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Here's another twist on the garden seat..
I used a skateboard as the backing and 2X3's instead of the 2X4's.
We love your website and thanks again for the plans.
Mike Paget See pic.
Hi, Your plans are excellent. I built one bench last year for my fire pit and am planning on building another soon. I also modified the for the bench back to 15 degrees. It's quite comfortable.
Since I'm an almost 50 year old female - I'd like to give the female prospective on building this bench. It was easy, and rewarding to build and quite a conversational piece - everyone is so impressed. My son's friend suggested I build a smore's table to match. I used the same basic principles as your bench plans and I now also have a great table.
Thanks you for sharing. "Sitting" pretty in Oceanport, NJ.
Hi. I used your site plans to make a garden seat for my 9-year old daughter, who helped.
The plans worked great, and I am attaching a picture.
I would agree with other builders comments (below)--
to slant the backrest to 15 degrees, not 10, and to use 4 inch carriage bolts, not 4 1/2.
I seem to have an overhang on both sides of over 6 inches, but it still looks swell.
The whole thing took about 4 hours, if you include looking for tools and yelling at my kids.
We plan to stain and weatherize it, and to cover the ends of the carriage bolts with rubber covers so no one scratches themselves.
Thanks for a great site and a fun project for the novice!
Bradford See photos.
After searching the internet for the "BEST" design, this treasured FREE!, Yes, FREE! park bench design is the greatest thing.
It's plain, simple and easy to understand. My son did his Boy Scout Eagle Project and built 3 park benches for the church
around the parking lot. With the help and guidance of an adult, these benches came out looking good,
comfortable and are super sturdy. No nails used. They used heavy duty bolts. Then, they cemented these benches to the ground.
The greatest satisfaction for him is seeing these benches are constantly used and enjoyed by many.
I tell ya... this Eagle Scout is mighty proud of his project. He can go back 20 years from now and will still see these
benches holding on pretty good. You can expect more Eagle projects as the boy scouts share this design. Thank you so much.
Smile! Have a blessed day!
Mimi See photos.
Hi, The Garden Seat plans are excellent, thanks for putting them up online.
As a novice I found the instructions and diagrams very clear and easy to follow.
I would agree with the previous comment about 15 degree angle for the seat.
I changed the dimensions to 6 feet long, a bit taller and deeper.
I couldn't get 2x4 inch boards so I used 6x1.5 inch mahogany instead and it turned out plenty strong enough.
To give extra strength to the seat and back boards, I used 120mm screws instead of nails, sunk and plugged for a smooth finish.
Photo attached.
Thanks again, great plans.
Tim
Hello,
Last year I built your "Garden Seat". I had not taken on anything this large previously, the plans were concise making the bench a
quick build.
I made only one change to the plans, increasing the angle of the backrest from 10 degrees to 15 degrees.
I used scrap lumber,so the only costs were hardware, primer and exterior paint. The bench is rugged and will last a very long time,
it also has an anti-theft mechanism built in, as it weights so much. Thank you for the plans.
I've attached a picture for you to take a look at.
M Holtan
I have now made two of these seats. They were quick to make, instructions
were easy to understand and the finished product looks great.
Many thanks
Melinda Davies
Just built a second bench. I would suggest 4" bolts and not 4 1/2 "
bolts. The 4 1/2 in bolts stick out further than they need to.
Rick
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
Thanks for the great plans, made three of them and modified a little 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 a little further.
Heres a picture!
Thanks
Brian
I just wanted to thank you for your great Garden Seat plans. This was my
first project I have every done like this and your plans were very easy to
follow. I took another builders advice and changed the back angle to 15% but
also added my own twist on the seat and back, old snowboards! Thanks for
your designs, I will hopefully be building more things soon.
Heres 2 pictures!
Adam
I built several of the garden benches for one of our buildings at work and the employees love them.
I put three slats on the back and four on the seat, it seems more comfortable that way to me. I will attach a photo to show the finished project.
Thanks for the free plans and the inexpensive materials list. I couldn't believe that the parts didn't even cost $25 per bench, that was a nice surprise!
Thank you,
Doug Dunn (see pic)
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