Would anybody be interested in a slab top to build a Roubo style workbench from? I have a massive red oak slab that I milled a couple of years ago - it is 14" thick, 4' wide and 6' long, and fellow NCWW member David Keller and I have been discussing milliing it into some smaller, Roubo sized slabs.
It has been ammonia fumed to kill any little critters that resided in it (since it it too thick to go into the kiln). The subsequent slab dimensions would be around 4" thick, 20" wide (or thereabouts), and a little under 6' long. There would not be any pith wood in any any of the new slabs, and several would have vertical (quartersawn) grain.
The big slab is a fairly course grain, and undoubtedly there would be some checks in the slabs due to the thickness.
I'll probably yield 5 or 6 slabs from it; David has spoken for one so up to 4 or 5 would be available at $150.00 per slab.
Please PM me if interested.
Thx.
Scott
It has been ammonia fumed to kill any little critters that resided in it (since it it too thick to go into the kiln). The subsequent slab dimensions would be around 4" thick, 20" wide (or thereabouts), and a little under 6' long. There would not be any pith wood in any any of the new slabs, and several would have vertical (quartersawn) grain.
The big slab is a fairly course grain, and undoubtedly there would be some checks in the slabs due to the thickness.
I'll probably yield 5 or 6 slabs from it; David has spoken for one so up to 4 or 5 would be available at $150.00 per slab.
Please PM me if interested.
Thx.
Scott