Barn Board Flower Bench

Here is a bench I recently put together from some antique barn lumber. This was an experiment just to see what it would be like to work with it. I had no design in mind and used the poorest quality boards I had. One thing I did find out is use  saw blades that are made for fine cuts, the boards tend to chip when using a standard blade. Another thing you need to stay away from are the standard drywall screws we have learned to rely on since the advent of the cordless drill. To fasten the boards to framework I started with 8d nails, coated sinkers. I switched ti 6d coated sinkers and it worked better yet, less splitting. I guess if you have an edger/jointer it will allow for better fits. Watch out for old rusted off nails though. Like i said this was just a trial run to see what worked & what didn't when working with wood of this age. Now to get down to some real quality projects. I will post step by step pics. as I go. Have a plan for a project? Let's have a look.
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Ric.

Barn board flower bench

Just finished up a barn board flower bench the other day. It really didn't turn out the way I expected or hoping, actually I think it's homely. I will add the photo this weekend, if you have some design ideas for old wood projects let us know.