How to Make Log Furniture

Gather Your Supplies

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  Find a large log slice for the furniture's top. Garden centers often carry such slices to be used for walkways.

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  Check your yard, or look through firewood bundles for the smaller logs needed for the table legs and supports.

• 3

  Clear a stable bench or other work area to construct your log table on.

Prepare Your Logs

• 4

  Cut your four leg logs to the appropriate length. Be sure to make level cuts so your table doesn't wobble.

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  Examine your log slice and choose which side to use as your table top.

Attach the Legs

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  Use your measuring square and a pencil to draw a square on the underside of the log slice.

• 7

  Place a leg inside one of the corners of the square.

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  Begin to drill into the leg parallel to the table top. Then begin to angle the drill down to the table top. This will create a diagonal drill hole from the leg into the top.

• 9

  Repeat the diagonal drill hole process on the other side of the leg.

• 10

  Screw the leg into the table top using 2 inch decking screws through both of the pre-drilled guide holes.

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  Repeat this process for the remaining legs.

Create and Attach the Support Rungs

• 12

  Select a support rung log and measure it against the distance between the table legs. You will need to cut the support log to size.

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  Cut the support log a bit longer than the gap it will fill. If it is too tight, use a small hammer to push it into place.

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  Secure the rung to the legs using the 3 inch decking screws.

• 15

  Choose another support log and repeat the measure, cut and attach procedure.

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  Place each support rung at a different height. This creates added stability.

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  Repeat this process with the remaining two support rungs.

Varnish Your New Log Furniture

• 18

  Follow the instructions on the polyurethane can to varnish the table top.

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  Varnish the underside of the table too to prevent water damage.