Pretty piece of Walnut, not much figure but very nice looking. Sofa table, bench, mantle...?
David
David
You guessed it! Pretty much. Really like the hole though and wanted to keep it as-is so the kids can play games with it. Somebody’s kids, anyway.Coffee table . Put epoxy in the hole. Have an LED mounted under the epoxy to highlight it
It’s certainly a beautiful piece of wood. I’d hate to see what it would cost hereYou guessed it! Pretty much. Really like the hole though and wanted to keep it as-is so the kids can play games with it. Somebody’s kids, anyway.
Sanded it down to 120 and put some Mineral Spirits on to peek at the grain. Am thinking of using some of the Ash to make ‘outside’ legs that intersect the slab edges. Maybe with a slight taper for a modern look but leaving some ‘leg’ above the slab with a simple, rustic finish detail. And maybe try an ebonizing finish. Or, go with a floating table design.
Steve that statement about being special has been a real problem for me. Back in 1980 a friend of mine was building a house and there was a huge Big Leaf Maple sitting right where the house was to go. It was a city lot and there was no option but to cut it down. It was also on it's way out anyway (dying). He milled a bunch of it with a chainsaw mill and gave me 5 book matched slabs, each one 60" long, 24" to 30" wide. This stuff is highly figured fiddle-back the whole length of each slab as well as some nice spalting. Twenty years later he gave me another piece ten feet long. I still have it all as I am still trying to come up with that special project. At this rate and my age it may be my coffin.That's one of the problems with "special" wood. I have some walnut from Monticello, yeah Tom's old home, that was cut down after some idiot decided that TJ stood at this spot to look down the mountain to look at the the university (UVA) so he had the walnut and an oak cut down so it wouldn't block the view. What an idiot. Any way my FIL was the recipient of most of the good walnut as he was good friends and a neighbor of the man who was contracted to cut the tress down.
Now the real problem is what to do with that wood. Has to be special........
The advantage of buying from a local sawyer is price - with caveats. I paid $50 for that 12”x2”x59” slab - that’s a maximum I’ll pay since it has a bunch of bug holes in the sapwood edges I didn’t notice at first. But the figure is very pretty and the hole adds another bit of interest so I’ll have maybe $70 into this all told, not counting any labor, of course. It will be a gift to someone for some notable reason, someday.It’s certainly a beautiful piece of wood. I’d hate to see what it would cost here
Give me another handkerchief to drool in........... Maple is my favorite wood.And if that’s not enough to lust for, here’s his Maple tree slab piles - again, all from one tree! The prettiest slabs I’ve seen...
I know it’s tough on you, Herb. Me too. But this guy is located in Townsend, TN - just the other side of the Smokies. I’m alerting our local woodworkers guild as this lumber may find a volume buyer and be gone sooner than later. Holler if anyone wants his address, etc.Give me another handkerchief to drool in........... Maple is my favorite wood.
Herb