Thread: Treasure or trash?

Originally Posted by Papa

How do you know when there are too many worm holes?

When you can see the light of day through them?

Originally Posted by Waldo

When you can see the light of day through them?

About half of them!

well now you can make some antique (sorry reproduction) farmhouse furniture

Are they active whiteants in them boards? Burn them quick before they infest your house.

To me it is a waste of time. Sorry.

$30- worth of casting resin and a simple frame to make 'em into a plank table, which you could throw into a gallery with a price tag involving several 0's, to enhance the homes of those with more dollars than sense.



There's nice colour in the timber though.

I think $30 of casting resin per board will be more realistic. Then there is the endless pain scraping and sanding the excess off.

Or just sell the boards to skew for a couple of grand.

If he mailed 'em down to me I'd happily go bug hunting... making the li'l buggers dizzy on the lathe.

No scraping required.

Thanks for all the input.

I am going to make clocks from them. Better than making
boats??

They were milled about a year ago and there are no bugs now.

They are wet because I took the pressure washer to them to get
the mold off.

These four boards will make six clocks.

Here is a clock from some old roof decking.



And another:

Rustic is one thing, and the clocks look fine, but the air/timber ratio on those "new" boards might be a bit high I think.

Na think he was a point. Once saw a bit of offcut waxed up and had some rusty fence wire twisting out of it with a candle stuck in the loop, in a fancy shop in South Yarra Melbourne. Wanted 30 bucks for it.

With all those ho;es Papa the clocks will be light weight. Not so much need for expensive. heavy duty hanging devices.

Originally Posted by artme

With all those ho;es Papa the clocks will be light weight. Not so much need for expensive. heavy duty hanging devices.

I wonder how much varnish they will soak up??