Biggest piece of quartersawn maple you’ll ever see

[Boudoir Guitar]

Picked up some wood for part of a kitchen renovation. The board on top is a single piece of maple taken about right across the middle of the tree. Edge to edge it’s mostly 44-46” wide.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Picked up some wood for part of a kitchen renovation. The board on top is a single piece of maple taken about right across the middle of the tree. Edge to edge it’s mostly 44-46” wide.

Then....

 

[JiveTurkey]

Get those boys lined up and ready to work!

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Picked up some wood for part of a kitchen renovation. The board on top is a single piece of maple taken about right across the middle of the tree. Edge to edge it’s mostly 44-46” wide.

Not sure what kind of wood this is, but I enjoyed watching this video (especially the barefoot chainsawing, but I did FFwd quite a bit)!

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[la szum]

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Yeah, the look on the guys face when I backed my Tacoma up to load all of this in was pretty priceless. He didn’t say it, but I heard loud and clear “that’s not a truck”

 

[la szum]

Yeah, the look on the guys face when I backed my Tacoma up to load all of this in was pretty priceless. He didn’t say it, but I heard loud and clear “that’s not a truck”

Haha! I can imagine!! Maple is not Pine.



Gorgeous piece of wood. Was just talking about Quartersawn Maple last night. My friend got
into building his first guitars this past Winter and he is drooling for some so he can do some
nice neck blanks.

Good wood is good!

 

[FuzzyAce]

Nice! Is this for a statement piece or you milling it up for multiple needs?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Nice! Is this for a statement piece or you milling it up for multiple needs?

Countertop for peninsula. The bottom slab is the best board from same log and it will be a counter on some cabinets just next to the peninsula. There are two pieces of cherry similar cut in the middle that will make two floating shelves.

 

[newholland]

Yeah, the look on the guys face when I backed my Tacoma up to load all of this in was pretty priceless. He didn’t say it, but I heard loud and clear “that’s not a truck”

ah thank ainno truk thowt nuf krome un a GIAN hich chaint used un kowst $80 thou noways. derpa der.

yeah whats a truck if it doesnt cost more than your 600 square foot house by the landfill?

 

[TSJMajesty]

Countertop for peninsula. The bottom slab is the best board from same log and it will be a counter on some cabinets just next to the peninsula. There are two pieces of cherry similar cut in the middle that will make two floating shelves.

Don't forget to reinforce the floor, as/if needed.
Did a recent renovation/addition that turned a new interior wall into a bearing wall, holding up a huge vaulted ceiling of roof, that ran parallel to the floor joists, and the plans didn't specify a new beam under that wall!

Edit: Come to think of it, it's probably no heavier than some granite tops I see installed.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Don't forget to reinforce the floor, as/if needed.
Did a recent renovation/addition that turned a new interior wall into a bearing wall, holding up a huge vaulted ceiling of roof, that ran parallel to the floor joists, and the plans didn't specify a new beam under that wall!

Edit: Come to think of it, it's probably no heavier than some granite tops I see installed.

Yeah, the weight isn’t as bad as it looks - well, per slab. We had originally intended to go butcher block which would’ve been same weight.

By the time I get these flat they’ll probably be closer to 1.75” thick.

 

[FuzzyAce]

By the time I get these flat they’ll probably be closer to 1.75” thick.

The "fun" part.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

The "fun" part.

I’ve tried to prep my wife for saw dust expectations, but I’m not sure she appreciates how much of a different level this is going to be.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

ah thank ainno truk thowt nuf krome un a GIAN hich chaint used un kowst $80 thou noways. derpa der.

yeah whats a truck if it doesnt cost more than your 600 square foot house by the landfill?

Nah, this guy was not interested in fancy trucks. A full-sized truck would have been more appropriate for this trip for sure. Was probably a bit over payload capacity of mine.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I’ve tried to prep my wife for saw dust expectations, but I’m not sure she appreciates how much of a different level this is going to be.

The obligatory wife meme:

 

[newholland]

Nah, this guy was not interested in fancy trucks. A full-sized truck would have been more appropriate for this trip for sure. Was probably a bit over payload capacity of mine.

hahaha.. yeah, but runnin that truck hard wont hurt it a bit, and you'llve paid it off two decades before the duelly thatdve been 'an easy haul'. slam dunk baby.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

hahaha.. yeah, but runnin that truck hard wont hurt it a bit, and you'llve paid it off two decades before the duelly thatdve been 'an easy haul'. slam dunk baby.

Right - but we barely fit it in and I blew a day building a crate to make sure there wasn’t any weight on the tailgate. In hindsite, borrowing my neighbors trailer would’ve been the smarter choice, honestly, given I drove 9 hours like this.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Yeah, the weight isn’t as bad as it looks - well, per slab. We had originally intended to go butcher block which would’ve been same weight.

By the time I get these flat they’ll probably be closer to 1.75” thick.

I recently saw a cool video where they set up a jig with a router on tracks, and used that to flatten a slab. It looked pretty ingenious, though maybe it's actually a basic trick, as I'm not as experienced with shop-type work as I am in the field.

 

[newholland]

Right - but we barely fit it in and I blew a day building a crate to make sure there wasn’t any weight on the tailgate. In hindsite, borrowing my neighbors trailer would’ve been the smarter choice, honestly, given I drove 9 hours like this.

oooof.. correct answer. damn i didnt read NINE hours...
ouch! the tacos still a good truck!