Are these cool looking slabs of value
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I would say not much value as is. You can find White Pine just about anywhere. They tend not to check much, but rot fast. If you made some nice 3 legged tables out of them the finished product might catch someones eye, Joe.
They will crack and split as it drys out. Be left with maple pizza pies.
Dan Jones
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It's pretty dry. I think the guy said its been dead for 8-10 years. What would make it crack?
I agree with rarefish that they are not worth much.
The price pretty much depends on the buyer.
An inner city artist or craft worker with no country cousin connections is likely to pay more for them.
You are much more likely to sell them if they are turned into something.
The price pretty much depends on the buyer.
An inner city artist or craft worker with no country cousin connections is likely to pay more for them.
You are much more likely to sell them if they are turned into something.
Gixxerjoe04
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Moisture in wood escapes(guess you'd say that) the quickest through the end grain, so when you cut a tree down moisture tries to escape fast through the end grain which causes it to check/crack. Don't know the exact reason but they seem to always crack real bad starting in the pith. To help prevent checking/cracking, you seal the end grain so the moisture is released slowly, of course that doesn't always work but it helps. If you cleaned them up a little I'd say they'd sell but not for a whole lot, if you're a woodworker, I'd wait until they're dry and make them into coffee tables or something then sell them. Even though it's just pine, they're pretty cool looking.
What I want to do eventually that I saw another woodworker do is use a cookie like that, from a tree that's at least 100 years old, the older the better. Count the growth rings and inlay certain dates through history, WWI, WWII, turn of the century, stuff like that just to give perspective of actually how old the tree was.
Dan Jones
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Much to my surprise, a dealer bought them from us for $100 a pc. He said he had a table top maker that would love them. Without that, they probably would have burnt real nice in my back yard.....lol.
What makes a piece of wood special? What should I look for?
What makes a piece of wood special? What should I look for?
There you go - well done! 
Hey Dan - I have some huge Red Oak and Black Cherry rounds / chips about that size, want to share your dealers name and number? I travel 80 E often going to camp in PA.
PM please - thanks.
Well done, Dan!
