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18th November 2008, 07:16 PM #1
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130 year old English oak.
Hi, Iv just got acess to a 130 year old english oak tree which has blown down.I slabbed its other halt 2 years ago.Any ideas of what to cut out of it.Boards squeres or more slabs. Any way hope to hear from some one.[Its over 1.3mts wide 3-4 mts long.]
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18th November 2008, 10:43 PM #2
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Slab 'er Baz, slab 'er up. oh and send us some pics
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20th November 2008, 04:04 PM #3
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20th November 2008, 04:25 PM #4
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But before ya slab it Baz , pick out all the choice turning blanks , especially the crotches , elbows , and the burls
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20th November 2008, 06:59 PM #5
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What is the market like? I would have thought there would be more call for oak boards than oak slabs?
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23rd September 2009, 01:17 PM #6
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Was wondering what you ended up doing with the timber from this tree. As you can see from my wanted post I am after some English Walnut. If you have any available could you pm me . thanks
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23rd September 2009, 01:20 PM #7
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forget about that ,I just read the post wrong. sorry about that
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23rd September 2009, 04:13 PM #8
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I still have all timber from that tree. Havent sold a stick. Steve.
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23rd September 2009, 08:54 PM #9
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What to do
Hope you slabbed it. Over here in WA ive seen guys pay 4k just for a log that size. Special stuff when you get your hands on it. When thinking about what to do with a log and think if I was to slab this, are the slabs going to be fairly straight and parallel, if not what dimension boards can I get from her. Just a thought.
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29th September 2009, 10:51 PM #10
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from experience with oak grown in oz it will tend to cup markedly,in oz it grows very quickly with our warmer weather i cut oak into 4 by 4s air dry slowly for 2-3 yrs .cut 3 cubes of oak 6 by 1 and a half air dried big big mistake made great firewood
ps oak trees tend to atract nails!!!!!! good luck
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