Garden bench with own hands

Garden bench is not just ordinary furniture intended for rest. With the help of this furniture you can decorate the garden, create whole compositions that will fit perfectly into the surrounding space of the garden or courtyard. It is not difficult to make a garden bench with your own hands, the main thing is to choose the furniture design, its location and the material from which it will be made.

materials for garden benches

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Light plastic furniture has a lot of advantages: it can be easily moved from place to place, it's easy to take care of, it has an affordable price category. You can choose any color option that perfectly fits into the landscape design. Cons of plastic furniture: quickly covered with scratches, burns in the sun, looks cheap.

Wood

This material is ideal for creating furniture: absorbs heat, looks noble, easily processed. For the manufacture of benches, any kind of wood is suitable, the main thing is that the material is sufficiently dried and has no external defects.

Stone

This natural and beautiful material fits perfectly in any stylistic direction of landscape design. Compositions made of stone look solid, noble and unusual. But, despite many advantages, natural stone has several disadvantages. Sitting on a stone bench is not too comfortable, and for health is not safe. Therefore, together with the bench, you must necessarily make warm covers or pads. Stone compositions are installed permanently, they can not be moved from place to place.

Metal

Garden benches made by the method of hot or cold forging - this is a real decoration of the garden or places for rest. Looks designs beautifully, stylishly, especially if additional decorative elements were used. Metal is often combined with wood, glass or other material.

Requirements to be met by the garden bench

Convenience

First of all, you need to think over the ergonomic design of furniture for relaxation. It should be comfortable, comfortable. It is best to make furniture with a back, on which you can sit back and relax.

Safety

The garden bench must be sturdy, carefully assembled and able to withstand heavy loads. For these purposes, it is best to use quality materials and accessories.

Resistance to humidity and temperature changes

Since furniture is made for a garden or a yard, the material must be free from defects and damage to transfer all climatic changes.

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The design of the bench

The length of the seat and back will be 1500 mm. On this furniture can immediately comfortably accommodate three people. Seat height - 450 mm, backrest height - 900 mm. It is desirable to place the back at an angle of 18-20 degrees. The width of the seat is 400 mm.

Material and tools for making a garden bench from wood

1. Wooden boards 1500 to 150 mm, thickness 35-40 mm. Three blanks for the seat and two for the backrest.
2. The workpieces that perform the function of the legs and holders for the backrest are 900 by 150 mm, 35-40 mm thick.
3. Blanks for the front legs of the bench - 360 to 150 mm, 35-40 mm thick.
4. Beams 40 to 40 mm, will be used to strengthen the design of the bench.
5. Self-tapping screws.
6. Electric jig saw for cutting boards.
7. Electric grinder for grinding the surface of boards and chamfering.
8. Screwdriver.
9. Sandpaper.
10. Varnish and primer.

Wooden structure design

Step 1. The bench can be purchased at once in size, if not available on the market, wood should be cut to workpieces with a jigsaw or miter saw.

Once the wood is cut to the desired length, it needs to be carefully processed. The workpieces for the backrest and seat should be sanded. All the ends of the boards also need to be processed with an electric gun, preferably to give them a rounded shape.

board Step 2 .The long rear legs of the bench, which are also the frame for the backrest, must be set to the correct angle. For this, two wooden blocks having a length of 900 mm are needed to apply marking.

The first is the height of the bench - 400 mm. This piece of board does not need any processing. Starting from the segment, you need to make a 20-degree cut along the rest of the board, which forms the angle of the back of the bench. Sections on the two rear legs should be the same both in height and in the angle of inclination. Otherwise, the bench will be skewed.

Step 3. The first in the construction of the bench are assembled legs. The distance between the front and rear legs is 280 mm. The legs are joined by a bar, which is cut to the entire width of the bench - by 500 mm. It is desirable to make a double strapping - from above and from below.

Step 4. After the two sides of the bench are assembled, you can connect them together with boards designed for sitting. The boards are screwed with screws to the upper beams of the harness. It is desirable that between the wood blanks remained equal in size gaps - 1-2 cm. These gaps contribute to air circulation and moisture removal.

