Not going to burn oak

I figured I'd put a catchy tittle but I'm serious well I am about this oak

I saved a bunch of oak lumber slated to be burnt in a huge Bon fire. In fact I was able to get two fully loaded truck loads of it.

96% was oak true 2x4's while the rest was various planks and odds and in's

I really don't like burning oak it's such a beautiful wood it's hard to burn something so pretty plus I do a lot of wood working


Without boring people any more my wife wanted a simple coat rack so I made this for her It's obviously oak lol with tobacco stick pegs for the hangers. With a chemical free finish

 

I've worked with some old salvaged oak building 2x's and it seems that they pick up a little different character/color over time. The stuff I was working with looked just like Chestnut (and your projects) when finished. I wouldn't burn it either brother!

 

Well of course you can't burn oak lumber when it cleans up like that! Nice work my friend

 

I know were your coming from, so many times i've been cutting and thinking the same thing.

 

Yeah I about fell over when I seen it all on the burn pile. I immediately started loading the truck. Told my buddy I'll bring you some wood you can burn but not this stuff

My father in law and I save every piece of board wood we can even little scrap pieces Our thoughts are and we have proved it too is we will use it for something eventually.

 

I actually used bees wax for the finish. It's easy to apply and the best part is your not getting high doing it. But it goes on fast takes very little to do it too. I think barely used 1/4 oz if wax on this

Dries fast too. It looks better in person than the pictures. My phone case is dirty so the pics don't come out that well

 

Nice work Woodrat1276

 

Beautiful work my friend!!!!!

 

Yeah,I like that.
Luv me some Oak. I've got a stack of boards in the shop that's get used some day....for something.

 

It came out real nice.
I like the darker look of the "vintage" oak!

 

looks good

 

What do you mean by "tobacco stick pegs"?

 

The coat hangers are made from tobacco sticks. Not being a smart elic but I just noticed you live in Canada maybe this will explain it better



Tobacco sticks are readily available here. They are made of hardwood and they very in shape. Some are machined shaped and some are hand shaped. It's hard to explain lol

 

Thanks for the reply. I knew the tobacco plant wasn't a tree but couldn't figure out how they got that name.

 

Thus may help you better understand too. I grew up doing this

 

If your

if you want to know more about the process I'll be happy to explain it. It's normal to me but I forget others may not know what it is lol.

 

Well total time in doing the piece was about two hours. Beeswax is easy basically I ran the piece through the planner. Routed the edges and did just a little light sanding. Cleaned it and applied the beeswax. It took about 1/2 oz if beeswax to do the whole thing. You apply it with a rag and it's like waxing a car only I didn't buff it. Once it was on I set it outside for about a half hour and it was dry. The pics above was when it was drying.

The best part is you don't get high doing it chemically speaking but a high from looking at how good it brings out the grain

 

Beeswax is good for inside application of the piece is going to be outside I would use the standard finishing products for outside

 

Do you need to worry about minding your's?


"mind your own beeswax" get it Sorry, that's an old term.