That is cool, I realize things like that to. We rented a U-Haul truck a while back, and I saw the wood planks in the back had some nice curl in them, a darn shame.....could have been much beter used. What could you use oak for, I am not sure, bullet boards, maybe axe handles? Great find, looks nice, congrats on saving it from a horible fate in the back of a mooving truck..