Getting them upright was not as difficult as I'd expected. The easiest way seemed to be to pour the concrete round the post, then hit the post with a sledgehammer until the spirit level said it was upright. After that, it was a matter of jamming in a few bits of wood or stone to hold it there.
and here are the ones at the top:
By the time we were finished it was pretty well dark, so cleaning up the mixer and the tools was a bit hit-and-miss.
I also had time to assemble the wood for the top surface of my bench-in-progress. In the middle of the row are a couple of pieces (F and H) that had to be laminated horizontally, because the wood wasn't thick enough without adding a bit extra.
I have tried to sort these pieces so that any further warping of the wood is minimised: this is done by putting the outside edge of each piece (the one that was closest to the bark on the tree) up against another outside piece. That way the natural tendency of each piece to bend outwards (towards the bark) is cancelled out.
I'll be gluing these together shortly, but in three goes. This is because I wish to put each glued section through the thicknesser to get it flat on top (and underneath). If I glue them all up at once they will be too wide for the machine.
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