Playing with Grandpa’s wood

Dec 30, 2017 4:09 PM

wellyeabut

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Finished product first! It’s a serving board made out of red cedar cut from my grandpa’s ranch.

Sorry for the shameless pic of op, but this my gpa and I cutting the milled boards to length to fit in my truck.

Rough cut lumber in the newly established wood shop (op’s basement)

The boards are a true 2” thick so I cut strips and glued them together. Here is a strip that has been freshly jointed.

Original layout before all sides had been jointed. Ended up moving the eyes to the middle.

Glued 3 strips at a time for more solid joints. Worked well.

Thanks for lookin!

Very nice. Woodworking is always a great post to see.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I. Was. Groot.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Phrasing! Nice wood though.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I am Groot.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Beat me to it

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Very nice. In Sweden we have such a limited supply of lumber. Pine, spruce and birch. Thats it. All others cost ALOT.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Interesting! The cedar trees that this lumber comes from grow like weeds in central Nebraska where we cut these.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You can buy smaller pieces of foreign lumber online, say 2''x2''x12' but expensive. Your pile with cedar would cost a small fortune here :)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wish I could trade ya some of mine for some of your local birch!

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