Here's a project that I've been wanting to get to, and once I got to it I was surprised at how fast it all went together. This five-board bench design is a classic and was used extensively by both sides during the American Civil War.
Using some 11 1/2 inch pine planks that I recently salvaged from a friend's barn I sawed, shaped, and sanded the five pieces in no time. Glued, clamped, nailed (minimally), stained, this project took just under two hours at a very relaxed ("where'd I leave my diet Pepsi?") pace.
This is the bench with the first coat of stain, as yet not rubbed down with steel wool, which I'll do in a couple of days. I chose to stain this rather than paint it only because the pine is beat-up in a way that gives it quite a bit of character, its also riddled with powder-post beetle holes which would have been filled in with paint. I'll be making more of these, I'm sure. Subsequent numbers will be pegged rather than nailed and painted in a variety of colors, depending on what I have lying around.
Whether used to accommodate behinds, flowerpots, drinks, or even books this handsome little table was a delight to make and a joy to behold. I'll be making a few more of these, I'm sure.
Mannie
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