I was offered an old garden bench for free so I decided to accept and rework it.
In addition to the new wood (5/4 red oak, thoroughly polyurethaned for weather protection) replacing the old rotted 5/8 "Chinese hardwood" (?), the iron frame sides were reworked to create the flanges to hold the back slats, stripped and repainted. A new center brace was fabricated and new bronze hardware replaced the old rusty & missing stuff.