Step 5. Strengthening bench construction. To garden furniture was stable and durable, it is desirable to strengthen its design. For these purposes, it is necessary to make the lower strapping on the legs with the help of beams. Two blanks, having a length of 1500 mm, are screwed to the front and rear legs of the bench. If the lumber is not enough, you can use one cross-bar, which is attached to the lower beams of the harness.

Step 6. Mounting the back of the bench. The bench is almost ready, there was the final touch - fastening of two boards that perform the function of the backrest. The first board is recommended to be fastened at a distance of 200 mm from the seat. The second is at a distance of 380 mm from the seat.

Step 7. Finishing of garden furniture. To protect wood from the environment, it is advisable to use deep impregnation and varnish. Impregnation protects the bench from moisture, mold, insect pests.

The varnish will give the furniture a beautiful and elegant look. To give the wood a shine, you need to thoroughly polish the material, and several times to cover the workpieces with varnish.

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A garden bench made of metal with your own hands

You can decorate a private plot not only with wooden furniture. Benches made of metal are another way to create a cozy and comfortable place to relax. To make a metal frame, it is not necessary to own the technique of hot forging.

It is possible to apply technology of cold forging, in which the frame from metal workpieces is welded into a single structure. At manufacturing it is possible to decorate garden furniture with various elements of a decor, unusual inserts and additions.

Tools and materials for making a garden bench by cold forging

1. Angle grinder with discs for cutting and polishing metal.
2. Welding machine with a set of electrodes.
3. The device for bending pipes. This can be a mini-machine "Snail" or locksmith's manual vice, with which you can bend the metal according to the template. This device is necessary in the event that a complex form of the backrest with rounded edges is planned.
4. Metal pipes of square shape( 30 mm by 30 mm).
5. Decorative elements of hot forging for decoration design.
6. Material for seat and backrest( wood, MDF, plywood).
7. Roulette.
8. Level. Primer for metal.
9. Protective coating for wood.

Step-by-step instruction

It is rather difficult to make a complex and pretentious bench design without experience. But it's easy to make a simple and solid construction.

Step 1. Develop the dimensions and dimensions of the bench. The standard garden garden bench has a length of 1500 mm, width - 400-500 mm, height of the backrest - 800-900 mm. Angular forms of furniture are made the easiest, so the first time it is better to try to make your own hands with a simpler model.

frame Step 2. Making the frame for the seat. The metal pipe needs to be cut into 4 fragments: 2 to 1500 mm and 2 to 400 mm. All parts are welded into a rectangle. To make the seat more durable, two additional stiffeners can be welded into the rectangular frame.

Step 3. Manufacture of legs. The metal pipe is to be cut into 4 identical lengths of 460 mm. These blanks need to be welded to the corners of the bench. Between the front and rear legs it is recommended to weld additional stiffeners.

Step 4. Backrest manufacture. Two blanks 440 mm long and one piece 1500 mm long are required to be welded together. Then this construction is welded to the finished part of the bench. The back should be fixed at an inclination of 15-20 degrees. In this case, sitting on a bench will be comfortable.

Step 5. To make the back of the bench stronger, you can additionally strengthen its frame with stiffeners, transverse or longitudinal.

Step 6. The metal frame of the garden bench is ready. The final work is cleaning all welding seams, polishing the metal and covering the frame with a primer.

Step 7. Manufacturing of a back and seat from a tree. Wooden boards or beams - the most suitable material for finishing a metal bench. The tree for the backrest and seat should be carefully planed and polished, chamfers treated. The tree needs to be cut into blanks, which can be fastened both along and across the back and seat. It all depends on the length of the material.

Step 8. With the help of an electric drill, it is required to drill holes in the metal frame of the bench for mounting the wooden bench. It is recommended to use bolts with rounded caps and nuts to join metal and wood.

Step 9. After the backrest and seat are screwed to the metal frame, the wood is to be covered with stain or varnish. This will protect the material from the effects of the environment.

The garden bench is ready. Due to the fact that the metal tube inside is hollow, the furniture does not differ in weight and can be moved from place to place. Well-treated metal and wood easily tolerate high humidity and temperature changes, so that a bench made by yourself will serve for many years.

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