Tree Trunk Bench

[@mikeizzano172]

I remember years back you would say how much you could learn by watching…..well you’re paying it forward…from your dad…to you…and now to us. Thanks Jimmy !…🇺🇸….

[@irritablearchitect]

Agreed.

[@jimmydiresta]

Thank you! ❤

[@RojasCarpentry]

Funny seeing my tree I thought was destined for firewood to turn into a beautiful bench!

[@ksauce2985]

This Walnut was to nice for the fire ! Greetings from France

[@sideeyes7480]

Visually striking, but what I love most about this piece is the lack of material. Just enough to make it work- a true exercise in restraint ❤

[@dpmakestuff]

The wood is stunning and truly steals the show, but the proportions of the bench and the angles are so visually pleasing. Everything comes together beautifully!

[@birdseyeview1543]

Absolutely the new benchmark for rustic minimalist elongated seating surfaces!

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Wow! Such a fabulous piece. The contrast between the heart & sap wood is majestic & the steel has strength permanence & purpose to this to this giants bench as though made for the spirits of the Forrest by a magical Smth. Thank you for sharing!

[@hytekfdm3699]

I love how you left the bark on. So many videos I see people removing the bark, then sanding the edges into their own "live edge". The sap wood into the heart wood looks incredible! Good job!

[@peter_kelly]

As a walnut log dries the bark will crumble and fall off.

[@lifedragon99]

As any log dries the bark will flake off. It's why removing the bark is an important step.

[@kellilandry2825]

I love when you mix metal with wood! And I’m so glad you kept the bark on! It’s so gorgeous!!!❤❤❤

[@thedeloachsdoyoutube8377]

What an absolute Diresta classic! Love you Jimmy. Make On my friend.

[@immemebe2766]

I’ve never had any desire to learn how to weld… until now. Beautiful bench. Looks like two slabs of bacon upon which I can sit and ponder life’s mysteries while eating bacon.

[@funkyjohnhuie]

I love the stomach and hammer technique where you pushed it against the metal as a push block lol. 👍🏽

[@kalasnyikov3]

It is a piece of art. Beautiful work!

[@Reynopatrick]

Love the minimalist frame. Letting the Walnut do all the work. Amazing build !

[@eddieespinosa8743]

Bench for life, great job jimmy.

[@KillerCornMuffin]

Thank you for showing more of the welding this time!

[@MichaelNatrin]

Impressive work! Especially freehanding the slots with the router. Beautiful final piece. Love the classic Diresta video vibes and the mixture of hand tools and power tools.

[@ericjohn3664]

Very cool, Jimmy. I love when you get new toys and share them with us. The peening of the rivets method was sweet.

[@christophermastino3229]

What a simple and awesome design. Love it.

[@allendiaz9031]

As I approach 80, like you I was a one man shop doing one of a kind of my own designs and loving every moment.

[@mkcrew225]

I really enjoy the striking contrast between the hardwood and the sapwood. I also love how the steel looks like its squeezing the wood.

[@chriskythreotis4686]

A great and highly original bench…well done mr deresta 👍👍👍👍

[@aleksivaneh2928]

Браво, работа МАСТЕРА. Тихо завидую оборудованию и инструментам в мастерской.

[@lgerback34]

Just love that Jimmy saw some dead tree and thought ‘I’m gonna make you my bench.’ Great work as always

[@Pancreaticdefect]

Especially when you consider that most people would have thought "I'm gonna put you in the woodstove" instead.

[@evertelling]

That genuine proud smile with the thumbs up when sitting on the half finished bench is priceless! A happy maker, right there! :)

[@TotalBoat]

Absolutely LOVE how this bench turned out, Jimmy!

[@jimmydiresta]

@@TotalBoat ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@BruceAUlrich]

Love the steel with it...that's a great look!

[@ciberbri59]

Well. It probably won’t be blown away by the first spring zephyr that comes along. That’s one awesome manly bench and a Diresta Special for sure.

[@buellmaster]

Beautiful bench Jimmy! The “test lying” reminds me of the bench in front of your workshop in NYC. Great job!

