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My go-to for live edge slabs is 1.25" thick per 1' width. So a 2' wide slab would be cut to 2.5", 3' = 3.75" thick. I've never cut over 4' width so I don't know about the really big slabs. preventing warp helps alot, so stack on a flat surface well stickered with lots of weight to keep them flat as they dry. Once dry, they'll stay flat for the most part.Levi
This is going to take a lot of consideration on my part I suppose....if I've got something like 15 ft long and 6 feet wide, cutting it 4 inches thick is going to be VERY heavy. Also going to take 8 years to dry, and I'll never be able to sell it :/
Quote from: burdman_22 on September 10, 2021, 08:50:37 AMThis is going to take a lot of consideration on my part I suppose....if I've got something like 15 ft long and 6 feet wide, cutting it 4 inches thick is going to be VERY heavy. Also going to take 8 years to dry, and I'll never be able to sell it :/Please post pics. That is nuts to CSM!!!
does not the Military move you guys? just have several headboards...I can see them suspended under a huge heli and dropping them on the farm.
I just went to your gallery. glad to see all the large slabs you have made. I was afraid you were jumping in over most peoples heads. thanks for you and your wifes' service to our country. I now have little concerns for you ability to pull this off. @burdman_22
ScsmithThat’s some serious twist in that last log. Grain runout is going to be an issue to deal with in those slabs, you think?
Quote from: doc henderson on September 13, 2021, 05:31:39 AMI just went to your gallery. glad to see all the large slabs you have made. I was afraid you were jumping in over most peoples heads. thanks for you and your wifes' service to our country. I now have little concerns for you ability to pull this off. @burdman_22 As far as the military moving us, there is a weight limit when they move us, and we would exceed that with like two slabs, haha. I think what I may end up having to do is find someone with a tractor trailer, load them all onto it and move them all to Kentucky in one go (since KY is going to be their home for the next 4-8 years).
That’s good to hear. I’ve got a 60 incher buried deep, deep in a hand stacked pile. One day, when I’m dead and gone and my wife auctions off all my junk, someone will be really happy to see that slab. That brings up a good point actually. What’s the point of milling all this stuff if I can’t even access it? I have no equipment to handle stuff. So once it’s stacked -it ain’t moving!Here’s the log (Image hidden from quote, click to view.) BTW, both of those boys are in their 20’s now.
Quote from: burdman_22 on September 13, 2021, 11:18:18 PMQuote from: doc henderson on September 13, 2021, 05:31:39 AMI just went to your gallery. glad to see all the large slabs you have made. I was afraid you were jumping in over most peoples heads. thanks for you and your wifes' service to our country. I now have little concerns for you ability to pull this off. @burdman_22 As far as the military moving us, there is a weight limit when they move us, and we would exceed that with like two slabs, haha. I think what I may end up having to do is find someone with a tractor trailer, load them all onto it and move them all to Kentucky in one go (since KY is going to be their home for the next 4-8 years).Where are you currently stationed at, rucker, if your location in your is correct?
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