Maple 3 Board Bench

I made this bench yesterday to put outside an upstairs window so I can sit in the morning and look over the hay meadow. There is a window alcove at each end of the house, so I guess I'll have to make another bench for the other window soon. I've included a couple of photos that show the simple jig I made to cut each mortise using a pattern bit with my new router. (Craig's List cheep tool gloat! $50 for a 2 1/2 hp Porter Cable router with two router table tops and router plates.) I also used a template to cut the legs for the bench. Speeds up construction quite a bit.

Here's the project showing what this wood looked like the day I cut it.

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