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Creative business ideas abound. Imagine taking a dead tree and turning it into a log furniture business. Many people have, you can too!

Do you like woodworking? Are you artistic? Are you creative? Do you like working with your hands? If yes, then you will love creating log furniture.

Rustic furniture is ideal for family rooms and log cabins everywhere. They add character to any room. Even hotels buy log furniture.

Use your imagination! What creative business ideas can you come up with from logs, limbs and branches? Probably no two pieces of furniture are identical. Crooked poles add a creative flair to any piece of furniture.

The Amish like to harvest dead standing lodgepole pine. These trees have been dried by nature removing all moisture. The cracks caused by drying add character to the logs. Other trees, both hardwood and softwood, may also be used in log furniture. You can use aspen, cypress, white birch, oak, hickory, red cedar and white cedar. Cedar is recommended for outdoor patio furniture and rails as it resists rotting.

The bark can be peeled using draw knives or a power log peeler disk. Some furniture makers leave a little bark for color and texture. This is called the skip-peel procedure. If you prefer, you can use the clean peel method, removing all the bark.

One technique often used in log furniture is mortise and tenon joints. This creates strong joints in your creative masterpiece. Each joint can be set with a hardwood dowel. Nails, bolts and screws are not needed.

Some people like to split the logs into half logs. This gives the appearance of curved log furniture, but gives a straight side that is flush with more traditional style cabinet making.

There are several power tools made specially for log furniture building. You will probably want to buy some tenon cutters, Forstner bits, chamfer tool, spindle makers, draw knives, stake makers, and a logmate to hold your logs securely as you work on them.

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Sand your log pieces and add a coat of polyurethane finish. Repeat three times for best results. This will protect the wood and bring out its natural rustic beauty.

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