Pine Benches

Those are some mighty fine looking benches Monte. The joint in the water fall bench is nice and tight. Did you use dowel’s or biscuit’s in the joint?

-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!

Very cool Monte ,the waterfall miter turned out great.

ditto the joint looks a lot better,should sell easily.fine work as usual monte.

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Very well done. The character of the grain shows the whole story.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.

I like that you put the joint right in the middle of that limb. It gives the impression that the limb is more round… like it would be on the tree.

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Well, it didn’t take you long to master that joint! Looks fantastic!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Job well done, I like the joints with the grain match you did, on the leg end of the beach.

-- Soli Deo gloria!

Wow Monte,

Spot on! with your joinery. Hope you have a place to put everything before you sell it? LOL!

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Those are gorgeous Monte!
First bench I have seen with a waterfall edge.

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

Great work Monte, both artistically and technically. The waterfall edge is nice and I like the inlaid butterfly joints also!

-- Greg, Tucson Az, www.etsy.com/shop/lostriverwoodcrafts

I use dowels. I am still too cheap to buy a domino cutter.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Nice work, Monte. Those sure are sturdy benches. I saw some benches in Shipshewana, Ind. that I’d like to make from timber like that. The Amish make all the furniture there. They had cut dovetails into the bottom of the slabs and fitted the legs into the dovetails. I’m still thinking on how I can cut them that big??

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Jim, talk to Charles Neil. He has a high for that.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Great Job on the Waterfall.

-- TomB

Joint turned out very nice.