Chestnut slab/round for table

[Donnie]

i've been told this is chestnut, I'm looking at making it into a coffee table. 
 

Roughly how long would this take to dry in my garage enough to plane/sand etc? 

[Bob_z_l]

For boards its a year per inch form Outside to Centre. Good luck as I've never been able to get a dick to not split.

There is a thread here somewhere where there was a lot of experimentation and hard work and technical description as t why the inside shrinks but due o the circumference shrinking the same % it would inevitably split and go pacman. 

 

 

Good luck.

 

 

 

[Bob_z_l]

You'll maybe find the thread in the milling section. 

 

Again, good luck.

[Squaredy]

On 13/11/2022 at 09:44, JDon said:

i've been told this is chestnut, I'm looking at making it into a coffee table. 
 

Roughly how long would this take to dry in my garage enough to plane/sand etc? 

A disk like that will dry fairly quickly if you let it, as the fibres containing the moisture are really short.  It could be pretty dry in a few months but probably longer if your garage is cool.

 

As has been hinted at already it is almost certain to split as it dries.  

Edited November 14, 2022 by Squaredy

[ucoulddoit]

If you scroll down to 31st Jan there’s a short thread and I’m sure as mentioned there was a thread on the milling forum, but can’t find it from a quick scan through the last few pages.

 

Andrew

[trigger_andy]

On 13/11/2022 at 18:36, Bob_z_l said:

I've never been able to get a dick to not split.

Well all righty then.  

[Bob_z_l]

1 hour ago, trigger_andy said:

Well all righty then.  

You know what? Thats not what I meant to type... bloody hell.

But now you've picked it up it does make I laugh. 

 

Been a tough weekend. Needed a lift. Cheers @trigger_andy  :-)

[trigger_andy]

49 minutes ago, Bob_z_l said:

You know what? Thats not what I meant to type... bloody hell.

But now you've picked it up it does make I laugh. 

 

Been a tough weekend. Needed a lift. Cheers @trigger_andy  🙂

Gave me a chuckle. Gave me a bloody double take to be honest 🤣🤣🤣

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Bob_z_l said:

You know what? Thats not what I meant to type... bloody hell.

But now you've picked it up it does make I laugh. 

 

Been a tough weekend. Needed a lift. Cheers @trigger_andy  🙂

I thought it was some arboricultural technical term I hadn’t come across.