Rustic outdoor furniture DIY

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In this easy woodworking video you’ll learn how to make furniture with branches and twigs so you can create rustic outdoor patio furniture to add cost-free charm to your backyard or garden. All you need is a drill, a hammer, and some imagination, so even if this is the first DIY project you’ve ever tried, you’ll build valuable skills like drilling, fastening, and cutting wood. As ever, host Mag Ruffman makes the mistakes so you don't have to.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Get your wood on
01:27 Choose your dimensions
02:23 Lay out the back frame
04:42 Reflection on the joys of whittling wood
05:05 Fasten back frame together
06:12 TIP: Use a framing hammer with a stamped face
07:35 TIP: Use your legs to clamp
08:38 Reflection on whittling
09:04 TIP: Use a crisscross nailing pattern
11:17 Build the front frame
12:28 Join front frame to back frame
15:53 Reflection on wood
16:16 Continue assembly with cross pieces
17:50 Reflection on wood, yet again
18:13 Tweak till it's square (ish)
20:15 Cool examples from Normand Commeau
20:53 Reflection on mistakes
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Anything I Can Do CREW - Season 1 - 2000-2001
Host: Mag Ruffman
Executive Producer: David Smith, S&S Productions
Supervising Producer: Heather Ryall
Producer: Mag Ruffman
Director: Heather Ryall
Director of Photography: Rick Boston
Writers: Mag Ruffman and Daniel Hunter
Production Supervisor: Daniel Hunter
Production Manager: Jeff Baker
Researcher: Rosemary Vukmanich
Art Director: Wendy White
Props Manager: David Hoekstra
Producer Trainee: Tracey Boulton
Assistant Director: Donna Morissette
Camera: Rick Boston, Rick McVicar
Audio: Attila Laszlo
Gaffer: Christopher Hanyk
Camera Assistant: Dave Bradshaw
Editor: Frank Moressa
Music: George Vacval
Post Audio Supervisor: Roberto Capretta
Post Production Coordinator: Vicki Gough
Production Accountant: Hope Lee
Makeup: Valerie Chubey
Production Assistants: Jennifer Large and Christopher Boston
Catering: One Hour For Lunch
Special thanks to: Lee Valley Tools, Precision Sportscar Richmond Hill, DeWALT Tools, Liz Foers, Leah Cherniak and Sue Mitchell