[@genewileyopa]

Amazing, looks great. Enjoy watching you work.

[@thesplinteredfinger]

I’m lost for words Jimmy! Just a beautiful piece of work!

[@performensch]

Looks fantastic. Hope it gets place in the shade. Otherwise the first one to sit on the steel parts with shorts or light fabric will remember the bench for some time. :)

[@JeffGloverArts]

It's one thing to uproot a dead tree and make a piece of functional art, but BRAVO to your visual storytelling of how you created that beautiful peice!

[@jamesmisener3006]

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones a modern stone age family! Fantastic Jimmy. It's all you bro. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@HandToolRescue]

Sick.

[@robthompson8285]

Jimmy's one of those men that when you watch him make things, it makes you wanna go out and try it.

[@timmoriarty133]

Amazing. These are the builds why I love Jimmy's channel!

[@mramseyISU]

My grandpa sawed a bunch of walnut grade lumber in his sawmill when I was working for him in middle school. That stuff stained my hand and my jeans black every summer. In high school he switched over to cutting barrel staves. The white oak would stain my hands but it never stained my jeans. I remember those first couple weeks of school in the fall my hands were so black you would have thought I hadn’t washed them all summer.

[@gpanizzolo6090]

Creatividad y belleza absoluta! La simplicidad hecha arte. Gracias por compartirlo Jimmy! Un abrazo! Germán, Lomas de Solymar, Uruguay

[@davidmanuel1984]

Jimmy you are simply “the best of the best of the best”…😂😂MIB..remember?? But you are!! Much love from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷!!🛠️

[@reforzar]

You went full Cremona on this one!👏👏👏

[@soccovitch]

Walnut is so nice; one of my favorites. Love the heartwood/sapwood combo! Nice job as always.

[@danbarrett6113]

simply beautiful Jimmy, I remember going to your A street bench and getting my pic on it. Now I gotta get to this one someday.

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

The bench is okay, but I never get tired of seeing all the equipment and space he has. Life is hard, but being able to go out there and build something would make it a lot easier.

[@frantiseksram9741]

Love it when I don't know where is the video going. For a moment I thought this will be a wall art. Then it clicked. The end result is absolutely great!

[@alancook1380]

Absolutely stunning.

[@brians7749]

I really like the way you beveled the bark down to meet the bands. It almost looks like the banks are pinching the slabs holding them in place. Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing that with us.

[@rayleder3705]

making those hand hammered bolt heads was absolutely awesome!!!

[@louisspataro278]

I have a timberking sawmill and the thickness measuring system was fairly basic. I grabbed a cheap DRO (digital read out) from Amajon for about 80 bucks. It has a 36" linear slide and reads out in fractional inches, decimal or metric. Bolted that baby to to the carriage, put the slider on the frame and now I can see the thickness of my cuts right off the scale. Very handy. Keep up the great videos. I sure don't miss those upstate winters... Greetings from Alabama from a former Catskillian.

[@eslea]

That word “beautiful” doesn’t keep coming up in the Comments for nothing. It IS. Please, keep it up.

[@mattwright8353]

Jim, been a long-time admirer of your work! Your a true craftsman that I've learned so much from thank you

[@mantaz603]

An old school Jimmy Diresta video. Love it

[@moltomayer]

I really love how it came out! Great job as always!

[@EvanDunville]

Great build I really like the rivets you made.

[@fredsmith6725]

Alec Steele will be impressed 👍. Nice build.

[@charliedalmasso4672]

When Jimmy is happy, I am happy !

[@MrLarrycar]

Remember when everything in your shop used to say 'Diresta' and your shop was a basement? lol

[@davebauerart]

Great looking bench! Always nice when you can take a little nap on the project before the final sanding.

[@leemarsh3569]

Really enjoy watching your process. Love the old hammer being used on the legs. Cool project!

[@kenschneiweis3677]

I almost missed my train stop! Great video. New mill and Kabota are awesome!!

[@MetalHead5513]

Just down right beautiful Jimmy!!!!

[@amonynous9041]

Looks nice, I hope somebody uses those roots for something, firewood or something else.

