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Title: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on April 09, 2012, 09:42:33 PM
I found a Red Oak log next to swamp bottoms. Brought it to the mil and sawed it up. This log was FULL of mice and ALL kinds of buggy critters.

What I kept was solid. I sprayed it with Raid until all the bugs were gone and then pressure washed it. Took UGLY wood and made at least something. I sure hated to burn it.  :)




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Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: WDH on April 09, 2012, 10:08:45 PM
David,

You are very creative.  That is a fine rescue from the rats and bugs, and a beautiful table!
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: fishpharmer on April 09, 2012, 10:42:31 PM
I would be tempted to call that "pecky" red oak.  Pretty sharp looking.
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Banjo picker on April 09, 2012, 10:43:11 PM
I like it and I bet lots of other folks would as well...Banjo
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: jueston on April 09, 2012, 11:05:41 PM
beautiful :)
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: 123maxbars on April 09, 2012, 11:19:10 PM
Nice Job! Good looking table, nice craftsmanship, 
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Magicman on April 09, 2012, 11:56:41 PM
Yes, very unusual, but also strikingly pretty.   :)
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: LeeB on April 10, 2012, 12:10:55 AM
I like it.
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: T Welsh on April 10, 2012, 06:31:33 AM
POSTONLT40HD, Character ;D. And lots of it. Tim
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: SAWMILL BUDDY on April 10, 2012, 07:17:31 AM
Love it  ;D
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 10, 2012, 07:47:42 AM
Keep the mice and bugs away. They may want back in. :D ;)

Did good with the table.  ;D
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Post by: Buck on April 10, 2012, 07:50:54 AM
  Nice!
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Post by: Misfit on April 10, 2012, 09:53:18 AM
Nice workmanship and a nice looking piece of furniture.  smiley_thumbsup
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: metalspinner on April 10, 2012, 09:55:34 AM
That is a good looking bench! 8)

Plans for the rest of the lumber? Accessorize with a picture frame, maybe? :)
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: scsmith42 on April 10, 2012, 04:34:59 PM
Very cool David!
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Radar67 on April 10, 2012, 05:55:32 PM
Quote from: fishpharmer on April 09, 2012, 10:42:31 PM
I would be tempted to call that "pecky" red oak.

More like Swiss Oak.  ;) :)
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on April 10, 2012, 06:25:31 PM
Quote from: metalspinner on April 10, 2012, 09:55:34 AM
That is a good looking bench! 8)

Plans for the rest of the lumber? Accessorize with a picture frame, maybe? :)

Hummm.......good thought.  smiley_thumbsup
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Tree Feller on April 11, 2012, 12:02:23 AM
That's a great save and a fine looking table. It definitely has character.
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Lud on April 11, 2012, 08:06:09 AM
Nice table.

  I've wondered if you could put boards in a vacuum bag like the veneer folks use ( I don't have one).  Could you spray killer on the boards and suck the air out to get a better kill?

Maybe boiling water?   What's the best kill?
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: WDH on April 11, 2012, 08:17:23 AM
I think that in most cases, fully drying the wood kills these beetle larvae as they need some moisture.  Very different than powderpost beetles which only infest dry lumber.
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: sandhills on April 11, 2012, 10:49:36 AM
I really like that Poston, good job!
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Migal on April 12, 2012, 04:33:18 AM
Sweet save ! Great imagination  8) Ive got some pine that I sawed and didn't want to burn that was ate up by the time my mill arrived but have kept leaning against a tree on cedar scraps that i want to do something just like that.  8)


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guess its hard to see em


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Here are some others that are hard to see lol


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Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Dan_Shade on April 12, 2012, 08:03:40 AM
I saw a Virginia Tech article on vacuum to kill insects.

However, I had a board with a powderpost larvae that I put under a 20"Hg vacuum overnight, but it didn't kill the bugger.

Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: sparky1 on April 12, 2012, 10:46:35 PM
thats a great looking table!!!!  deffinelty one of a kind!!
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: jamesamd on April 12, 2012, 10:56:59 PM
Thats A great save.
Well done,David !!!! 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Unusual looking Coffee Table
Post by: Okrafarmer on April 12, 2012, 11:07:13 PM
Just don't let anybody spill coffee on that coffee table, as it could be a little hard to clean up.  :-\
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