Cmd5235
Chumono
Well, it looks like I need to expand the benches. Again.
Show Us Your Bonsai Benches
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BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Here is a cheap design for people like me with really limited carpentry skills. Took 8 ten foot 2x4's, a box of deck screws and a chop saw. Less than two hours, with joinery that even an idiot like me can make work. 5 ft long, 2 ft tall, 20 in wide. Total cost, $40.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
26?
You used 2 by 4 inch pieces of wood right?
Shocked how cheap that is. Beams of 2*4 inch, 10 ft long (5*10*300cm) would go for 150-200 a piece!
namnhi
Masterpiece
Careful or in a few years your name will get to be added to the "I Quit" thread.
namnhi
Masterpiece
Didn't look like pressured treated wood but with that thick this should last a long time. Any reason why not using pressured treated wood?
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Almost three times the cost. I consider this temporary, but I'll be disappointed if it doesn't last 5 yrs anyway.
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Yes, but here 2x4's are actually 1.5" x 3.5". Don't ask me why.
Cmd5235
Chumono
Haha nah, I find joy even in the stress, and let failure happen. I do a lot of other much more stressful things in my career, so bonsai will always be my escape
hemmy
Omono
Reminds me of a cool, door joinery on a chapel near the Lake Merritt Bonsai Garden in California. I saved these pics because I thought it would make a neat bonsai garden entrance door.
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
OK, had to look it up. Here's why. They were 2 x 4 inches rough cut. That used to be that. Now they're put through a planer that takes 1/4 inch off of all sides, but makes it smooth (ish). https://www.popsci.com/two-by-four-lumber-measurements-explained/
Clicio
Masterpiece
Not sooooo smooth, but better than rough, I guess. And thinner of course.
TN_Jim
Omono
I worry of the lean over time..something in the armpits perhaps…could put in center
I’ve seen it, the collapse, weather is a bear…
untreated wood only needs paint or on the cheap weather stain is discounted everywhere..paint store, habitat for humanity, etc..
this design is attractive and substantial, good things thank you
BrightsideB
Omono
I appreciate you
lol
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Yeah I just put a clear coat on it.
TrevorLarsen
Chumono
Wow some really impressive gardens all. I have a few decades of work to do.
TrevorLarsen
Chumono
Are those all JBPs in the grow beds? Very cool and well done like a pro.
River's Edge
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks, initially the first crops were JBP and JRP. Followed by Juniper, Tskumo Cypress, Zelkova, Japanese Maples and Tridents primarily! The grow beds were used primarily for trees between year three and ten. Typically when development progressed where more pruning was required I switched back to containers for easier management on the bench.
Last year when I switched locations it was very advantageous to have the majority of developed trees in containers such as Anderson flats. Also the benches were simple to move. Left the grow beds and fencing behind with the old property.
Shogun610
Masterpiece
Nut’n special , still waiting for the right house and backyard. Making use w what I got for now, no fancy wood or landscaping , a few trees still to bring back that are at the studio ,literati pitch pine, big pitch pine recently potted , a few collected trees , JWP import and juniper
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
Lovely layout nevertheless!
I am slightly jealous with the insane amount of space people seem to have as "garden" over there. We have a VERY large garden for Dutch Standards at 1100 m2 / 0.25 acres. But it feels ours is tiny in comparison.
Shogun610
Masterpiece
Appreciate that , but I’m renting so I can’t do too much that’s why or put up a fence etc
