Green wood bench with dry wood legs - PEP BB roundwood.sand.drypegbench

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in round wood working.

This BB will be building a half log bench on four legs that is at least six feet long.

The dry pieces of wood should be the legs, fitting in to the main bench piece of green wood (freshly cut piece of wood). The idea is that the green wood will shrink and further tighten itself to the pieces of dried wood.

Holes are made in the green wood, and the dry leg pieces are inserted into it.

The log of green wood for the seat is split in half, with the flat side facing up to sit on, and the legs are inserted into the round side.  Do not use screws (as done in the video)


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This video shows a good step by step process and example of what the end product could look like. No fancy finishing is required.  Please do not use a chainsaw to smooth the surface - that is a job for a hand plane.



Be safe when using hand tools, work at your own risk, and enjoy building!

Minimum requirements:
  - 6' long bench
  - 10" wide seating surface
  - 4 legs

Post the following as pics or video (< 2 min):
  - Your chunks of wood that you are starting with
  - Progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
  - Final product

Clarifications:
  - "Hand tools" means non-powered tools.  No battery/electrically powered drills
  - The log section can be harvested with a chainsaw