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yes these were fabricated on site

It's oh so deceiving to see that 99% of all questions asked about pictures are left unanswered. One of the reasons is that you can't specify "Inform me when someone posts a question", so the user who posts the image has to come back here. That's what we call bad user interface design...on a site that's all about design. How absurd.

Perhaps, but some designers respond readily to questions.

Yes, you're most probably right. I tend to exaggerate in disproportional ways, and more so when it's late at night.

You're not the only one.....

I'm working on a gabion wall now myself and I know we are building it out of block and then dropping the stone into the cage around that. You can then attach the wood cap to the block. It does look like they attached the cap at the front of the bench. Great detail, I admire their work.

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