big oak felling

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

now thats a good story, one I could live with too.

 

Nice job fellas

[goodoldboy]

nice work lads, especially the neat change of hands at about 2.20

[WoodED]

nice work lads, especially the neat change of hands at about 2.20

 

i like is at 0:50 to 1:00. looks like a huge lump of cord wood is gona dunk the groundie,

nice work guys

[Ben Ballard]

nice job good judgement with the felling and great the timber been used:thumbup1:

[Rob D]

Love the quirky rings - they look superb.

 

What are you going to do to stabilize them - I've glued rings to plywood and it seems to work well. They split but at least stay in one piece.

 

 

[testcricket01]

Love the quirky rings - they look superb.

 

What are you going to do to stabilize them - I've glued rings to plywood and it seems to work well. They split but at least stay in one piece.

 

 

 

i was going to just ratchet strap it together and leave it in a cool shed to dry out slowly and hope it doesnt crack. what would you reccomend?

[Rob D]

If you stack them say for 4 or 5 months in a cool shed with a firm but not tight rachet strap. Keep an eye on them and any sign of the starting of splitting glue and screw onto thickesh plywood. Pre cut the plywood so it sits an inch from the edge of the oak to hide it. You can also cut away most of the plywood where the crack is.

 

They will split there's no avoiding it but it's a case of keeping the whole thing from falling apart.

[testcricket01]

If you stack them say for 4 or 5 months in a cool shed with a firm but not tight rachet strap. Keep an eye on them and any sign of the starting of splitting glue and screw onto thickesh plywood. Pre cut the plywood so it sits an inch from the edge of the oak to hide it. You can also cut away most of the plywood where the crack is.

 

They will split there's no avoiding it but it's a case of keeping the whole thing from falling apart.

 

i shall do thanks , lovely table that dont see many like that often why i hope mine doesnt crack up.

[Rob D]

Those rings you have are absolutely superb. The buttresses just make it look great.

 

In fact what you could do is fell the tree a little higher then use an Alaskan to get perfect thickness rings.

 

I've done this before on lumps of wood but never to a stump...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

wax or petroleum jelly on the pores will slow dry em