Place the split log face up perpendicular to the two 24 inch logs that will serve as supports.
Making log benches. Making a primitive log bench using hand tools is a project easily adapted for a number of factors. Slice off the other half of the log to build a semicircular designed bench. Log bench for playground. Barnes makes a pair of bench ends by crosscutting the remainder of a 6 foot log half into two 3 foot sections.
Draw a half circle with a lumber crayon on the split log at the point where the split log contacts the support logs. A solid wooden bench trampoline and swing are some of the essentials you need to transform your backyard into a little playground for the munchkins. Easy to make a diy project for a rustic natural stool made out of a piece of log with a carved out plus sign on the bottom to create legs. What others are saying.
This will be the seat of the bench. We have had ice. Place one of the legs in front of you with the smooth side facing up. Making outdoor log furniture is the closest i have come to instant gratification in a furniture project.
It doesn t take but seconds to cut the tenons when using lumberjack s tenon cutters. This is a log bench i make last week. Cut a second log to measure 6 feet long. Half oak log bench design.
Solid slabs of natural wood are handcrafted into unique log benches for cabin lodge camp or rustic home decors. How to make a split log bench legs. It didn t start out that way. Solid slabs of natural wood are handcrafted into unique log benches for cabin lodge camp or rustic home decors.
The supports should be centered 18 inches. 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 the road to our house. How to make log benches. If the bench is made from a durable wood such as oak it can be used outside.
Nail the log pieces together using landscaping spikes or barn nails. Use a chainsaw to cut a log to measure 3 feet long. The bench can be any size from a small child s seat or a footrest to a large bench that will seat several adults. Within an hour or two you can make these tables less if you have the logs lying around.
Use two or three nails per base driving the nails through the top log into the bottom log.