdy and can handle any weight put on them.
How to make log benches. See more ideas about log furniture log bench rustic furniture. This is a log bench i make last week. The seat height should be 18 inches in front and 17 inches in back to give a slight. Barnes makes a pair of bench ends by crosscutting the remainder of a 6 foot log half into two 3 foot sections.
I cut a tree limb that morphed into the bench a huge limb was extending some small branches out over the electric service line coming from. Using my farmertec g660 chainsaw i make a simple bench out of a log. Still a popular idea log benches are a staple in most rural landscapes and meeting areas. This is my first time making a bench like this and in my own opinion it is a little crud.
Horizontal at the bottom a kind of sled base or vertical legs attached. Place a 1 1 2 inch wide straightedge on the flat surface on edge against one of the legs. No hardware or tools needed. Step 2 cutting the top half if you re using a log that originally had a 2 foot diameter you.
Rustic cottonwood bench this is the first of 3 rustic cottonwood benches i m making this. You have two basic options for legs. Use your chain saw to cut the log in half lengthwise. Step 1 halving the log measure the diameter of the log and mark the half way point.
Trace the line of the straightedge across the leg transferring the angle of the flat surface to the leg. Nov 11 2016 explore james keslar s board log benches on pinterest. Slice off the other half of the log to build a semicircular designed bench. Specially cut grooves lock in and.
Split the other into two and use them as the base. How to make log benches hunker june 2020 a log bench entails no more than a log split in half and fitted with legs. How to make a quality log bench out of only a log and a chainsaw. It didn t start out that way.