This is a long story, so I'll try and keep it simple. A customer of mine and her husband built a beautiful home in the Wakefield area about 12 years ago. The centerpiece of the landscaping is a circular drive in front with a large white oak in the center. After a long illness, her husband passed away three years ago...and the tree died the same year. For reasons you would know, she wanted something, or things made from it's wood. Dave O took down the tree and Scsmith42 took three 2" thick slabs off the log and quarter-sawed/kiln dried the rest.
A lot of the QS White Oak turned this Harvest table I built for her two years ago.
and two of the three slabs turned into six natural edge benches
That left one last slab. She decided on using it for a headboard and footboard...keeping the natural edge, knots, cracks whatever as long as it was "natural". I decided to get Scott to re-saw the piece into a book-matched pair of boards about an inch thick.
So here's the general idea. I'll use the top portions in the headboard..make a frame with 8/4 Quarter-sawn Sapele and inset the oak panels. The height is limited by the bed placement under a window, so the panels will run horizontally
Rough design here...The foot-board will be a miniature of this using the other end of the boards
I'll keep you posted...this will take a while:icon_thum
Don
A lot of the QS White Oak turned this Harvest table I built for her two years ago.
and two of the three slabs turned into six natural edge benches
That left one last slab. She decided on using it for a headboard and footboard...keeping the natural edge, knots, cracks whatever as long as it was "natural". I decided to get Scott to re-saw the piece into a book-matched pair of boards about an inch thick.
So here's the general idea. I'll use the top portions in the headboard..make a frame with 8/4 Quarter-sawn Sapele and inset the oak panels. The height is limited by the bed placement under a window, so the panels will run horizontally
Rough design here...The foot-board will be a miniature of this using the other end of the boards
I'll keep you posted...this will take a while:icon_thum
Don