Thread: Grab a slab

Hooley Dooley, thats a big slab!!!

The tree must have been huge.

If you think that is big wait until you see the blokes who feed it into a jointer, thicknesser or bench saw.
Wait until you see the size of the wallet needed to buy it!

Was that on special at 19 grand? Beautiful piece none the less.

It is a very nice bit of wood but I wont be getting in line to grab it at that price. However the person who does grab it will likely need this plane.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Exception...item20fa9478af

Regards
John

Imagine the pen blanks you could get from that!!!





(Oh so very much teasing btw )

Originally Posted by orraloon

It is a very nice bit of wood but I wont be getting in line to grab it at that price. However the person who does grab it will likely need this plane.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Exception...item20fa9478af

Regards
John

Slab $19,000, plane $13,000, tree that it came from, priceless.

I know that all wood now available in our country has to be ethically sourced but I do feel a sadness when an old tree like this hits the dirt.

John

Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy

Imagine the pen blanks you could get from that!!!.....

Sound good to me. Now to get someone to purchase a pen for the cost of material, finish, disposables and let's not forget the labour. This may be the one time that the material will be more than the labour?

I originally saw the picture on facebook and maybe half the comments were questioning whether cutting this was the right thing to have down, and wanting to know it was from an ethical source.

There was definitely a possible analogy to a guy/girl kneeling next to the giraffe they just shot - depending on how it was sourced.

Cheers,
Paul