[@JAMESMT-mm6zl]

Nice...real nice. What a great use for a couple of beautiful slabs. Thanks for sharing.

[@mustie1]

my favorite vids are when you combine wood and metal

[@Dr650rob]

That saw is awesome

[@tobymilo8625]

Always great work! Thank you Jimmy I have learned so much from you and thanks for sharing!

[@jrnovielli]

This video reminded me of the old days great video Jimmy

[@jeffgoldenberg9579]

A Nakashima vibe, elevated by Diresta craftsmanship. Great piece!

[@saginawdan]

Beautiful Jimmy - Thanks! 😎

[@TheLotusLives]

What a beautiful project. Really enjoyed watching this, Jimmy. Thanks for the great content. Truly stunning result.

[@crazyoldhippie]

you got all the cool toys and the talent too. U da man.

[@mofouadkingofepoxy7177]

الرائع دائماً 🙏 استاذي ومعلمي وافتخر ❤

[@Shawnbbeckner]

Awesome from raw form to finished. I like the induction forge rivet process. The edit was good see your finding some transitions you like. Looks like you got the Ken burns down too. Nice close with the diagonal wipe too I like that. Solid work solid piece. I may just get some total boat gleam to brush my sign. Every-time I see it it looks good. I should probably get gloss for build and satin for the final coat.

[@masterofnone]

Every time you pick up those slabs, the noises you made were hilarious. The bench turned out so good.

[@garthbutton699]

Cool,live edge black walnut,blacksmith inspired hardware and a very generous coat of Gleem what could be better,thanks for the inspiration🤗😎🤗😎

[@andrewlondon3461]

Might just be the sickest damn bench I've seen

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

Now we’re talking this build was insanely good to watch thank you

[@locomotioncreations]

That is a beautiful bench Jimmy. Love how it turned out!

[@alihabib117581]

Diresta that mean , the best woodworker. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@dennisdownes9319]

Awesome! I love the "calibrated box gauges! "This is too big....this is too small....this one is JUST right!!! " DD

[@Papa_Chad]

Another beautiful art piece for the compound and Rob benefitted too.

[@garyjaffe9845]

He did it again folks. Amazing as usual.

[@Projectoftheday]

Cool bench and you rock the sawmill to 👍

[@djmdog8754]

What a bad boy that is! Lovely bench

[@kfwoeltje]

Great bench. Thanks for sharing

[@splinters_66]

Awesome seat, love walnut, wish it was more prevalent in Australia. So satisfying putting finish on a piece and seeing that grain pop, that crotch would make Cremona proud 😁

[@ed273.17]

Wow, at 12:40 you can see the metal flex back and forth when Jimmy hits different sides with the torch. Kinda interesting!

[@tomrichardson3107]

Nice ❤ I can't believe there is a tool in your shop without your name painted on it! 😂

[@johnrgmcmenamin]

Beautiful Bench Jimmy! I especially like all the metal working details you added!

[@vinceianni4026]

Hello Jimmy beautiful bench beautifully made good job well done

[@DanielCook-h6r]

Really establishing a benchmark here buddy!

[@tedjasmin8772]

I’m digging those Grinch gloves!!

[@duaneheadworth6275]

Ok, that was awesome. I have to make one of those now. That look like a blast. Thanks again.

[@scottseaman6247]

Really nice bench and fun build to watch

[@Solarized334]

Amazing and inspiring work JD!!! Harnessing that tree in the perfect way😎

[@unboxerman12]

Stunning! Love seeing you get some hand plane action in on those slabs.

[@moMo-gi4bs]

Respect from Egypt jimmy ❤

[@hoosierkent1640]

Funny, I have a Bench EXACTLY like that one! 😊 Beautiful & Creative as always Jimmy -and Massive!!! ❤❤!

[@bradleyharvey4250]

Beautiful and multifunctional: Sit and read, grab a nap, or in a pinch, breach a castle wall.

[@cest7343]

Quite a heavy project 😂 - excellent art and craftsmanship Master Jimmy!

[@Sophia-uc9qh]

This is awesome!!!! It would go in a museum brilliantly for people to sit on, kids would be so fascinated, I know I would be too! 😊