I'm looking to make some slab live edge furniture, my wood is going to need to dry for a couple years so I am looking for someone in the Indiana area that has some to sell. Does anyone know of anyone that does this? Thanks!
Slab Furniture
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ChainsawmanXX
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Where at in IN?
Well how thick a material are you using? 6/4? I just dont see why you cant use green wood? Or have you ever heard of alcohol for drying the slabs?
I'm in central Indiana. I was looking for 2 inch plus thickness. I have never heard of using alcohol to dry wood but I'm all ears. I thought green wood would warp and split? I'm new to this so please educate me.
ChainsawmanXX
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I used to live around the Terre Haute area! But yea They have a system for drying big timbers (We had an order once for 20"x20" 40ft long timbers, And they required us to dry it with alcohol, dropping it in a tank and letting it sit for awhile.) Although i dont know what the regulations would be in IN? You might have to get a permit? But i have built furniture with green wood.. and so has my old man, As long as you know how the wood is gonna work!
I made this out of the first tree I milled with my Granberg. It was dead, to the point the bark had fallen off. I let it sit outside for about 6 months. Then I got the urge to make a slab bench. I used left over pavers to block the seat up. Held the sides up to the seat and picked a spot where the natural cracks in the board were centered on a tennon. Marked the spots for the mortices on the end pieces. Used a skill saw to cut most of the way through, and finished with a sawzall. My planks were 3" and warped very little if at all. The boards were cut from a Tulip Poplar.
In the last picture nothing has been cut yet, it's just leaning together to mock up the cuts. I wanted the natural checks in the tennons so I could put wedges in them to tighten it up, Joe.
In the last picture nothing has been cut yet, it's just leaning together to mock up the cuts. I wanted the natural checks in the tennons so I could put wedges in them to tighten it up, Joe.
