OT. Huge oak slabs and book matched walnut

[Salem street drums]

Major wood score today!! 7 monster oak slabs and a huge piece of book matched walnut!! Coffee table anyone?

 

[Fat Drummer]

Stunning!!! And your plans with this goldmine?

 

[Salem street drums]

Stunning!!! And your plans with this goldmine?

Tables, tables, and more tables!! Im daydreaming about leg configurations. I going to try and only use mortise and tenon joinery ....cant wait

 

[Salem street drums]

I planed one of these slabs . Level on both sides and still over 2 thick

 

[Fat Drummer]

Holy Cow! What size planer did you have to mill those bad boys!!

 

[jptrickster]

Id rip it down the middle take out the split then put it back together

 

[Salem street drums]

Holy Cow! What size planer did you have to mill those bad boys!!

I have friend who does custom moldings. He let me use his planer for this project.

 

[Salem street drums]

Id rip it down the middle take out the split then put it back together

I decided to fix them the old school way!!

 

[jptrickster]

That's cool I can dig the butterfly!

 

[mfry2112]

How much do big oak slabs like that cost ? when I redo my kitchen I would love to have that for countertops

 

[Salem street drums]

How much do big oak slabs like that cost ? when I redo my kitchen I would love to have that for countertops

Retail they are very expensive. I got these from a guy who is starting a lumber yard....he stored these wrong and they cupped and checked horribly. I already have a ton of hours in these....just getting them flat. I got them very cheap for that reason.

 

[Salem street drums]

They are coming along ....