Thread: Bush Furniture

150 acres of Bushland? Leave the trees standing until they're ready to fall!! We're running out of tree in Sydney!

Green is good and is easy to work, and is actually an advantage in a lot of ways. There is some good info about green working wood all over the net and the Timelife series called The art of wood working has some good info in it.

green wood is great, but if you have 150 acres of standing trees, then there will be some freshly fallen ones, use those

do you have a chainsaw? you'll need one unless you are realy fit and have a cross cut saw. i have 2 cross cut saws, and you can cut an inch then rest for a minute!

other tips from the top of my head, bruise the bark with the pole (back) of an axe all over the wood and it should come off easier. a draw knife is a realy handy thing to have, you can make one from a 300mm planer blade. also try making a stool first before tackling the rocking chair you can learn alot from a stool. (just ask any one who tracks animals :P )

Cheers

Matt