Poor Man's Poll: Roundwood Furniture, Bodger, and Greenwood Stuff for the 2023 PTJ

What kinds of projects should we do this year?  
Focus is on roundwood, greenwood, hand-tools, and the synthesis of function, beauty, and expedience.  
I'll start the bodger track, and then Alis Yoder will take over the second week to really show us how it's done.

Keep in mind, several of them may turn into building plans, like the Log Picnic Table.

Click +1/thumbs up, or give apple or pie to the ideas you most want to happen.

If you have an idea that is not yet on this list, feel free to add it as a reply.  

Pro-tip: If you are coming to the event, we're waaaay more likely to do whatever project(s) you want to do.  

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Roundwood bunkbeds
(perhaps to replace the squeaky metal ones in Cooper Cabin & Fisher Price House)

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More log picnic tables

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More 3-log benches

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Spoons, Ladles, Spatulas, and other small bits and bobs to rough out with a hatchet and finish with hand tools.
 

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Gates, Arbors, Garden Trellis

A greenwood rocking chair would be awesome :)

One problem we ran into while doing the roundwood chairs last winter was finding the right dimensions of dried wood for the tenon pieces. Will there be a good selection of lengths and diameters around?

Oh, and hey, how about more roundwood chairs, complete the dining set...? https://permies.com/t/212662/Assed-Holidays-Wheaton-Labs-Roundwood

I would love to see a round wood work table with a flat top and an innovative wooden vise to hold projects in place.

I like the idea of roundwood bedroo. Furniture such as a bed, end tables, TV stand etc... I won't be making it, however I do think that would be neat:)

How about a swing or the whole swing set 🤙

How about a design for a roundwood boom crane? I've been considering something like a lifting gate at my driveway entrance using a boom crane type thing. 🤔

Patricia Kavanaugh wrote:How about a design for a roundwood boom crane? I've been considering something like a lifting gate at my driveway entrance using a boom crane type thing. 🤔

like this?

sawbuck

skiddable structure

(willowonka under construction)

shaving horse

Coydon Wallham wrote:One problem we ran into while doing the roundwood chairs last winter was finding the right dimensions of dried wood for the tenon pieces. Will there be a good selection of lengths and diameters around?

We have a number of roundwood sections currently seasoning in the berm shed. They may be ready for use by the time the PTJ rolls around.

Looks like there's a lot of arbor interest.  I wonder if there's a spot at the lab or basecamp where an arbor wants to go.

I still think a bunk bed would be cool.  Like a rugged, large, simple roundwood version.  

If we did an improved version of the picnic table design, where would that want to be?