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  1. #1
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    Default Red Cedar Slabs - Warning Drool material

    Thought you might be interested in a knarly red cedar log I cut up today that produced 8 nice slabs and a heep of smaller pieces. The widest were 1410mm and 2.7m long.
    Sorry about the poor quality pics and I wasn't able to wet them for the photo as I didn't think the customer would approve.

    Yes that's my boot on one of the slabs to give you an idea of the scale. (Size 10)

    Make nice tables

    cheers
    Steve

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    Default Nice work Stopper

    Hey steve looks like a fine days work you've had . Is that local Australian cedar or something else. Is there any available ?Thanks for the photos, tha boot gives a good sense of scale, be interested to know how old that tree might be. Thanks Adam

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    they need a bit of drool to bring out the colour.
    nice grain though.
    cheers Mick

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    just a quick question steve, how thick did you cut the slabs?

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    The Big Bad Wolf in Pic 3 wont stop looking at me.

    ( Ink blots are not just for fun)

    cheers Mick

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    Hey Stopper,

    some turps in a spray bottle would've shown that grain up nicely.
    And it dries fast, kills critturs/fungus and doesn't hurt the timber.
    Keep some on the bench.
    Nice pieces, they dont look too thick though.

    cheers,

    rich

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    Wetting fresh milled timber doesn't normally bring out additional colour, a few red cedar trees up here that have grown very quickly are that pale pink colour.

    The slabs appear to be way to thin to be usable as whole slabs
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    Default Cedar

    Guess it's what the client wanted.
    I once milled a slab of cedar for a mate who makes beautiful surfboards
    into 4mm x 600 "veneers".

    The board looked pretty good.

    cheers,

    rich

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    They are actually 50mm thick. Must be my phone camera makes them look thinner. The customer is having an auction next weekend. They will be in it. Attached is a photo of some of the other timbers I have cut for his sale.

    cheers
    Steve

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