This Christmas, my uncle Russ, my dad Mo, and a helper named LuJu, started a pine bench with me from a downed tree.
I can’t speak fir the others, but I am an inexperienced woodworker. I had fun whacking my thumb a lot, and with Russ’s / Mo’s sage advice, the log began to resemble a bench.
Despite a full day of chipping, we were nowhere near done, and needed the space for a socially-distanced gathering. We flipped the bench over as a seat, and took pictures sitting on it.
After Christmas, the log was still heavy with water weight. It dried on a table by the wood stove for weeks, and then finally used a nice Stiel saw to shave off the bottom half. Legs and bracing are built from broken shovel and broom handles.
After the bench grew legs, and became a welcome addition to the workshop, we invited others to have a seat!
This bench is unique. It has individual bucket seats like a race car, a baseball bat leg, and has not been treated with an epoxy resin.
Chadd G Hippensteel 