Ideas please for a few lumps of wood I have found

[Wuffles]

The workshop I have been building inside an old stable had a bunch of junk in the corner from the previous owner, I've recently cleared that away and found about 10 lengths of varying woods (you're all better than me, I have no idea what they are). They're around 6 foot on average in length and an inch to a couple inches thick with a depth of around a foot or so. Varying.

So, if you talented people found these, what would you do with them? I see some things on here that make my heart skip a beat, so I'd love to be able to do something cool with them.

I'll grab a photo in a bit, but it'll just be a photo of a pile of wood anyway so it's not important.

 

[jmbfestool]

Picture pleasure

 

[Wuffles]

Roger, back in a bit.

 

[Wuffles]

Not very good photos I'm afraid. Difficult angle of attack to get to them, and it's dark, and it's cold, and I'm honestly got very good at photos...ok?! Stop judging me!  [wink]

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[jmbfestool]

Haha. Yeah I was!

Are they heavy? Look like oak can't tell m.  Could just look dirty softwood.

A large chunky table is the first thing which comes to mind!

You got access to thicknesser/planer?

 

[Wuffles]

Unfortunately not no, and it holds me back from anything too tabley due to the thicknesses. I was thinking individual things perhaps, given the thickness issue.

They're fairly heavy - a couple are definitely oak, that much I know.

 

[jmbfestool]

Depends on you house style etc. no point having large chunky or rustic stuff in your house if its not in keeping.  Unless you was thinking some one else having your made stuff

 

[Wuffles]

Some would say eclectic, I would say they're just being polite.

I don't care what it looks like or where it might fit in, just need some ideas on what to do with it before the temptation to grab a chainsaw overwhelms me. The old buy I had the place from was a wood-turner and guess the stuff was for that, I've got his lathe here too, but it's not my bag.

I think I need to sand one of them and see what's underneath all the years of dust.

What would people (you, you're the only person replying) suggest for a sanding/oiling routine. I'm limited to plywood and mdf work in the past, wood (other than kitchen worktops) kind of scares me.

 

[Kev]

You can get away with that sort of timber for outdoor benches, etc ... you know - tables for a hoard of boozing Vikings or similar. Just depends of whether you have an appropriate outdoor space. Could also be part of an indoor feature wall if you have the right style of home and necessary imagination. Even garden planters at a pinch!!

Just don't use if for structural load if you don't know what it is [wink]

If it was at my place I'd treat it and use it as part of an earthy driveway/path feature.

 

[jonny round boy]

A few of them look like oak - as for the lighter coloured ones, if the guy was a turner I doubt they'd be pine. Possibly sycamore or birch?

 

[Wuffles]

...tables for a hoard of boozing Vikings or similar. Just depends of whether you have an appropriate outdoor space.

I like that, sounds good. In fact, the missus wants an outdoor table for BBQs and what not.

So, rip them straight and domino them together I guess, using the top face as the reference for the domino? Or we'll have a lot of upset Vikings with spilt pints on our hands.

We certainly have the space, just not the climate. What would people suggest to treat this stuff for 365 days a year outdoor storage, in the UK, with Vikings?

Is there a market for ULTRA rustic picture frames?

 

[jmbfestool]

Thing is its hard to say what you should use them for.

I personally if I had the wood at my place I would be looking at building a brick wall around the garden with a BBQ area and build large chunky oak planks into the wall as a bench.  I would sandblast them with my sandblaster.

I would look at sticking them above doorways not structural but visual it fire places

I would make a chunky table for the kitchen I wanna build with new and old.

I would use them around the garden out door table or bench

I don't known lol if they are oak I would find a use if they are softwood I would likely not be as bothered to use them for something.

You could sandblast them or you could just wire brush them so they are clean but still look rustic.   Or you could sand them

Finish depends what you are going to do with them in the end.

You could seal them or just treat them to prevent rotting with a clear treatment or stain them.  Again depends on use outdoors or indoors

LoL

 

[jmbfestool]

...tables for a hoard of boozing Vikings or similar. Just depends of whether you have an appropriate outdoor space.

I like that, sounds good. In fact, the missus wants an outdoor table for BBQs and what not.

So, rip them straight and domino them together I guess, using the top face as the reference for the domino? Or we'll have a lot of upset Vikings with spilt pints on our hands.

We certainly have the space, just not the climate. What would people suggest to treat this stuff for 365 days a year outdoor storage, in the UK, with Vikings?

Is there a market for ULTRA rustic picture frames?

I wouldn't domino them together for outdoors. 

 

[Wuffles]

I'm building an outdoor lounge (if that makes sense) complete with an old cast iron fireplace in a folly wall. It'll have a couple of sofas made out of new oak sleepers and a coffee table made of the same - built some in my last house but left them with the new owners rather than try and move them.

I'm even thinking of putting the three flying ducks up the folly wall.

All this for the 3 days a year when you can comfortably sit outside without being rained on.

Cheers for the suggestions, I reckon a rustic table is where it's headed.

Not dominos? I thought domino, glue, pocket screws underneath. What would you suggest.

 

[jmbfestool]

If you wanted to keep the top all same level but didn't go down the thicknesser route.

You could lay them all face down/ top down on a flat surface and get them how you want them!

Using something like a router sled to run across to flatten the bottom where the cleats go.
to fit 2 or 3x 4inch wide cleats to sit flat across them all fixed.  Then when you turn the top round they all stay at the same height

 

[Kev]

I can imagine JMB using them to support the roof of his coal mine [cool] [smile]

 

[Wuffles]

If you wanted to keep the top all same level but didn't go down the thicknesser route.

You could lay them all face down/ top down on a flat surface and get them how you want them!

Using something like a router sled to run across to flatten the bottom where the cleats go.
to fit 2 or 3x 4inch wide cleats to sit flat across them all fixed.  Then when you turn the top round they all stay at the same height

Understood. Using them to hold it all together too yes?

 

[jmbfestool]

If you wanted to keep the top all same level but didn't go down the thicknesser route.

You could lay them all face down/ top down on a flat surface and get them how you want them!

Using something like a router sled to run across to flatten the bottom where the cleats go.
to fit 2 or 3x 4inch wide cleats to sit flat across them all fixed.  Then when you turn the top round they all stay at the same height

Understood. Using them to hold it all together too yes?

Yes correct.  Also you could use them as fixing points for your legs etc 

 

[Kev]

If you wanted to keep the top all same level but didn't go down the thicknesser route.

You could lay them all face down/ top down on a flat surface and get them how you want them!

Using something like a router sled to run across to flatten the bottom where the cleats go.
to fit 2 or 3x 4inch wide cleats to sit flat across them all fixed.  Then when you turn the top round they all stay at the same height

Understood. Using them to hold it all together too yes?

That's actually a great rustic look, I've seen it applied a couple of times very well.

 

[Wuffles]

If you wanted to keep the top all same level but didn't go down the thicknesser route.

You could lay them all face down/ top down on a flat surface and get them how you want them!

Using something like a router sled to run across to flatten the bottom where the cleats go.
to fit 2 or 3x 4inch wide cleats to sit flat across them all fixed.  Then when you turn the top round they all stay at the same height

Understood. Using them to hold it all together too yes?

That's actually a great rustic look, I've seen it applied a couple of times very well.

Keep watching and you'll see it applied badly too.