Thread: Another big old dead red cedar

And to think that I was at Rollands Plains yesterday!

That is some awesome colour Greg. Deserves some exceptional woodworker to bring it to life.

Originally Posted by Greg Ward

Retirement. So much for sitting around and reading.......

Upper Rollands Plains.
Cedar died standing with some old fire damage in the base. Big base with plenty of rocks, but colour is great.
2 x log sections. This is the second section up the tree. 3 metres long x 1-1.2m wide at the ends and 900-950mm in the centre. Not your standard table top. wonderful colour and generally clean. Base needs more thinking about, perhaps a wide Lucas slabber

Also cut up a nice blackbutt 3,9m long x 6007-700mm wide, good benchtops.

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Regards

Greg

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+1 what Tim said.

Ross

Interesting colour. Any idea as to why Greg? Soil type, fertilizer, something like that?

John,
Freshly cut (off the mill) dense, slow growing red cedar that is not 'woolly' is purple when cut, it goes a dark red when oxidised and dried.
Fast growing cedar is orange and whitish when cut, is still OK, but dries orange-pink-red not the dark brown/ deep red that was sought for a 'mahogany' substitute in the old days (and is still now as well).
I think soil type and genetics may play a factor, i have seen some very dark brown very soft red cedar ex- New Guinea, that is as good in colour as any I've cut
Thanks
Greg

WOW I love it. I want at least one of those slabs please ... pretty please ... I have an antique table (1840) begging for one extra leaf.
David

That is truly worth drooling over!!!

OK. Let's cut to the chase.

How much?

Most slabs will be around $300-600, with the 950mm wider ones from the tree centre from $5-800 ( two have some centre splitting through the heart, but they are very interesting slabs so that will OK I think, but they won't be ready for around 8-10 months, they should air-dry well over summer and finish in autumn.
Do have some dry slabs from the Hannan Vale tree ready now, they are around 500-800mm wide x 3.3m long.

MORE TO DO: Still got the butt of the log to process, it's base is way to wide (1.5m) for the mill, but if we trim the buttresses we may be able to fit, rather than wait for a Lucas mill cut, we can cut 1100mm wide which is normally OK for most tables.
Thanks
Greg

We can do 1540mm on our bandsaw if you would like to keep the full width.

Thanks but it doesn't justify, it is 'v' shaped. very wide with buttresses at the base but around 1.1 wide at the other end, best we trim and cut it at 1.1m
Greg