When friends come back from holiday in places like Tasmania, they sometimes bring home coasters made from tree branches. I love them and have always been very envious of people who have them. While looking through a friends wood pile a few days ago, I spotted an older piece of wood about the diameter of a coaster and wondered if I could turn it into a set of coasters to go with our "rustic" more natural homesteading style? I asked for the piece of wood and was given bemused permission as the owner knows we don't have a fire place (yet) and bought it home. With a bit of help from the husband and his collection of power tools, I gave it a go. Heres what I did... My first attempt to cut the branch onto slices involved the pruning saw and I never got through the first slice. Its really hard work to hold a small piece of wood still while you hack at a piece of hardwood! Once the Husband realised what I was doing, he got out his power saw and set it up for me with a j