John Brown Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I've been give given a couple of slices of the truck of a walnut tree.They are about 3 inches thick, 2ft wide edged with bark, mostly parallel and about 6 ft longThey've been cut at a saw mill and been stored inside for about 3 yearsThere's a bit of bow across the width but very few cracksCan I use this wood for a garden bench without varnishing it and does anyone have a design I can copy.Something not too modern but not rusticIf I need to use other wood,what wood would matchThanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Amongst the projects lying around, last year I had a couple of trees felled ready to mature, one oak, and one Walnut, I have a couple of (american) books on building garden furniture but not immediately to hand [:)], anyway lots on t'internet, heres one - http://www.buildeazy.com/park-bench-imp-1.html good luck[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brown Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thanks Just John,Just the sort of thing I was looking for.I did look on the internet but did not see that websiteI'm going to try making it, using the walnut for the arms, seat, back rest and the leg braces.The rest I will do in oak.and if it looks wrong I'll paint the oak parts.I'll get the saw mill to rough cut the stock sizes and let it dry out until the end of summerThe reason I asked about finishing the walnut is does it leach out colour when its dampCheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Just as well you aren't a bit closer or I would sneak in a steal that lot [6] I wish that someone would donate something like that to me [blink]I don't think there's any chance that any colour would come out. If I were doing it I would use a colourless teak type oil on the wood to stop it greying. It would need redoing each year, but I think it would be a shame to loose the lovely colouring of the wood.That size, wany edged, would also make a beautiful coffee table! And I could get some lovely large shallow bowls and platters out of it [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brown Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 Thanks for your comments Jonzjob,My original idea was a coffee table, leaving the edge on, but as it dried it bowed across the width.It would take forever to sand out the hump out and I can't have a table were the glasses fall overI can do that without the any help from the tableIf I could pass it under a Thickener, if that is what its called, that would work but I've only seen DIY ones that take timber about 8 inches wideCutting it into narrow pieces will reduce the need to sand out the humps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Why not ask you local wood mill if they could put it through their machine? Being in the Limousin you can't be far from a mill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLeblanc Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi,Did you ever get your wood planed. I have a Robland D630 thicknesser. If it helps I could put it through for you. It will plane 300mm thick by 630mm across so it should be fine. I am near Azerables.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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