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16th June 2021, 10:35 PM #1New Member
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Looking for advice on what to do with this beam
I'm new to wood working and would like to get some advice on what is the best use for some wood that I have.
My job gets these beams in from time to time (they're part of the packing so the parts don't move in transit) and they don't need them for anything so they just throw them away. I told them I would take them and try and make use of them. What would be the best use for them?
They are 79 inches long by 6 inches tall by 3.5 inches thick. I thought about ripping boards out of them, my table saw can cut 3.5 inches but it's a lot of work for a table saw. I also thought about investing in a bandsaw and then I could rip the 6 in side into boards.
Suggestions?
What would everyone here do if they had them?
Thank you for any help you can provide
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16th June 2021, 10:59 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Any idea what timber? Pine or something soft, or hardwood?
If the timber is reasonable, you could do lots with it.
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16th June 2021, 11:03 PM #3Taking a break
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If you get a dedicated rip blade for your table saw, you could do the 6" deep rip from both sides without the bandsaw. It's no problem if your saw is big enough, I couldn't tell you how many times I did it at work. What table saw do you have? You'll want a decent amount of power to prevent stalling.
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17th June 2021, 03:26 AM #4New Member
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17th June 2021, 03:45 AM #5New Member
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No idea. I have about 50 of them right now and if say there are several different species from hard to soft wood. Some are very dense and heavy while others the same size I can pick up with one hand.
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17th June 2021, 11:44 AM #6
I used to have a guy who would go to a big yard West of Melbourne here in Australia and collect the crate timbers that Tractors and other big Farm machinery came crated in from the US . It may have been John Deere ?
The timbers were high quality species like US Red and White Oak, Ash and US Cherry . 4 x 4inch beams sometimes 6 x 4 " from 4 to 8 foot long or longer roughly . They had bolt holes which needed removing, cutting off or plugging up at the ends.
These timbers were the heart of the saw logs which are pretty much a waste product from a saw log. The round heart of the tree is still in the middle so the piece splits out from the center with any heat or humidity change and continues moving .
Sawing them in half through the heart would solve that problem though.
I used them as table legs in rustic country style furniture and wedged filled the cracks with same species filler wedges . They all got used up and sold off. I saw and repaired one of those tables years later that came back in and there had been movement in the legs around those wedges. The piece was so rustic any way that it didn't really look so bad. It suited that use.
Ive worked on a 300 year old original English table made around 1680 that had huge 6 to 8 " diameter legs made the same way from the branches of an Oak tree. The heart of the tree in the center of each leg. Wedge filled cracks just the same . Repaired a number of times . It was a high quality piece with a lovely original lift off top all with nice original patina that the elderly lady clients mother had bought from a London Antique dealer in the 1920s. The leg turning style had a cup and cover then carved design. Legs of this period were not normally made this way but someone decided to give it a go on this one . If your interested here's a link to the style of the leg of the Antique . Cup and cover turned leg - Google Search
I was told later the company stopped letting people go collect wood from the source as they were sick of the mess that was left and of the possible danger of injury to people removing it coming back to cost the company .
Rob
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18th June 2021, 03:20 AM #7New Member
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Thank you so much for your advice
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