Rustic firewood rack

If you've got firewood you need a rack for it.  If you cut your own firewood you probably have a few long pieces lying around.  Make them into a rustic any-length firewood rack!

Materials:
4 short logs for verticals (mine are 7” diameter and about 36” long)
12 short logs for horizontals and spacers, each half the diameter of the verticals (mine are 3.5” diameter and about 36" long)
2 small logs for top braces
12 long screws (mine are 1/4"x10” screws used in log homes)


Tools:
Chain saw
Felt marker
Small square
Tool to drive screws

Step 1 Cut the horizontal pieces

Think of the firewood rack as a big pair of bookends.  The picture shows one bookend in progress.

1. Square off the bottom end of each vertical so it can stand on its own.
2. Lay a pair of horizontal logs on the ground side-by-side and rotate them until they fit well together. Mark and cut away about 1/3 of the diameter of one horizontal log for about the diameter of the vertical. (I cut a little over an inch deep.)
3. Lay the first horizontal log back down and mark the adjacent log so its cut will match the first. Cut the second log then stand the vertical log on the notched horizontals.
4. Repeat for the other corner of this bookend.