what are you listening to?

George S. said:
The planks are wild black cherry from a neighbors tree I chainsawed out and dried in the garage. Then hit them with a 80 grit auto body grinder to smooth them a little, then clear spar urethane.
The upright legs are black walnut from back yard. They're bored for thick threaded rod, fender washers, and nuts.
The legs are tightened onto the lower plank, with threaded rod protruding out the top. The upper plank has blind holes bored into the under side to index onto the protruding rod.
If your going to make "furniture" out of local green wood, a few things to do. Get the bark off ASAP, easily peels off with a putty knife. Then seal the end grain with wood glue and dry it for at least a couple months or more. It will split and twist if the end grain isn't sealed.
Click to expand...
A friend had to cut down several large trees on a relatives property, oak, mesquite and cedar, he bought one of those portable saw mills and ended up with an entire barn full of lumber. I will pass along the end grain information for sure. I know he did some research on how to stack and store the lumber but I don’t think he knows about that, thanks. The property had been in his family for three generations and some of the trees were planted by his great grandfather, the state was taking the land for a highway expansion and would have just bulldozed the entire grove and a hundred year old barn. My buddy found a company to help him move the barn and rebuild it on another part of the property but it cost him more than a new barn would have.
 
The saw mills that process a lot of logs don't seal the end grain before drying because it's labor intensive and split ends get cut off. The smaller mills that specialize in veneer logs and black walnut do seal the ends.
There's a industry of making artisanal log and stick furniture and those people also seal the ends. A small tree like I used for the uprights will split from end to end due to uneven drying if it's not sealed.
 
The Powerful Difference said:
NeverSatisfied, don't mean to be a contrarian, but there's a very special case, where, if life was a Venn diagram, at the intersection of art, music, and Yoko, the worse it becomes, the more joy is instilled in the viewer...

As my proof, I give you "Voice Piece for Soprano & Wish Tree"


View attachment 61274

Yup, you guessed it. It's so good that sometimes when the halftime show just isn't cutting the mustard, I'll throw this on in order to keep the party buzz alive...
Click to expand...
Jeezuz, I could only take 34 seconds of that crap. Proof that being bat shit crazy in the right circles will make you famous.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top