yeeeeehawww ! youre well on your way son ! good luck out there ! i caught my first 6 inch crab and 6 inch crawdad this month ! great time for new hobbies !
Some oak grain logs can be cleaved flat along the grain, if straight grained. I straightened a 20 inch carbon steel leaf spring from a truck and made a sharp edge on it. Truly heavy duty, can split a trunk into two flat pieces in one hit with a 10 lb hammer. Best to work with green wet oak if the job allows for shrinkage etc. Great basic work man.
The weight of half a trunk adds much stability and the splayed legs can be drilled deep for extra strength. No need to go to buy wood from local wood yard. Great as a seat too. I made the same bench and prefer sitting on my work pieces like the RZomans did, modern benches are too fancy and ‘too easy’, not manly so to speak.
