Crafty Basterds -- The Stuff I made thread

[Ddan]

Hey Timmy, where did you source that slab?

I have been searching for live edge or rough cut edge slabs about that size for 4 days now and they closest I am getting has too much variation end to end (I need 16in width or more from end to end for my project)

I had a GREAT piece of eastern red cedar picked out that was perfect and straight as a (see what I am about to do here?) board.  It was 10/4 thick and long enough to get all 4 shelves out of but some fugger sniped it from me.

The Lumber Shack in Webster City, IA has some pretty nice live edge stuff but most of it is cut for burl and so a lot of their slabs have odd angles/cuts.

I am going to the local hardwoods retail tomorrow but it is looking more and more likely that I am going to be forced to source something from afar (Ohio/Virgina/New Hampshire).

If you need it I've got a source here (ME) with a big supply of live edge.  Not sure what species you're after but I can find out what he has.

[ZLTFUL]

If you need it I've got a source here (ME) with a big supply of live edge.  Not sure what species you're after but I can find out what he has.

Prefer walnut or eastern red cedar. Open to other darker hardwoods/harder pines/evergreens.

Need at minimum 16" width, 6/4 or more thickness and minimum of 22" clean end to clean end.

[somegirl]

I've been trying to get into medical school for the last couple years, final got some interviews.  Knock on walnut... maybe I can hang up the tool belt soon. 

Good luck Vinny!

[Vindingo]

Hey Timmy, where did you source that slab?

I think you mean me (Vinny), and unfortunately I got the slab local.  There is a guy 15 min away from me with a mill, any wood you want (that grows on the east coast) up to 36" wide 20' long. 

The slab in that bathroom was like $35. I have a dozen more stickered and drying out because the deal was just too good not to buy everything he had. 

He drives around his property in a back hoe, and wears feathers in his hat-- an eclectic fellow I am glad to have met. 

My modest little audio set up made from scrap plexi-glass, and some painted maple

Old house with bouncy floors, so I went with a wall mount for the TT.     

[Vindingo]

Good luck Vinny!

Thanks Paula

[swampduc]

Good luck Vinny!

As a physician who loves what he does, I second that. As someone who drools over your work that I've seen here, well, I'm sure you'll do fine either way 

[ZLTFUL]

I think you mean me (Vinny), and unfortunately I got the slab local.    

Yeah...meant you lol.

I hate you so bad right now. LOL.
I found a place about 45 miles away but they are asking around $200 for a slab like that.
I went scrounging today and hit up an architectural salvage company that had about a dozen oak slabs about that size. I nearly pooped myself when he said that he couldn't let them go for less than $450 each.
I wandered around and found a nice 18 inch wide 2 inch thick by 82 inch long he wanted $180 for. Closer to what I want to spend but for that kind of money I can pick up a piece of Zebrawood, Yellowheart, Purpleheart or Padauk at the local hardwood shop.
Unfortunately, they don't deal in live edge or rough milled slabs.

So...if I was willing to drive out there, would you be willing to sell me a slab for a small profit? 

[ZLTFUL]

Old house with bouncy floors, so I went with a wall mount for the TT.     

What TT is that? Nice little 2 channel rig.

Fortunately, I am dealing with maple over concrete for my floors so a floor unit is safe. Hehe. I have an old Kenwood KD-550 turntable. The plinth is a solid block of Corian but I have dreams of finding a slab of Gabon Ebony or maybe Cocobolo and copying the plinth onto that.

[The Architect]

I'm about 95% finished with this bathroom...

Brad (triangleforge) made a couple forged pieces for me a while back, which I incorporated into this project. 





still needs mirror and plumbing hooked up

I know others have said it but that is nice work!!!

[Triple J]

I didn't make it, but my dad did...race car bed for my 3 y/o son, in gulf oil colors. 

[NAKID]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "live edge"?

[ducpainter]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "live edge"?

Still has the outside edge/edges as the tree grew...not squared.

[NAKID]

Ahhh, figured it was something like that...s

[triangleforge]

I went scrounging today and hit up an architectural salvage company that had about a dozen oak slabs about that size. I nearly pooped myself when he said that he couldn't let them go for less than $450 each.

That's about the time I would have started checking prices on portable mills... 

A friend of mine here in town improvised a sawmill with a chainsaw and does some nice work; he's even more of a cheapskate than I am, so I'd wager he has less than $200 in the whole set-up.

[the_Journeyman]

My dad and his cousin had turned many trees into usable lumber with a portable mill.  Works great and We've got a nice supply of boards we can use to make stuff.  Dad's retiring and has a basement full of woodworking stuff.  It'll be going full force I'm certain.

JM