Latest projects from firewood

[jockeydeuce]

WOW!!! You get the prize... wait, there's a prize?

That piece is stunning!

Thanks, but it's the wood that makes the show (That's what she said. .lol)

I was lucky enough to find this root burl on a big birch, and that's what this piece came from....It's unbelievable.

 

[USMC615]

Damn nice woodworked projects fellas!

 

[Wood Doctor]

Damn nice woodworked projects fellas!

Several men have asked me how I make flat board stock from firewood. After air drying it for a year, I use a table saw to rip it and cut it to width, sometimes with a band saw. Then I plane it to thickness with a thickness planner, cut to length, and the join it. Yes, it's lots of work but a very rewarding hobby. I keep on the lookout for knot-free logs as I collect firewood, especially oak, hard maple, and walnut.

 

[USMC615]

Several men have asked me how I make flat board stock from firewood. After air drying it for a year, I use a table saw to rip it and cut it to width, sometimes with a band saw. Then I plane it to thickness with a thickness planner, cut to length, and the join it. Yes, it's lots of work but a very rewarding hobby. I keep on the lookout for knot-free logs as I collect firewood, especially oak, hard maple, and walnut.

Excellent wood work you and the others do here, my friend. My dad used to do a lot of wood-working, furniture making/refinishing back in the 60's/70's. I miss seeing the carport/garages all those years ago, slam full of projects he used to work on.

 

[Cracker Boy]

Thats some amazing stuff i wish i had the talent for that.my father did and lost him last year he was a master carpenter.he used to build oak cabinets and entertainment centers out of hardwoods from scratch.my mom has his gun cabinet i helped him build out of pecky cypress

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Jay! You're a Turner?! I didn't even know!


Awesome. Me too .

I have some smaller cherry burls here for ya.

 

[angelo c]

Guys do you mind posting up what your turning with. I have a HF lathe that I'm trying to make bats with as a starter and can't figure out what to do with the head stock as nothing will get pressure enough to stay on.

Would love to join the party ....can't get started though.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

I'll have to get you a pic later. I have an old Delta lathe for that kind of stuff. It's light duty. I built my bowl lathe. It's a beast.

 

[Wolverine]

I don't have a picture of mine but This is a web pic.

 

[angelo c]

I don't have a picture of mine but This is a web pic.

its the drive center Im having my issues with. I cant get enough lateral force to get my "drive" to hold the slabs. I tried to hammer it in and Im an idiot and screwed up the threads on the center. turns out the HF uses a center that no one else in the world uses so I have to buy an adaptor...cant find a tap to retap the drive center so here I go round and round...
bottom line...a hammer don't fix everything....and a BFH is just bigger.....

 

[MS290man]

I wish I could claim this as my work; my buddy made it for my girlfriend as payment for me fixing his saw.