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Thread: What can I do with cedar 4x4?

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    What can I do with cedar 4x4?

    My neighbor is getting rid of several cedar 4x4s. They are very weathered but in good shape.
    Besides fencing, is there any good use for them?
    Thanks.

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    mini-totem poles, wood spirits, fire wood ?

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    Slice them up into some 1X material and make an adarondak chair or two. I took down some fencing and helped a friend make a couple of chairs. Both his daughters wanted them, because they were "rustic"....??
    Mike Harrison

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    feet/supports for planters boxes or window boxes.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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    Landscape edging.

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    Porch roof posts; newel or other posts for exterior balustrades/railings.

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    I built a nice pergola with cedar posts.

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    Adirondack chairs it is.
    Let the milling begin.

  10. When I first got married, for the first time (1975), I made a couch for our first apartment -- using cedar 4X4's. I had seen a plan in one of the woodworking mags.

    Basically, it was a frame of 4X4's, very specifically placed, so that when you wrapped it with rope, the seat had a gentle slope, as did the back.

    And once the rope was laced and tightened, some throw-pillows were all that were needed.

    We gave it away some years later, when finances allowed the purchase of something less rustic-looking.

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