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DAB
03-20-2020, 9:41am
got this in the mail yesterday from JRD77VET (Jeff), was soaking wet when i pulled it out of the 32 pound box, so i took it down to the shop this morning and coated it with some melted paraffin wax. that will slow down its drying, and minimize cracking. rule of thumb is 1 year for each inch of thickness. since Jeff says that this tree has been down for a few years, i'm hopeful that that time span has already started, and I don't have to wait 6 years to use this in some manner.

no idea what i'm going to make out of it yet, if you have an idea, post it up.

it's about 11x11x6 :faint:

i do know that it will NOT be made into a bowl, that would be too wasteful of the wood, and it's a little too big to turn well on my small lathe.

I do have a bandsaw that I could use to re-cut it into thinner pieces, so that's an option.

could make a box or two out of it.

:DAB:
BOTY
03-20-2020, 9:54am
:seasix:
snide
03-20-2020, 10:37am
There goes DAB, posting pics of his wood again. :rolleyes: Douglas, you really need a hobby!

:leaving:
Steve_R
03-20-2020, 5:59pm
You could make an awesome cigar humidor. I’ll PM my address for you to ship it to.

Thanks! :cert:
DAB
03-20-2020, 6:02pm
You could make an awesome cigar humidor. I’ll PM my address for you to ship it to.

Thanks! :cert:

i've heard about those, but don't know the required details. have read that cedar is idea for that.
Steve_R
03-20-2020, 6:32pm
Like this: :seasix:
snide
03-20-2020, 6:46pm
i've heard about those, but don't know the required details. have read that cedar is idea for that.

The box can be whatever material you want. However, the box would be lined with cedar. :seasix::seasix:
99 pewtercoupe
03-20-2020, 6:56pm
Here you go
https://www.finewoodworking.com/2011/07/26/how-to-build-a-solid-humidor
DAB
03-20-2020, 7:01pm
Like this: :seasix:

yeah, i could make something like that. :DAB:
JRD77VET
03-20-2020, 7:24pm
Good to see it made it out safely. In the picture, the left side was towards the center of the tree. The right side had a trim cut to get the 11" dimension. ( if that helps the way you end up cutting it ). The end towards the camera ( narrow vertical ) was "up".

The tree has been dead but upright for at least 3 or 4 years. We just had it pushed over late fall.
Little Red L98.
03-20-2020, 10:15pm
We have a mature liquidambar aka sweet gum tree that needs to come down. I could send you a hunk.
markids77
03-21-2020, 7:51am
That block appears to have some nice figure in it. A thin slice would make excellent blanks for custom grips for your range toys.
JRD77VET
03-21-2020, 6:43pm
That block appears to have some nice figure in it. A thin slice would make excellent blanks for custom grips for your range toys.

Another good idea :cool1:
DAB
03-21-2020, 6:52pm
That block appears to have some nice figure in it. A thin slice would make excellent blanks for custom grips for your range toys.

Another good idea :cool1:

i tried making 1911 grips a few years ago.....it's not my specialty.
markids77
03-21-2020, 7:29pm
i tried making 1911 grips a few years ago.....it's not my specialty.

I have tried on a couple of occasions as well, making it a bit further into the process each time until I made a fatal error of some sort. I hope to try again and this thread caused me to start shopping for a couple nice blanks but nicely figured stock that's wide enough for the set I wish to try has become quite pricey especially with current freight rates.

Since I intend to succeed this time around I don't want to start with common clear stock, just to have to duplicate the effort immediately.