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Re Kid's Picnic Table Thanks so much for the great plans. My 3 year-old daughter absolutely loves her picnic table. We keep it inside and have picnics and snacks indoors. It's great fun. Next summer I will make another for outside. Excellent website. Looking forward to trying some more projects from here.
Sincerely, L Marantz

Re coffee table. Well I think it was a great project for the weekend. I enjoyed it a lot, it is now standing in my living room. I used Tasmanian oak for the table top, iron bark for the top rails, fillets and corner supports. It came up tremendous with the color contrasts and a 'Cabots' polyurethane clear finish.
Regards Phil and Jarryd

Re garden seat. This is the first project I've undertaken working with plans,I must say im very happy with the result,but credit goes to those plans so easy to understand & exact.
I.A Williams

Re porch swing. I just finished building this swing as a surprise birthday present for my fiance. I want to complement the Les Kenny for having made terrific plans to follow. This was my first wood shop project and it turned out great. I searched many sites for plans for a swing and this was by far the best.
Thanks again, CJ

Re garden seat. Thanks for the great plans, made three of them and modified alittle to suit my needs. Made two 6 footers and one 8. added armrests. Recommend changing the plans to a 15 degree cut on (E) to let the backrest lean back alittle further. Heres a picture!
Thanks Brian

Re workbench. This workbench was very easy to construct... even for a lady! I would recommend this to any beginner (whether it be male or female) as one of the first projects of minor construction. Very easy to read. There were a few modifications, but the directions were extremely helpful. I hope that my husband enjoys his Christmas present!!
Mrs. Green, Ontario

Re Adirondack Chair. I had been itching for about a year to make one of these, I now have completed two, and plan to make a half dozen more for the family members, everyone that has seen them, then sits for a spell, just love them. Found the plan very easy to follow, and the chair assembly was/is a piece of cake
John   North Island New Zealand.

Re workbench. I've built the workbench over two weekends and the result is really good.
Some points to add to the above comments:
At the start of the project select the straightest planks and set these aside to build the bench-top! This will save difficulties later in establishing a good flat surface with few gaps between the planks. Obvious with hindsight! I used 4 by 2 planks throughout.
Bolts - Buy these is standard sizes - that way they are significantly cheaper - I sourced 100 M10 by 100 coach bolts for about us $8; I also used M10 by 150 for the longer bolts.
Note you will need more of the longer bolts than detailed in the plan. Additionally, at various key points I used 2 bolts about 1 -2 inches apart since a I found that a single bolt tended to pivot and cause some movement.
The design information says you can use nails rather than bolts for the project -having completed this project I doubt that a version built with nails would be adequate. Use bolts!
Finally I added a cross strut at both ends of the bench to provide more strength over the single strut shown in the plan.
Colin. Scotland,UK August 2006

Re wishing well.   Here is a picture of the wishing well planter that I built from your free project plans. I have made a few changes to fit my taste, but it is your plan that I built it by. Thanks for the plan, my wife just loves this planter.    Lewis Haney

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