Tree bench Happy all around

Month, Month? Month, you always sit correctly on her!

Our bank is a really well-rounded thing, even though it has eight corners. Therefore eighth, because it makes tearing open and cutting the mitered wood child's play, even for non-mathematicians. All miter cuts of the seat boards, for example, run under 22,5 City, a value, based on the usual cap, miter- and circular table saws can be adjusted with a notch. by the way: This time our building plan also includes 1:1-stencils. The construction of the bench is unusual, because it lacks the front legs. So that the whole thing is still stable, are the load-bearing backrest wood with 3,5 x 7,5 cm more developed, In addition, the seats are supported to the rear by the sloping struts. The advantages of this construction are the absolute legroom, the material savings as well as the lower number of uprising points of the bank, what makes them non-tipping.

The bench consists of three basic elements.

The construction of our tree bench is like series production, because the three basic elements stand, You have to screw eight copies of the backrest and seat together. It's worth it, to make a template for the cuts, especially the backrest boards, which can be used to avoid annoying measurement errors that are often only noticeable during installation. The measure of all actions is the tree, you want to sit around. Our bank is for a tree with 40 to 50 cm diameter built, this leaves enough room to grow up to the inner diameter of the bank. After all, the bench stands on eight feet, you should level the area around the tree a bit. This makes the assembly and the stable stand of the bench much easier. Otherwise – happy sitting!

1 Die geraden und schrägen Enden der Zangenhölzer schneiden Sie mit einer kräftigen Stichsäge zu. To do this, switch on the pendulum stroke. Smooth out the cut edges with sandpaper, treat the cut surfaces with anti-stain protection.

2 Die Ausklinkungen an Lehnen, Mark the struts and pliers with a setting square and a pencil. All timbers are notched by ^ a quarter of the material thickness.

3 Be sure to, that you have to work out the pliers in pairs, the notches are thus reversed in each case’ make.

4 Lehne und jeweils zwei Zangen werden an den Ausklinkungen mit einander verbunden. To do this, generously coat the notch surfaces with waterproof wood glue.

5 Alle Verbindungen, the ones between the struts and the pliers are additionally bolted. The holes for this are located at the intersections of the two longitudinal axes of the wood.

6 move- and seat backs are first assembled from boards and rear retaining strips, before you cut them to the diagonal dimension with the jigsaw.

7 Die Rückenlehnen verschrauben Sie durch die Halteleisten mit den Ständern. Be sure to pre-drill, so the wood doesn't splinter.

The right glaze for colored surfaces

If you want to paint the bench in color, it must be garden wood suitable for pressure-treated wood- or decorative glaze (see photo) being. However, since the color effect of the glaze on the wood can vary, In any case, we recommend a large-area color test on a leftover piece. The primer with blue stain protection can be omitted here.