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Offline Ky-Flinter

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Sawing a walnut log
« on: May 05, 2020, 06:06:03 AM »
Last October I found a walnut tree that was growing right on the edge of a creek bank.  The creek had washed out over half the tree's roots and she laid over.  I dug out the rest of the roots and ended up with this.



After a trip to the sawmill, I ended up with 2 planks.  The one on the left is 3-1/2" thick, the other is about 5 inch thick.





The 2 boards below are about 3/4' thick, and the center vein meanders between the 2.



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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2020, 06:13:50 AM »
Looks like it’s got real nice color in it. Nicely done.
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Offline Greg Pennell

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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2020, 02:21:38 PM »
Nice catch Ron.  Ya gotta love “free” stock wood!  (Free, minus the labor, that is... :o)

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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2020, 06:14:58 PM »
Yep, cant beat the initial price. Some many moons ago my mentor Bob Walden and I cut up a blow over and slabbed it out into 3-4" slabs which he air dried for many years. Made very nice stocks for a long time.
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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2020, 07:29:32 PM »
Hey Ron, Do you think you can get a couple of stocks out of that without checking?   Do you seal the ends?   God Bless,   Marc
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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2020, 08:28:26 PM »
Hi Marc,

Hopefully I should get a stock out of each plank.  When I first cut the tree down last October, I coated each cut with outdoor house paint.  After 6+ months it only had very slight checking thru the paint on the stump end.  Right after I took the pictures above, I re-coated all end grain and also painted the crazy figure in the stump end.  I'll keep my fingers on checking, but the planks are 8' long, so I have room to spare.

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Offline Jim Kibler

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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2020, 09:34:38 PM »
I'd bet you can get two stocks from each plank.  They are usually best angled a touch to help wrist grain and then can often be nested to get better yield.  Looks like nice quality walnut.

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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2020, 09:38:30 PM »
Very cool.  My mom has a bunch of giant black walnuts on her land in NC.  I keep telling her not to let someone take them away for firewood if they ever blow down or die.
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Re: Sawing a walnut log
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2020, 09:15:50 PM »
very nice, my brother has a sawmill. good walnut is hard to find here in SC ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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