Burr oak milled today

[oakleaf50]

Hi lads

 

Milled me burr oak which has been sitting at the back of the house for the passed year! Finally got round to it. Used alaskin mill with 72 inch bit big I know put needed to try it on something!!! How hard is it to market these? There still green !

[Rob D]

Some really nice figured pieces of wood there... do you have plans on what you'll do with them?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

sell thm for mega bucks!

[Rhob the Log]

Mmmmm, they look lovely! Get some close-ups of each board whilst wet, list your dimensions and thickness, get them under cover to dry and you're on to a winner I expect. Any book matched pairs? Look on the underside and overside of each board to see if there's a good match. Lovely work mate

[oakleaf50]

Was going to try and sell them! But I been hear a lot of people what them dry !

[oakleaf50]

[atree]

Nice,you going to make anything with them?

 

Random video tho..

[Tom_Arb]

That is cool !!! Enough said.

 

 

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[delabodge]

lovely stuff,,,,,

[Big J]

Stunning figure.

 

My best advice would be to dry them as much as is possible before selling them. The value increases hugely. Burr oak is hard to dry, so do this:

 

Find a very solid piece of ground to stack them ok - somewhere that will not subside. Concrete would be ideal. Run two heavy bearers parallel to the stack which the stickers can sit on.

Stick the boards excessively - every 9-12 inches at most. Ensure there is a sticker on the very end of the boards and evenly spaced in between.

Ensure sticker lines are perfectly vertical, place the poorest boards on top, put one final layer of stickers on and then a few (evenly spaced) paving slabs. Don't let the stack get direct sunlight, but it needs to be sheltered from the rain with decent air flow.

 

Then sit on them for a couple of years and sell for much more than they are worth now!