Hi folks,
very long story short, i have a tall and near dead straight turpentine in my yard that is getting pulled down. According the aborist, its its last legs. It's bigish 15m high, 40+cm at the base tapering up nicely. It's getting felled on monday, and i've got a guy with a portable mill coming out on tuesday to get it planked up. After reading a few threads on how hard this is, i'm glad i was going to head of to bunnings to buy my own a thicknesser! Yes, its a sentimental tree, which is why i was going to keep it, regardless of the how pretty the grain is.
The plan was to build a table top from it, i was thinking about getting the boards cut as wide as i could while minimising wastage. Around 170mm (need to see blanks after they come down) x 50mm.
I have a few questions that i wanted to check with you guys, for some real advice on how best to work with it.
1) The milling guy thinks between 10 to 16 weeks drying time for the boards once they are cut. Given thats a 6 week variation, is there a way to tell when they are ready?
2) Any suggestions on what is the best material to use to finish it? What i want to do is preserve the natural look and colour of the timber, so i was thinking about using a danish oil, but i really dont want to change the colour of the timber or have it go yellow (or any stain for that matter). I was reading these notes http://ift.tt/1hBcQu9, clearly written by a guy who doesn't care for formatting or these were written in the 90's when html was in its infancy (remember hotdog by sausage software anyone?). They are detailed enough for me to at least consider he's onto something. But i cant seem to find the WATCO brand of oil in Oz to give it a whirl on some scrap / offcuts. He does point out that he likes the product and its predictable, so i'd be nervous substituting with another brand.
3) i'm not looking for a high-gloss piano finish, but would like something the finish to show the grain and not matt. It needs to be fairly hardwaring as i have kids under 5 and they will give it a hammering. Any suggestions on products?
4) I'm not scared of hard work, so was planning to hand-polish it, but given the horror stories of how hard turpentine is i've read this morning on the forum, should i reconsider that?
Thoughts?
thanks folks!
-Boris
very long story short, i have a tall and near dead straight turpentine in my yard that is getting pulled down. According the aborist, its its last legs. It's bigish 15m high, 40+cm at the base tapering up nicely. It's getting felled on monday, and i've got a guy with a portable mill coming out on tuesday to get it planked up. After reading a few threads on how hard this is, i'm glad i was going to head of to bunnings to buy my own a thicknesser! Yes, its a sentimental tree, which is why i was going to keep it, regardless of the how pretty the grain is.
The plan was to build a table top from it, i was thinking about getting the boards cut as wide as i could while minimising wastage. Around 170mm (need to see blanks after they come down) x 50mm.
I have a few questions that i wanted to check with you guys, for some real advice on how best to work with it.
1) The milling guy thinks between 10 to 16 weeks drying time for the boards once they are cut. Given thats a 6 week variation, is there a way to tell when they are ready?
2) Any suggestions on what is the best material to use to finish it? What i want to do is preserve the natural look and colour of the timber, so i was thinking about using a danish oil, but i really dont want to change the colour of the timber or have it go yellow (or any stain for that matter). I was reading these notes http://ift.tt/1hBcQu9, clearly written by a guy who doesn't care for formatting or these were written in the 90's when html was in its infancy (remember hotdog by sausage software anyone?). They are detailed enough for me to at least consider he's onto something. But i cant seem to find the WATCO brand of oil in Oz to give it a whirl on some scrap / offcuts. He does point out that he likes the product and its predictable, so i'd be nervous substituting with another brand.
3) i'm not looking for a high-gloss piano finish, but would like something the finish to show the grain and not matt. It needs to be fairly hardwaring as i have kids under 5 and they will give it a hammering. Any suggestions on products?
4) I'm not scared of hard work, so was planning to hand-polish it, but given the horror stories of how hard turpentine is i've read this morning on the forum, should i reconsider that?
Thoughts?
thanks folks!
-Boris
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