I’ve got a nice piece of plum to Mill and oak

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Here’s the oak. I’ll be doing the oak on site. It’s got a lot of bug holes in the bottom half. I was going to try and roll it to my truck but way to heavy lol, it’s about 21” diameter and I got it with my new 171204AF2C0-24AA-4FF5-B083-909F967BFEBE.jpegBD6FA961-D1E1-473C-8AB5-C448D20C1C97.jpeg D858FC87-FB61-4029-86F1-6D0219CDD050.jpegC22A72AF-30B2-4FB8-8DB3-2993C43A82EE.jpeg
 
The 171 was doing pretty good on this hard oak I though. Took the bigger saw today and made work much nicer! Using a full skip chain of the 064, any ideas on how many years these oak have been down?most this stuff will be bbq wood, maybe some carvings FA78EA52-093A-46B2-AFE1-96A47B7820FA.jpeg798171C3-9EA9-4165-952D-3E34AF8F2D0D.jpeg C205B412-CF64-486D-A3A4-2B2D23AE26AA.jpeg 979FC98F-7A82-43EC-9CCE-5DDB590124F7.jpeg
 
Did some cutting boards today out of the oak. Noodled it by hand. It’s actually the piece the 171 is sitting on with the little branch in post 3. Will these warp even if dried using as a cutting board and washing off with wash cloth?68D2599D-4C6F-4E62-8CB8-ABB483E2B720.jpeg D0430979-327B-4109-B0FD-3329CF93D21C.jpeg 9D69C575-0D61-445A-BDF6-8CDA712B79F8.jpeg2154EC94-8983-40AC-AA02-ED6EBC6A9D68.jpeg 0B9D4F97-EACA-4BAE-857A-CB7D818190E4.jpeg
 
Did some cutting boards today out of the oak. Noodled it by hand. It’s actually the piece the 171 is sitting on with the little branch in post 3. Will these warp even if dried using as a cutting board and washing off with wash cloth?View attachment 713857 View attachment 713858 View attachment 713860View attachment 713861 View attachment 713862
The longer the board, the more likely to warp. Never milled plum before so not sure how it seasons. Also, if it’s already seasoned it’s less likely to warp.
 
Ok that makes sense. Got 2 slabs so far 3” thick. Going to do 2 more and these will be the good ones I think. These are pretty much my first slabs. So I’m really green. I’m waiting for the oak branch I cut up to first setup area for them to stack on. Is it ok to stand these slabs up like in the first pic?2FE77559-FA56-405B-9729-969E73C0F95D.jpegE7F159FE-F004-430D-A2FA-023C3E6A4606.jpeg A235EDDC-9BEC-4C93-87BD-D9C472752A3F.jpeg24274090-E067-4645-A722-43ADA4A455B2.jpeg
 
Ok that makes sense. Got 2 slabs so far 3” thick. Going to do 2 more and these will be the good ones I think. These are pretty much my first slabs. So I’m really green. I’m waiting for the oak branch I cut up to first setup area for them to stack on. Is it ok to stand these slabs up like in the first pic?View attachment 713911View attachment 713909 View attachment 713912View attachment 713913
One other thing to think about, I like to slab at 2 1/2”, that way you can trim when necessary with a skill Saw.
 
Thanks for the idea mr. grizz! This trunk is finished off. Pretty much nothing but couple small chunks and sawdust left. No dirty jokes now;)it would be cool if the guy I got the trunk from off CL would buy a table from me when it’s ready, it was in his back yard in the city, that would be something to to guests 3F1A657D-9E16-41FF-A044-2BF0E336C3A1.jpeg62378DFF-AF54-4F7E-9CA6-C8909179CD5B.jpeg FC1C93AA-326F-45DF-A5F4-2B1E6CCB1868.jpeg
 
The more seasoned the better. I just didn’t get to them when they were first ready, allow at least an inch a year for hardwoods like walnut, oak and such, a little less for softwoods. If they’re green, they’ll warp while drying and the finish will tend to peel off.
 
American Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is one of the most valuable and unique species of hardwoods. The black walnut wood that we store has a rich brown lustrous heartwood with a grain pattern that categorizes itself in between grainy woods like oak and uniform textured woods such maple and poplar. Because of black walnut wood’s uniqueness it became prized for furniture, interior finish, gunstocks, paneling, novelties and many other items. One of the more assuring qualities of the black walnut wood we store is it has a natural resistance to decay and insects. Black walnut wood typically demands a higher price point because of its increasing demand and decreasing supply of black walnut trees.
 
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