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Thread: White Ants in my heart!
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15th October 2018, 04:36 PM #1Member
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White Ants in my heart!
Well I finally made a small mill for my chainsaw (thank you Brendan) I had 2 logs that I had cut down 30 years ago and decided to make something out of them.I was told it's Red Mahogany.
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As can be seen in the pictures the White Ants were still munching on the heart and left me with a problem.
Any suggestions what I can make out of it? Apart from firewood.
Slim
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15th October 2018, 06:20 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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A River Table?
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15th October 2018, 08:55 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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A dose of borax would be a start, you don’t want them to continue on those bits or pack up house and munch on anything else you have at home, including the home!
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16th October 2018, 05:07 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Perfectly normal. In fact desirable, as the pipe helps take tension out of the log and allows the cut timber to remain straight. A small pipe up a large diameter tree is better than the other way around. The best method for cutting these logs is boxing out the heart.
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16th October 2018, 05:19 PM #5Senior Member
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Termites need to be able to get back to their nest to survive. Take them away from their nest and they will die. They will not reproduce so you need not worry about them (the ones in the log you just sawed into planks) eating your house. The ones that are still active and able to return to the nest, on the other hand, could already have their radar (they are blind) aimed at whatever wood you have laying around. Most houses are, to a termite, just bits of wood laying around, waiting to be recycled.
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17th October 2018, 06:46 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Not exactly certain how big those bits are, however there are ways of cutting out the bad bits in those boards without cutting them into oblong sections then gluing up the good bits with a curving glue line to maximise the width of say a table top.
Below is an example, this one has sikkaflex between the joints but you could opt for a much finer glue line without the sikkaflex.
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17th October 2018, 10:19 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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19th October 2018, 12:25 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Get some glow in the dark powder and fill them with resin, would look great.
Rgds,
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11th March 2019, 10:56 AM #9Member
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The white ants have all gone but the timber is still in the shed, waiting for me to make something out of it.
The river table that you suggest seems to be the best option.
It does though, bring up a whole bunch of new questions.
What type of resin should be used?
Is there a special type, specifically for that application?
Thanks
Slim
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It will take a lot of resin and $$ to fill those gaps.
If you don't want to spend a lot of money what about a garden seat?
Use the more solid one for the seat and leave the gaps on the more damaged boars but use it for the back
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12th March 2019, 12:07 PM #11Member
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Thanks BobL.
I did think about garden seats and yes, I do feel myself looking for the "sit down" option more these days, but I already have some garden seats, strategically placed.
Also I would like to try and keep the red colour by keeping them/it under cover.
Anybody out there that has made river tables?
Should I be looking on a different forum?
Thanks All
Slim
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12th March 2019, 01:13 PM #12Senior Member
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You could cut out the ant eaten section and re-joint the pieces along a shaped curve, as in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzq0HGtOXnk&t=0s
Or the obvious suggestion: cut what you've got into whatever straight pieces you can get and re-join the pieces with dowels to make up a table top width. I've got lots of similar slabs, and this is what I intend to do with them when they are dry enough, mainly for workbench tops.
Graham.
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if you google river tables you will get lots of advice on how and what to use they look spectactular.
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13th March 2019, 09:32 AM #14Member
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'Let the rivers run'
I spent a night watching youtube videos of river tables and yes, some of them certainly are spectacular.
I'm definitely leaning towards the river table option. I must admit though, that there is a little voice in the back of my head that keeps repeating the phrase, 'Bigger than Ben Hur' etc, etc.
I think I'll just have ago. Maybe someone on this forum has made one!
Slim
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