- Many tools are used in the making of rustic log furniture.wood plane tool image by Wiktor Osiecki from Fotolia.com
Building rustic log furniture requires a wide number of specialty tools. Different pieces of log furniture require different tools and skills depending on their design. There are many tools that are common for use in any type of rustic wood furniture, and that no do-it-yourself wood worker should be without when starting a new project. - Tenon cutters are specialty cutting tools that cut by rotating the log through a wood guide. The unusual method and way that tenon cutters shape wood give rustic furniture its unique appearance with cuts that are not possible to make working with a normal table or ban saw. The tenon cutters smooth the end of a log and are adjustable so they can fit into any sized hole to put together a quality piece of rustic wood furniture.
- Any good furniture maker who wants a personal touch on any piece of wood furniture he or she designs will know how to use a good draw knife. Draw knives shave away excess wood on the logs, can be used to produce a more rustic cut, and can be used to carve away excess bark while leaving small splotches in key places for aesthetic appearance. More than any other tool, draw knives allow for small touches to be made by hand on any part of the furniture that doesn't look quite the way the craftsman wants it.
- While tenon cutters are used to carve the ends of sticks or logs to fit into well-carved holes, mortising tools are what wood workers use in order to cut or sand out those holes for the other pieces of wood to fit into. A good mortising tool is precision made to make a hole of a very specific size in order to make sure that all the hand crafted pieces of a rustic log chair, couch, or other piece of furniture can fit together perfectly, or only with a minimum use of adhesive.
