Garden bench
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Introduction
Not so much a "how to" article, and more of a here is how it turned out one! This garden bench was based on Jay Bates' design as featured on his web site, and also as shown in his video.
The only significant departure from the plans, was I built this one from Western Red Cedar rather than tanalised CLS 4x2" timber. As a result the construction is slightly more substantial since my finished 4x2" was much closer to that actual dimension that you will get with CLS.
I also altered the way the centre seat rest fixes such that is is lap jointed to the rear centre upright. This places the support in the middle of the span of slats rather than slightly offset.
At some point I may build a second one, as I have enough timber for another. I may design a different "scene" for the next one rather than the Horse theme of the first.
Finishing
Both the above pictures show the bench with its timber unfinished. Since its made from Western Red Cedar, it could be left like this since its a durable timber - it would slowly weather to a nice silver finish. However decided to give it a coat of teak oil to darken the colour and help preserve the look for a bit longer.
