Burnham
Woods walker
Sure has handsome color and grain. And plenty of checking 
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Drying eucalyptus
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Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
and take a really nice warped shape.
I'm very surprised by the amount of move by this wood dry for so long. The warping can be severe in other species too, but usually, it's when the drying occurs.
I'm very surprised by the amount of move by this wood dry for so long. The warping can be severe in other species too, but usually, it's when the drying occurs.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
You need to sticker stack and weigh that down a lot for drying.
davidwyby
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On those cookies I'm letting them warp and gonna make art out of them. 2d pics don't do the 3d warp justice.
For drying wood, assuming I mill some, I will store in a shipping conex and thought about making a giant sticker/clamp with some I beam or square tube and allthread. Also probably coat all surfaces to prevent surface cracks...pretty much guaranteed going to have to resaw. I was told to avoid the pith, so cut one slab above and one below. Maybe a beam from eather side....let the pith warp into a sculpture.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Sculpture is cool. I've been thinking of milling really thin pieces and adding uneven weight to distort it.
Agree with milling thick and resawing. I have a bunch of dry madrona slabs. Easier to rew than router sled flatten, I think.
Also, no tengo un router sled.
I wonder if router sled flattening will tearout more on erratic, figured grain.
Agree with milling thick and resawing. I have a bunch of dry madrona slabs. Easier to rew than router sled flatten, I think.
Also, no tengo un router sled.
I wonder if router sled flattening will tearout more on erratic, figured grain.
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davidwyby
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davidwyby
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I just posted this in
how did it go today
And realized I should have posted it here, I cut 16” off the end of a 1 year old log and found it not all dry and cracked. Gonna try to haul a bunch to the mill. Smaller logs in the same pile have cracks on the outside almost all the way down the length.
This one Probably 30”x36” dia
how did it go today
And realized I should have posted it here, I cut 16” off the end of a 1 year old log and found it not all dry and cracked. Gonna try to haul a bunch to the mill. Smaller logs in the same pile have cracks on the outside almost all the way down the length.
This one Probably 30”x36” dia
Burnham
Woods walker
Nice color, for sure.
Dunno about that. Nothing wrong with truck beds, but nothing goes with decor except the stuff that does. You should make a test piece, throw it up on whatever market you like, and see what the interest is. A table can be made fairly inexpensively with pipe fittings. That's a look a lot people like, and you can go fancier from there if the red wood's popular.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Metal, painted table legs are cheap.
Adding custom metal details and legs, even better.
If only I had the time...I just took a little bit of a failed maple off an outbuilding that got slapped, and slightly aerated...big burly, spalted butt log that will end up at my yard.
Adding custom metal details and legs, even better.
If only I had the time...I just took a little bit of a failed maple off an outbuilding that got slapped, and slightly aerated...big burly, spalted butt log that will end up at my yard.
Burnham
Woods walker
I purposely refrained from comment!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I understand the aversion to building a home with spalted wood, but not a salad bowl, table, shelf, etc..
Burnham
Woods walker
Because it looks like rotten wood, that no self-respecting craftsperson would consider using for anything that is designed to be beautiful and long-lasting.
Of course, this is just my entirely subjective view. YMMV.
But it is one I hold most fervently, obviously.
Of course, this is just my entirely subjective view. YMMV.
But it is one I hold most fervently, obviously.
