3 foot diameter old growth pine

ironpony · May 14, 2018

Shawn Curry said: ↑

In that case, Lie-Nielsen and Wood River both make some fine hand planes these days. You can just sand them smooth too but you don’t want to skip too much of the planing because the surface may end up feeling “bumpy”. A dining table in particular is something people will place their hands on regularly so you will probably want it to at least “feel flat” to the touch.

A big dining room table top is going to be a lot of work by hand. You will have a whole new appreciation for the skills of our forefathers. I totally agree with you on wanting to keep the look of the wide book matched boards though.

I ripped these ones in half to get them across my jointer - so I had 4 boards before I glued them back together. It takes me a few seconds to find the seam. If you can pick a nice straight grain line to rip along it can disappear entirely.

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I do know a guy with a 36" belt sander he uses for cabinets, might be able to buy him some belts and get it smoothed.......

ironpony · May 14, 2018

chris said: ↑

Any type of latex paint can be used to seal ends- You can figure about a year plus per inch of thickness for air drying time before working the wood. Make stickers ( pieces put between boards when drying from other parts of tree as strange stains can appear when unlike species are mixed. Need to find someone with a mill of at least 40" or more capacity.
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2-3 years before building........might have to find/build a kiln/dryer,

lukem · May 18, 2018

I'd say go for it. You could flatten the slabs with a router sled very easily.

You might be able to CL the whole trunk as well. Chainsaw carvers love big chunks of softwood.

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3 foot diameter old growth pine

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