Oak slab

[tommer9]

Started sanding this oak slab today, have been on it on and off between arbtalk visits. Going to be my kitchen table. It is 39" wide, and was from a beautiful oak from up in devon that i brought back a few years ago and milled with the alaskan mill. First is the log, the others are the table to be.

 

 

 

[Stephen Blair]

very nice tom

[old snake]

that will look brilliant mate!

[SJH]

Looks very nice, sure it will look stunning when its done.

[Mozza]

Awesome bit of wood!!

[tommer9]

Awesome bit of wood!!

 

Cheers guys.

Yeah, i had asked about that tree several years in a row- it is by my sistr and brother-in-law's place- as it has been dying back steadly, and i got the call one day that it was coming down and would i like it. It was a mission getting it here are some pics... They left me a 30 tonne swinger to load it. At one point the log rolled sideways on the lorry which was on a slight side slope:blushing: and we tought the lorry was going over. I put another 2ish ton log on the trailer. When we got back and tried to unload it, that 130hp john deer had its rear wheels off the ground with a 950kilo weight on the back. Luckily the lorry tipped it off. The poor lorry, the suspension was down to the stops all the way.

 

 

[tommer9]

When i milled it, i used the 088 with a 48" bar and the alaskan. Each cut took about 15 mnutes of cutting, and after about 3/4 of a cut, i ran out of fuel, and i had to sharpen the chain every cut. I think the only mistake i made was having the bright idea of making a 6" thick slab, wich i ten put at the back corner of the barn where i have no machine access to get it out. It took several of us about 30 minutes to get it in there with levers and rollers etc. Not looking forward to ever touching it again!!

[Rob D]

Give it a few years and you'll be loving going back to that 6" slab!

 

Lovely bit of oak with the piece you have for the table top showing medullary rays and also a lovely touch of brown on the right! Bootiful

[tree_beard]

very nice bit of wood there mate, look forward to the pics of the finished table in the future...

 

 

 

re: the last photo of the deere attempting to offload the log... was it really necessary to do with no trousers or undercrackers on?

[tommer9]

 

re: the last photo of the deere attempting to offload the log... was it really necessary to do with no trousers or undercrackers on?

 

:confused1:I thought that that was the required attire when undertaking operations of that sort?