How to make outdoor furniture --chairs and tables---from log sections of trees

Log Furniture wrote:
> I have lost a few (7) trees over the past few years and saved some
> huge
> log sections and trunk pieces from all the cutting down. A relative
> who
> has since passed on without giving his business to anyone else, used
> to refinish those sections into coffee tables or chairs and I was
> saving
> them for him or anyone else who does it.
>
> Does anyone know of any(reliable) person who does this professionally
> as a business anymore? I also am concerned about the care and upkeep
> of the logs until I get this done as some are splitting (I have them
> inside garage or outdoors and either place seems to be no good for
> keeping them until this process is done).. Should I put wood
> preservative on it? Or does that ruin the process (it was a secret
> process he had) of refinishing those log sections into tables that
> sold very well long ago.
>
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Well... since we can't tell where you are, we can't answer your question
about who may do this stuff. Have you checked the yellow pages, or done any
google searches? Always better than just posting to a newsgroup.

As for preserving the logs - coat the butt ends with any latex paint which
will minimize the checking. Note the word "minimize". Not foolproof, but
quite reliable. Otherwise - start tearing out the walls in your relative's
house to find his "secret process"...

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-Mike-
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