Reclaimed Chestnut

You’ve got you work cut out for you or should I say sanding for you…

-- jack -- ...measure once, curse twice!

i don’t know much about chestnut ,
but if you treat it like an exotic ,
you should be ok ?
at least it should be dry .
nice score .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I’ve used a little bit of wormy chestnut. It works great, can be a little stringy if you plan to carve it. It’s not to hard. Looks great though when it’s finished. Great score.

-- "At its best, life is completely unpredictable." - Christopher Walken

i just made a cutting baord from some works just like hickory. kinda on the hard side but not bad to work with

-- self proclaimed copycat

Great score Lisa! Love to see reclaimed wood projects. Can’t wait to see the box and other stuff from this.

What do you mean box? I didn’t know you could spin yarn with a box?haha

Keep expanding your skills!

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

I have a chestnut tree in the back yard but it is only 6 years old.. so will be a while afore I can mill it..
Nice score tho.

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com For lovers of all things timber...

Great score, Lisa!
Reclaimed wood is just so stable… I have a bunch of 70 yr old mahogany that is just incredible!
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Hey Lisa, Nice score. I have never worked with it either, but have always heard that it lays between hickory and walnut in workability. I guess because it is a nut tree.

But where is your zero clearance insert (pic #2)? You promised to be safe.

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Nice buy Lisa..

-- Tim, Missouri ....Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened

Over here chestnut is a basic building article. It has been used for supporting beams for floors, doors and windows and furniture since the roman times. I work with it all the time. It should not have woodworm because it has a huge amount of tannic acid incorporated. The worms normally attack the little bit of sapwood that the planks have on the outside they but cannot eat the hardwood inside.Due to the tannic acid content this wood changes color in a dramatic way if exposed to amonia fumes (see my chessboard progect). It is stable once cut and moreover resists to umidity for hundreds of years. It has a beautifull honey color that can be enchanced by a knowing exposure to the abovementioned amonia fumes

-- Dreaming patterns

I forgot to say -. It makes you sneeze when you work it But I recon that you know that allready

-- Dreaming patterns

Nice one SPalm,
you caught me,
I did a quick switch from my dado blade and insert,
grabbed the closest insert, my bad : (
You guys don’t miss a trick ! : )

Thanks everyone for the comments.
deon- the chessboard is stunning, mine must be wormy chestnut because it definitely has worm holes.
Uh…Larry, you’re growing your own lumber ?!!

Lisa

-- Imagination rules the world. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~ http://quiltedwood.com

Nice collection.
Make something pretty.

-- Safety first because someone needs you.

Lisa, Can’t wait to see what you make.

Thanks for sharing

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong