Anyone got any log furniture plans to share?

[gfisher]

I have viewed numerous plans, even paid for a few online. They always wind up not being truly log furniture - for instance a log bed plan may include metal boxspring supports or a 1x5 rail instead of log.

 

[birdman6672]

true log furniture plans

I have viewed numerous plans, even paid for a few online. They always wind up not being truly log furniture - for instance a log bed plan may include metal boxspring supports or a 1x5 rail instead of log.

I have an uncle who has his own portable mill. He makes his own rustic furniture.
he once said there aren't any specific plans. when working with log furniture do to the fact your log woods are different in natural dimensions and contorts.

 

[Mike Davis]

The old log frame beds used rope to form the support for the mattress instead of slats.

There ain't much way to do the box springs on log rails unless you cut mortise and tenon joints for the slats.

Or set up a router on a rail guide to cut a rabbit for the slats to fit in.

Either of those will work or you may think of another way, but you are going to have to design it pretty much on your own.

 

[oldnamvet]

Try your local library. We seem to naturally go to the internet but there are usually some old books in the public library stacks that have plans/designs for old furniture (which weren't old when the books were published).

 

[birdman6672]

log furniture

the best thing in building log furniture to do is ... pick your wood first. Check grains,pasterns, knots and possible bug or animal holes.,Measure then design. Many people get their plans first. In doing this you spend so much time searching for the perfect wood. That's when you get a craft. For a much more art form pick your tree first.

 

[robdelman]

I have always been a fan of getting plans first (even prior to buying some required tools ) as it saves a ton of money in the long run - all of my tools were acquired on an as needed basis. Now, log based items, you might have a bit harder time finding since it is such a specialized craft.

best of luck,
rd...

 

[Bartlett]

No, but I went to a log home expo that tours the country and they had beautiful furniture and lighting decor, Do a search on Log home expo. Any log home design magazine will also list vendors of log furniture in the back index.

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[ironhat]

Strictly observational, but it seems to me that the furniture companies have a source of ultra-straight pine. I picked a vendor's brain at a show and he said that they only use lodge-pole pine and some other species that he couldn't recall. He said that it's the only way that they could make a profit. Relying on some other deciduous species there was just too much abberation. And, while that lends itself to interesting creations it does limit your time. I had six, 5" oaks peeled and under cover and noticed that they aged to a silver-grey. While some like it, I don't.