More firewood walnut furniture - Woodworking Talk

**Daren** · 12-16-2008, 04:10 PM

I posted a picture of some walnut limb wood in another thread a couple days ago I had on my computer cutting and storing a walnut tree? ...then it dawned on me I had forgot I had that wood

. I went and dug it out yesterday and made this little bench. (still using a junk camera, sorry)

The legs are simple, the ones under the crotch flair are wider than the ones on the other end. The stretcher is just 1/2 lapped in. I was going to put feet on them but anything I came up with looked out of place to me. It sits very stable, I am going to leave it as is.

**Daren** · 12-16-2008, 07:01 PM

I wish my camera was working better

. I tried one last time to get a shot of the figure.

Terry Beeson · 12-16-2008, 09:40 PM

Maybe this will help....

Treeman · 12-17-2008, 07:00 AM

I think you captured the character of the wood nicely.

JP Sinclair · 12-18-2008, 12:53 PM

Good stuff - It always looks better in person. Especially if it was sitting in my living room....

Ohio Ron · 12-18-2008, 11:16 PM

Very nice. More that that, very special. I always look at every piece of firewood. I have found some very special pieces. Spalted Apple, spalted Box Elder and some others that I have not idea what they were. I have even found a small log with a real 5 point star in the center of the wood.

Firewood is a very good source of great wood projects. I seal them with anchor seal and allow them to dry first. I have made many things out of spalted wood and you can see them on my web site.

**Daren** · 12-18-2008, 11:25 PM

Yea, I like spalted. I milled this spalted white oak a couple months ago. Todays load

JP Sinclair · 12-24-2008, 02:59 PM

Nice stuff buddy - What is the dimension of that top?. That could make a cool bar stool seat or a clock face

steck · 12-29-2008, 11:13 AM

that is a nice piece. i love the figuring.

how did you join the legs to the top ?

**Daren** · 12-29-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by steck

how did you join the legs to the top ?

I took a piece of walnut 1" thick X 3" wide and attached it across the full width of the legs (countersunk screws and glue, 2 screws per leg). Flipped the top over and just glued and screwed the whole deal to the bottom of the top.