maple crotch

[Adkpk]

Couple of pics. Went down one way and came back the other. Worked out pretty well. (we can't all be aggiewoodbutcher) Going to make a picnic table out of it, just hope we don't ever have to move it.

 

[stonykill]

nice, I like the makeshift mill platform. Love it. Thats gonna be one heavy picnic table!!:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[dustytools]

Nice set-up on the guide board! This place is full of cool ideas, thanks for sharing.

 

[woodshop]

Interesting chunk of wood... any of it spalted or was it all solid?

 

[Adkpk]

Interesting chunk of wood... any of it spalted or was it all solid?

Yes, there was a little spalting. And yes, it is an interesting piece of wood. It's broken off piece of a much larger sugar maple that I pass all the time down the street. I got an arborist to load it up on my truck one day when he was there with his tractor. It took some time to cut out a nest of roots. Must of fractured a long ago then grew roots to reattach itself to the trunk. I really enjoyed that part. As I enjoy anything that involves wood. I will get the grinder on it and try to get some finish going then poly it and hope it looks like a million bucks. My gf says it reminds her of the book, 'A Year in Provence". A large part of the book if you haven't read it is about a table that is a bastrid to move. Looks like that will be me.

Here's a pic of the slab and where I would like it to go. I have some bluestone sitting on top of it to keep the sun off it. This is at her new house btw. The reason why I haven't been up to my place to work on the cabin. Women, ya know, always something, geeesssh!:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[woodshop]

Make sure you post some pics of it when you get it cleaned up, I would be interested in seeing them.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Couple of pics. Went down one way and came back the other. Worked out pretty well. (we can't all be aggiewoodbutcher) Going to make a picnic table out of it, just hope we don't ever have to move it.

Hey- looks good to me! Great job!

 

[Adkpk]

Hey- looks good to me! Great job!

If you lived a little closer I would have let you come over to help. :jester:

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

 

[flht01]

Nice milling guide setup, creative. Had to give you rep for that one !

 

[RIX]

Couple of pics. Went down one way and came back the other. Worked out pretty well. (we can't all be aggiewoodbutcher) Going to make a picnic table out of it, just hope we don't ever have to move it.

Great piece of wood, that is going to be on he!! of a picnic table. Nice work.