I have a friend whose father had a cherry and walnut tree milled in the 50s; the lumber has been stickered in a barn until about a month ago when I picked it up to evaluate it for her for possible uses. All the sap wood is eaten by insects but the walnut heart is good shape with only minor insect tracks. The cherry heart has not fared as well but there are still some beautiful boards.
I partially edged the boards to get an idea of useable widths and planed both sides to expose the grain. The thicknesses varied greatly as originally sawn so a lot of planing was required and I ended up with boards ¾” to 1.5” thick. The cherry yielded about 62 sq ft, widths 4.5” to 13.5” and lengths of 9.5’. The walnut yielded about 113 sq ft, widths from 6” to 16” and lengths to 8’. The colors are deep and beautiful and I hope the pics reveal such.
My friend would love a dining room table but I don’t have the skill for this although I could make the top. (I knew her father and would really like to see her get a table from trees he saved.) I am thinking about suggesting she purchase a suitable pedestal (expandable or not) and I could affix a top to it. Is this a reasonable approach? Sources of such pedestals are needed, too, as well as other approaches. Thanks.
I partially edged the boards to get an idea of useable widths and planed both sides to expose the grain. The thicknesses varied greatly as originally sawn so a lot of planing was required and I ended up with boards ¾” to 1.5” thick. The cherry yielded about 62 sq ft, widths 4.5” to 13.5” and lengths of 9.5’. The walnut yielded about 113 sq ft, widths from 6” to 16” and lengths to 8’. The colors are deep and beautiful and I hope the pics reveal such.
My friend would love a dining room table but I don’t have the skill for this although I could make the top. (I knew her father and would really like to see her get a table from trees he saved.) I am thinking about suggesting she purchase a suitable pedestal (expandable or not) and I could affix a top to it. Is this a reasonable approach? Sources of such pedestals are needed, too, as well as other approaches. Thanks.
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