Milling slabs with decay

[arboriculturist]

There is probably a market for most slabs over time, but I am interested to hear what others do when they have milled a big stick and several of the slabs have 2 or 3 really soft spots along their length?

 

Several options of course including re-saw, if for joinery, into narrower dimensional timber.  Any feedback much appreciated.

[Lowestoft Firewood]

Resin tables? 

[Rough Hewn]

Round brass wire brush on a power drill. Takes out rot but leaves sound wood.
Resin table makers love it.
[emoji106]

[arboriculturist]

2 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Round brass wire brush on a power drill. Takes out rot but leaves sound wood.
Resin table makers love it.

Ok, so why can't we be resin table makers, you and I have all the equipment and expertise ?

[arboriculturist]

2 hours ago, Lowestoft Firewood said:

Resin tables? 

Yes !

 

[trigger_andy]

18 hours ago, arboriculturist said:

Ok, so why can't we be resin table makers, you and I have all the equipment and expertise ?

Its not something I particularly like the look of to be honest. There is some cracking examples but I do wonder when the fad will pass. But I guess you'd not be making it for yourself but for the customer and if they like it great! 

 

I prefer the tables that have the river look but have a shaped glass top like the picture below. If anyone knows how or where to get the glass shaped like this please share.

[Rough Hewn]

Ok, so why can't we be resin table makers, you and I have all the equipment and expertise ?

I don’t.
It’s bloody complicated to make a proper resin table.
Massive store room of dry slabs
Massive workshop
Massive router sled table
Massive dust extraction system
Massive belt sanders
Massive clean room dust free fir resin pouring.
Massive storage room for finished tables.
Not to mention £1000’s of resin,pigments, power tools.
And years of cockups, so you know exactly what you can and can’t do.
And a market/outlet for really really expensive resin tables.
I’ll just cut slabs ?[emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

[arboriculturist]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

I don’t.
It’s bloody complicated to make a proper resin table.
Massive store room of dry slabs
Massive workshop
Massive router sled table
Massive dust extraction system
Massive belt sanders
Massive clean room dust free fir resin pouring.
Massive storage room for finished tables.
Not to mention £1000’s of resin,pigments, power tools.
And years of cockups, so you know exactly what you can and can’t do.
And a market/outlet for really really expensive resin tables.
I’ll just cut slabs ?

OK, forget the resin then ! - Stick with what you know and are good at - always ?

[Rough Hewn]

OK, forget the resin then ! - Stick with what you know and are good at - always [emoji16]

I sell to a lot of professional resin table makers.
They have either a barn or warehouse with different rooms for each process.
[emoji106]

[arboriculturist]

36 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

I sell to a lot of professional resin table makers.
They have either a barn or warehouse with different rooms for each process.

Not keen on all that toxic dust, working in a tyvex suit all day with air fed mask - bit like chainsaw milling ?