Three log bench - PEP BB roundwood.sand.bench

As per the request to show 11" diameter log and 6" wide seat.  I have one photo to show both.  Thanks!

Dave Burton wrote:For this BB, you must create a saddle joint.   This means cutting a curved shape into the legs to hold the bench log, OR cutting curved shapes into the bench log to sit on the legs.  It's preferred to notch the bench log so that rainwater doesn't accumulate in the saddles.

The choice of where to place the saddle cuts came up at the SKIP event this year. On my way home I rode through Yellowstone and in one part of the park they had dozens of 3 log benches along the road. Most of them had fallen apart. Not sure when they were built, but all of the ones visible that had fallen apart had the saddle joint carved in the legs...

This bench! I tell ya! I learned so much on this bench. Like the difference between an axe and a maul. Log was a twin trunk, which I thought might make it easier to hew. Possibly, I was wrong, because a hollow in the center came with all kinds of knots and weird ridges.
Anyways! I used a chainsaw to cut the log into 3 chunks. Then I peeled them. I used a hand saw to cut saddles into the leg pieces. Then began the work of hewing with a saw, maul, hatchet, chisel and hammer. It took 5 of us to move the log into it's final home 😁🤗 all in all, about 12 hours invested.

Oh, I missed that requirement, thinking that it was a minimum, and more would be better. I actually made this bench for an older couple who wanted it to sit higher.

Hmm. Do you think if I made a 2nd pair of legs to have the whole bench sit lower, it would meet requirements? It was so much work.

It seems like that would meet the BB's requirements since it doesn't specify much about the legs.

So! I adjusted the bottom of the legs, and now the bench sits at about 17.5 inches tall. With all the previous pictures, this last should satisfy the missing requirements.

Made a three log bench.

I used a chainsaw to rip the log in half, but hand tools for chiseling the saddle joint and hewing the surface.