A Pile of White Oak and Extra Time

[skysharks]

Hey folks just thought that I would share a couple of new projects with you.



But the wife wasn't satisfied with just these soOOOOOOOO

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If you look close the charis are out of White oak and the table out of Red.
I think they look ok uh???

Finished with 2 coats of outdoor Spar urethane

thanks for looking

 

[RandyJ]

That patio looks way too crowded with all those tables and chairs. I'll come by and take a few off your hands:gar-La;

Nice job as usual, John...

 

[Trent Mason]

Very nice Mac! Beautiful looking yard too. :icon_thum When is the bbq?:dontknow:

 

[skeeter]

Now that's some nice looking patio furniture.

 

[JackLeg]

GRReat looking stuff, Mac! That had to be fun building them out of white oak! I have enough problems with cypress!

Good job, Bud!

:wsmile:

 

[ScottM]

Great Job John. :eusa_clap Pictures would have been better with you in the chair with a cold one.

 

[Bas]

Man those came out nice. Did #4 go a lot quicker than #1?

 

[skysharks]

Thanks guys.
Bas funny you should ask that. Being truthful, I made a total of 6 in the past 2 weeks. The other 2 went to my daughter. So yep the 6th one went pretty quick.
ccasion1

 

[jeff...]

Great choice of outdoor wood - WO will last a good long time :thumbs_up

 

[Travis Porter]

Where did you get the designs?

 

[TracyP]

Great looking chairs and table.

 

[lwhughes149]

Good looking chairs, looks like you have bee busy.

 

[skysharks]

Where did you get the designs?

You know I forgot where I got them from it been so long ago. Geoff is borrowing them right now, should have them back next week, i'll look for you.
Really comfortable chairs for sure.

 

[skysharks]

Great choice of outdoor wood - WO will last a good long time :thumbs_up

Jeff you playing with me????
I have been looking for some cypress, but haven't found any local yet.
The whole time I was building them, it was burning in the back of my head, YOUR USING OAK for outdoor furniture.
It's overkill, you've gone crazy, etc,etc.

 

[NCPete]

What is this thing you call EXTRA TIME?

Great looking chairs bud!

 

[skysharks]

What is this thing you call EXTRA TIME?

Great looking chairs bud!

:gar-Bi:rotflm: R E T I R E M E N T,:icon_thum you too will someday get there

 

[CarvedTones]

Jeff you playing with me????
I have been looking for some cypress, but haven't found any local yet.
The whole time I was building them, it was burning in the back of my head, YOUR USING OAK for outdoor furniture.
It's overkill, you've gone crazy, etc,etc.

White Oak is great for outdoor stuff. It was (and sometimes still is) used a lot in boat building. Lots of boats have WO keels (http://www.google.com/search?q=oak+keel). I just made new sail battens out of WO and won't even bother with finish (it would wear off quickly anyway, sliding them in and out of the pockets in the sail). I would keep a close eye on the red oak, though. It doesn't deal with weather as well.

I made some similar stuff from cedar and cypress (2 cedar chairs and small table, cypress loveseat) and the cypress was easiest to work with and smells like oatmeal. Either is easier to cut/shape than the WO, but they also scratch and dent easier.

Nice job!

 

[DavidF]

Nice looking furniture you have there. Do the end aprons on the tables lift up to make a bigger table? - -or could they:eusa_thin

 

[jeff...]

Jeff you playing with me????
I have been looking for some cypress, but haven't found any local yet.
The whole time I was building them, it was burning in the back of my head, YOUR USING OAK for outdoor furniture.
It's overkill, you've gone crazy, etc,etc.

Actually Mr. Mac I'm not toying with your mind - White oak is decay resistant, Water oak being the most decay resistant of the white oak grouping. So my conclusion is you did good my friend.

Here's a little chart to go by: I can't recall where I picked this up at - but (you'll notice that Old Growth Cypress is actually at the bottom of decay resistance scale and well below that of White Oak but only slightly above White Pine). It's really funny how people think about things - and I really don't know how Cypress got it's reputation of being highly resistant to decay :dontknow: Your most decay resistant lumber is - of course Black Locust not to mention it's like working with a brick.

Lumber decay resistance by species grouping (in first order precedence)

Highly Decay Resistant - Black locust / Osage-orange / Red mulberry / Yews

Decay Resistant - Cedars / Redwood / White Oak / Sassafras / Junipers / Catalpa / Cypress (old growth)

Moderately Decay Resistant - White pine / Honeylocust / Longleaf pine / Baldcypress (Young Growth)

Slightly Decay Resistant - Alders / Ash / Basswood / Beech / Birch / Buckeye / Hemlock / Hickory / Maples (both hard and soft) / Red Oak / Pines (all others ) / Poplars / Sweetgum

Thanks

 

[CarvedTones]

I am surprised that Ash is so far down. It is a popular choice for canoe gunwales (http://www.google.com/search?q=ash+gunwales). I know because I have had to replace some before. :eusa_doh: I wonder why they use it so much. It looks about the same as WO, or at least it does before it rots...