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Anybody buy/sell tree trunks for live edge furniture making?
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:29 pm
Any idea how much you can get for a water oak trunk?
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Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:32 pm to Chad504boy
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what kind of girth?
Hey yo
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:34 pm to Chad504boy
its massive probably a 5-6 foot diameter. I assume it would be good for many slices for round dining style tables.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:38 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:39 pm to sidewalkside
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Any idea how much you can get for a water oak trunk?
I hope not much, considering how much i paid to have it removed.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:47 pm to BigGreenTiger
That's why I'm thinking about selling it instead of paying someone to chop/grind it.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:52 pm to sidewalkside
A good friend of mine goes into the Atchafalaya swamp, lifts sinker Cypress logs. Has his own mill, cuts some nice slabs. Those logs have been there for over 100 years. He will cut beams if needed. He has the most Cypress that I’ve ever seen. Everything he cuts is rough, like true 2”X4”.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:52 pm to LSUDad
Dad, did you see my thread on the sugar kettle?
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:56 pm to sidewalkside
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water oak
Probably zero for a water oak.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:56 pm to LSUDad
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A good friend of mine goes into the Atchafalaya swamp, lifts sinker Cypress logs. Has his own mill, cuts some nice slabs. Those logs have been there for over 100 years. He will cut beams if needed. He has the most Cypress that I’ve ever seen.
Got contact info?
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:57 pm to sidewalkside
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Any idea how much you can get for a water oak trunk?
Honestly, not much for water oak, the wood is difficult to dry without checking, and even when dry not easy to work with either.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 1:01 pm to sidewalkside
If you're lucky you can find someone to haul it off for free.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 1:22 pm to LSUWoodworker
well frick
Posted on 11/16/22 at 1:27 pm to LSUDad
My desk is a live edge piece of sunken cypress. It’s very nice. Had it shipped up from LA.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 1:52 pm to sidewalkside
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tree trunks for live edge furniture making
I was thinking about this for my water oak that I had before Ida.
The trunk had like three trees growing from the base. It was about 30 years old. It was a nice oval shape.
The trunk would have made a nice coffee table. It would have been too small for a dinner table.
One day after the storm a stump grinder was in the neighborhood and asked if I wanted to get the rest of the tree ground to the ground for 300 bucks. So I let him finish off the tree.
I am still waitng for grass to take over that section of lawn.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 2:01 pm to sidewalkside
Oak doesn't work as well for slabs in my experience cut like you are saying. It normally twists a LOT once cut. (Sinker cypress and other species more stable)To really do something with it it normally needs to be quarter sawn. To do that you need more of a log than a stump.
I think the odds of someone paying you for it are less than zero. Go do f someone to take for free possible but unlikely. Find the cheapest person and pay would be my suggestion.
I think the odds of someone paying you for it are less than zero. Go do f someone to take for free possible but unlikely. Find the cheapest person and pay would be my suggestion.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 2:10 pm to sidewalkside
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Any idea how much you can get for a water oak trunk?
The green trunk is not worth much if anything. Water oak is a red oak and once cut and dried it is more or less like any other red oak. The problem is drying it without it twisting or checking well into the slab is rare. It also is subject to having lots of bore holes and heart rot.
Slabs can be worth a fortune today, odd since many of them would have been firewood 30 years ago when I started woodworking.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 2:26 pm to sidewalkside
You won’t get any serious taker for a water oak. Pretty much just good for burning.
Now if it was more exotic, there might be some interest. But down here water oaks are a dime a dozen, plus they take a LONG time to dry enough to work with
Now if it was more exotic, there might be some interest. But down here water oaks are a dime a dozen, plus they take a LONG time to dry enough to work with
Posted on 11/16/22 at 5:06 pm to dyslexiateechur
Nope, you need one, real or plastic?
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