What do you do with your excess wood?

[Quadrafire2]

This what I did today Top is hard maple and legs are walnut.

The large long log (~12 feet) at bottom is the bench seat, and the long straight piece at the top became the legs

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After...

I am going to make 4 of them:greenchainsaw:

 

[BarkBuster20]

thats cool, but that coulda been good firewood too.

 

[mdotis]

Great Idea

I need some more seating at our cabin fire pit. So I may just give this a try. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Quadrafire2]

I know but I have enough wood for the winter... I will cut more wood for next season.

I also ripped some boards of a black cherry and a larger log of walnut. The walnut is cracking though.

thats cool, but that coulda been good firewood too.

 

[Quadrafire2]

I do not know if you can see from the picture (late last night, it was dark)but I notched a watermelon like "slice" out for each leg.

I need some more seating at our cabin fire pit. So I may just give this a try. Thanks for the idea.

 

[smokinj]

Thats Cool! heres what I do...View attachment 141925

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

thats cool, but that coulda been good firewood too.

Nah. It's maple.

 

[smokinj]

Nah. It's maple.

that maple works out really well at 1-3/4
And firewood I use alot of it what the heck 20mbtu per cord I will take it.

 

[7oaks]

In our case we used a maple log as a major beam in the master broom. We left bark on for effect. The slabs off the log were used for stair steps to the upper floor. Remainder firewood.

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[smokinj]

In our case we used a maple log as a major beam in the master broom. We left bark on for effect. The slabs off the log were used for stair steps to the upper floor. Remainder firewood.

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Awesome 7 oaks! rep for that!

 

[Quadrafire2]

yes! very nice 7 oaks

 

[Laird]

In our case we used a maple log as a major beam in the master broom. We left bark on for effect. The slabs off the log were used for stair steps to the upper floor. Remainder firewood.

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I think that's the first Bidet I've seen inside the State of Indiana.....

 

[smokinj]

Laird 7 oaks is in Montana!

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

In our case we used a maple log as a major beam in the master broom. We left bark on for effect. The slabs off the log were used for stair steps to the upper floor.

Now THAT'S what I call a good use of maple!

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Laird 7 oaks is in Montana!

I think that makes it worse, doesn't it?




:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[7oaks]

Thanks guys for the nice comments.

Here I used a slab of blk walnut for the mantel over our wood stove. It was headed to the firewood pile when I saved it. Note, again I left some bark as well as sap wood and heart wood. Sorry for the lousy pic. Only one I could find. Our place in WV used to be a coal mine. All the pieces on the mantle are from that property. Note the carbide lamp. We found two by the pile of rocks we think marks the grave of the original Polish miner who owned the mine and blew himself up in it.

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And here's where the blk walnut was headed before being saved.


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[smokinj]

Thanks guys for the nice comments.

Here I used a slab of blk walnut for the mantel over our wood stove. It was headed to the firewood pile when I saved it. Note, again I left some bark as well as sap wood and heart wood. Sorry for the lousy pic. Only one I could find. Our place in WV used to be a coal mine. All the pieces on the mantle are from that property. Note the carbide lamp. We found two by the pile of rocks we think marks the grave of the original Polish miner who owned the mine and blew himself up in it.

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And here's where the blk walnut was headed before being saved.


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Hate to see the walnut going in but its got to be done....I have around a cord of it. You cant save every stick!

 

[smokinj]

I think that makes it worse, doesn't it?




:hmm3grin2orange:

LOL yes it does unless you live here we seem to be way behind the rest of the world...but thats ok

 

[Quadrafire2]

How do prevent walnut wood from cracking? I ripped some walnut boards last week, and black cherry, the walnut is cracking badly

Thanks guys for the nice comments.

Here I used a slab of blk walnut for the mantel over our wood stove. It was headed to the firewood pile when I saved it. Note, again I left some bark as well as sap wood and heart wood. Sorry for the lousy pic. Only one I could find. Our place in WV used to be a coal mine. All the pieces on the mantle are from that property. Note the carbide lamp. We found two by the pile of rocks we think marks the grave of the original Polish miner who owned the mine and blew himself up in it.

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And here's where the blk walnut was headed before being saved.


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[7oaks]

How do prevent walnut wood from cracking? I ripped some walnut boards last week, and black cherry, the walnut is cracking badly

All the blk walnut I have milled through the years has been on the ground for a couple years and doesn't crack or check. Same with my blk cherry.