I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
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I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
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I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
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I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
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I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
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I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
.
I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
.
I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
.
I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
.
I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
.
Beautiful wood! I had the fortune of getting my hands on some for free a few years ago. The wife's uncle asked me if I wanted some "kindling wood". I took all he had! Made a kitchen table and am still making picture frames and turnings with it. (I know, I have to post some pics! but having problems with camera) Nice stuff to work with! I have finished with both lacquer and poly and love the look. Save all those scraps, that stuff is hard to come by!
I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
.
I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
.
I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
.
I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
.
I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
.
I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
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Hi Al,
So nice to see things happen to that wood now.
I will look forward to see how it moves on.
Your workshop looks so warm and nice now.
Best thoughts my friend,
Mads
I was fortunate enough to buy a few hundered board feet of wormy chestnut from a fellow in the woods of West Virginia. I figure there's 150 to 200bf usable. Metal detected and got (hopefully) all the metal out.
.
.
I stickered it to 11% and began the laborious process of jointing (PM 6" w/ Global knives) and resawing it (3tpi Lenox hook on 20" Rockwell). While I'm waiting on a new bandsaw blade (made it about 100bf), I think I've got enough wood to start the bottom carcass. I'll build two doors up top; three graduated drawers on bottom. Planning two dovetailed carcasses. The wood is surprisingly variable, so I have some decisions to make. I've resawed is assymmetrically into 7/8" and 3/4", so I'll probably pull out my door panels and door fronts out of this batch. Plane it by machine (DW735 w/ stock). We'll see.
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It's going to be a 6 month build or so, here's hoping.
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I've turned a few barns into pearls so I know what you are saying about trying to estimate how much stock, versus what do you have left to make. Not like you can go to the lumber guy, and get more. You are way past this point now, seeing your finished post already, but I look at interior woods as the part you don't see when appraising the project sitting there.
if you ask my opinion, which you sort of implicitly did, the 2nd and 5th picture pieces look good immediately adjacent to each other (ie in a single panel or something like that). The other ones are kind of too wild and would look better spaced apart somewhat.
those look like some sharp planer blades you got there
Got started gluing up panels for the lower carcass. The grain is VERY busy and much of the wood is in rough shape. I handplaned one panel until flat and it measured 11/16", so the rest of the boards go back through the planer at this setting.
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When you don't have a proper bench yet, you make do
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I power jointed everything, then sprung it with the jointer plane & glued up:
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Got started gluing up panels for the lower carcass. The grain is VERY busy and much of the wood is in rough shape. I handplaned one panel until flat and it measured 11/16", so the rest of the boards go back through the planer at this setting.
.
When you don't have a proper bench yet, you make do
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I power jointed everything, then sprung it with the jointer plane & glued up:
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