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Big Red Oak with a twist

Project by sw_iowa_sawyer posted 277 days ago 1067 views 0 times favorited 18 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Well in 4 pictures I had to skip a step or two. This is basically from log to finished project. The logs were huge well at least for me they were that way. I had to cut them into quarters to get them on the mill. The were harder to move that way but it had to be done. Once i cut the logs up I was cleaning up the scraps and noticed a funny pattern in the wood. I thought my saw was goofed up so I tried running a board thru my planer and that when I figured out the oak was curly. So I built a hope chest with some of it. I haven’y seen a curly oak log since. Too bad really as it is beautiful wood.


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StevenAntonucci

179 posts in 838 days


posted 277 days ago

Pretty wood, and a fine job on the chest!

-- Steven

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HokieMojo

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posted 277 days ago

thats so cool. you can always post additional photos using flikr.com if you want.

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bkpine

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posted 277 days ago

very nice! you should be very proud

-- cut twice, measure once?

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firecaster

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posted 277 days ago

I’d like to see the other photos also. Great job on the chest and congrats on finding the wood.

-- Father of two sons. Both Eagle Scouts.

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 623 days


posted 277 days ago

Great looking finished product.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Gary Fixler

649 posts in 282 days


posted 277 days ago

It looks great. I love seeing projects go from logs right through to the finish, and you did a very nice job on it.

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

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socalwood

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posted 277 days ago

very nice !!

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WoodSpanker

298 posts in 292 days


posted 277 days ago

That IS handsome wood! And fine craftsmanship on the chest. quite lovely. :)

-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!

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mtnwild

2030 posts in 427 days


posted 277 days ago

That’s soooo cool. Mill your own wood and build a keepsake. Fantastic wood for sure, great project. Thanks.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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Karson

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posted 277 days ago

Great looking logs. Some beautiful wood and chest. I hope you didn’t use it all up.

Were all of the logs that way.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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jim1953

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posted 277 days ago

Nice Job Lookin Good

-- Jim, Kentucky

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bowyer

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posted 277 days ago

Beautiful chest.

-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving

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builtinabarn

81 posts in 285 days


posted 277 days ago

That is a beautiful piece . I love how that quarter saw oak pops like that

-- Built in a Barn Bob

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tinnman65

243 posts in 314 days


posted 277 days ago

Great job, That wood is so nice I would liked to have seen more pictures of the finished chest.

-- Paul Sayre Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

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cobbler

242 posts in 690 days


posted 277 days ago

Beautiful wood.
You are a luck guy to get your hands on some
of it. Nice chest also.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

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Daren Nelson

537 posts in 805 days


posted 276 days ago

Nice chest, great lumber. It sure is fun making it yourself isn’t it, from start to finish.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

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John Gray

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posted 276 days ago

Great post, beautiful wood!!! Please post more pictures?

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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TomFran

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posted 273 days ago

It has to be great to harvest your own logs, and then build stuff out of it. Nice work!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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