Thread: How do they build them

Originally Posted by patrickdt10

wow, i must try lookin them up. any pics on the internet??

I had a look this morning but couldn't find one. The one on the programme was in Melbourne - possibly state parliament????

Denn

Originally Posted by patrickdt10

Ah i can imagine the size of it. ever see the pics of the giant redwoods in north america with a hole cut through them for cars to go through!
beside us at home, there is a pine about 5 ft in diameter. but that is a phenomenal size for our part of the world!

I have seen some pics of the redwoods, having seen this I found them a bit ho-hum
Here are a couple more documents. This PDF contains a pic of a cute (until you handle it!) possum and this has a little technical detail of interest to woodworkers.

Col, I haven't been in the area since 1962 Until '94 I lived in the Eastern States, and when I came over here it was to spend time with family.

Originally Posted by Ianab

This is probably about as big as you would want to go with a single piece of wood.


Ian

That does look good. Pity it's too big for our dining room

Patrickdt10, if you do google search “boardroom tables” gives quite a few sites with large tables though couldn’t find anything near as the huge one I saw on telly.

Johncs, had many memories rush back when I opened link to the Valley of Giants tree, thanks for pic

Ian I can’t open the pic you posted, just has little square with red cross in corner, what am I doing wrong

Col

Ian I can’t open the pic you posted, just has little square with red cross in corner, what am I doing wrong

Try this link

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...achmentid=6320

Ian

Ian, thanks for link, wonderful slab of timber and what an absolutely beautiful table, when I see such master craftsmanship I feel like a mere armature.

Carl, you wouldn’t want to be in a hurry to front up to a giant like that with only an axe or two, hope they took the tucker box with them, and a tent for that matter.
Have a mate who, in his younger day, fell Yellow Tingle trees in the valley of Giants in W.A. of equal size and some even bigger, with chain saw, I know he wouldn’t do it with axes. Lazy eh.
Thanks for pic

Col

Originally Posted by bark-hut

Ian, thanks for link, wonderful slab of timber and what an absolutely beautiful table, when I see such master craftsmanship I feel like a mere armature.

Carl, you wouldn’t want to be in a hurry to front up to a giant like that with only an axe or two, hope they took the tucker box with them, and a tent for that matter.
Have a mate who, in his younger day, fell Yellow Tingle trees in the valley of Giants in W.A. of equal size and some even bigger, with chain saw, I know he wouldn’t do it with axes. Lazy eh.
Thanks for pic

Col

We used to have a cross-cut saw. A two man affair, with a handle at each other. The sort of thing my wife would reckon beyond her ability to lift (she complains about .5m sash clamps).

i got a couple lying in the shed. one 6' M tooth and a 9' double cut.

pit sawing isnt so bad so long as your not the under dog.



i don't know what there planing on doing with that tree when they get it down. it would be to big to move as it is.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

i don't know what there planing on doing with that tree when they get it down. it would be to big to move as it is.

I believe that after barking it they would have drilled a series of holes along its length and then used explosives to split the thing.

Denn

Still getting over my first lesson with my Dad

Originally Posted by dennford

I believe that after barking it they would have drilled a series of holes along its length and then used explosives to split the thing.

Denn

Dad used to cut trees down (in the 50s) and then cut to length with a petrol-powered drag saw and split them with a sledge hammer and wedges.

As to size, there was a rather large Karri log in Kings Park for many years.