If You Cant Cut Straight Lumber......

[WDH]

Then cut curved lumber  :D.



 



 

This is red maple that had a big "S" curve in it, so I cut the 10' log into two 5' logs and cut them to accentuate the sweep to give the pieces a curved aspect.  At the bottom of the second pic of the rightmost slabs was where the cut was made in the middle of the log, so that gives you an idea of just how much of an "S" curve this log had.  When I saw it in the standing tree, I thought, "Wow, I could get creative with that shape!". 

To try and cut straight edged boards out of these sections would have been futile, so I decided to let them be what they wanted to be.  I cut some 4/4 and some 8/4.  Down here, red maple has flowered and set fruit, so even thought the leaves are not out, the buds and the cambium are active.  That means that the bark had "slipped".  So I peeled the bark right off very easily with a draw knife to leave the live edge.

It's crazy, but someone will buy these for that perfect unique project.  However, having been inspired by the "POSTON BENCH" design, I just might keep them for myself  .

[lyle niemi]

That is cooool!

[Happycamper]

You could put them in a Yerk for benches if you build one.
                                               Jim

[mikeb1079]

that's smart thinking danny.  somebody will definitely come along who will love those.  it just forces one to be more creative.   

[MEMountainMan]

Nice job Danny!!

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Danny thas some bloody nice lookin timber Mate  ;) ;D ;D ;D 8) 8)

And I was laughin before the page even opend as where it was headin and even had my reply just cut bent stuff  Mate ;) :D :D :D :D ;D 8)

Regards Chris

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

This looks like the BACON I sawed. Keep them Danny. Send them up here....I'll attach legs. 

If you would have turned that log on every cut, that stress would have come out of it.  :D :D :D :D :D


 

[thecfarm]

As my Father use to say,I could not run fast enough to give that away.  ;D
But I know you have a market for that stuff. Location,Location,Location.
Red maple I do have. There's a lot that you have cut I have never seen in logs. Maybe I saw it standing as a tree,but not ready for a mill. My Father always called it salving,not slipped. The memories. I have no idea if that was an Old Timers phase or just his. Seem like just about every time we peeled cedar I would end up just about falling down. I would have to step on a big piece each time and try to take a digger.

[WDH]

You could make a coffee table that wrapped around your easy chair  ;D.

[Chuck White]

I can visualize benches!

I can even visualize an "over-the-door" sign!

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I just want to an attempt at ship lapping OR T&G. 

[Tree Feller]

Danny, can you or David describe the technique you use for sawing those curves on your mill?  Mine only does straight cuts.   ;D

[WDH]

 :D :D :D

[hackberry jake]

I would call those "around the fire pit" benches. Might even sell em all as a set

[SwampDonkey]

Build a nice canopy on posts with open sides and sit your benches around the fire pit. ;D  8)

[Nomad]

     I like to make curved boards like that every chance I get.  The customer usually gets a puzzled look on his face and says "you want to cut me what?"  And then it's "Wow!  That's neat!"

[sigidi]

I would call those "around the fire pit" benches. Might even sell em all as a set

Exactly my use for these kind of boards too  :D ;)

Good work 8)

[WDH]

I could also cut some posts and make a replica of "Woodhenge"  ;D.

[rooster 58]

    Looks like spars for the hull of a boat ;D

[customsawyer]

I like them. If anyone can sell them you can.

[Mooseherder]

Marketing is everything.  Nice attributes in the curved live edge slabs. 
Makes you put the thinking cap on for all the possibilities. ;)

[outerbanxer]

Woodworkers around here would spend hundreds of hours on just one of those...

You just cut up a gold mine 8)

[WDH]

The red maple is pretty, too. 

[LeeB]

Make a template to edge one with a router leaving the inside curve as a live edge (concave), use that one (convex edge) as a template for the next concave edge,new template for the convex edge of that board and use that edge for the template of the third board as the guide for the next edge and so on to join several boards together to make a nice wide and unique table top. do this in sequence as cut from the log so ther will be a continuity of shape. Does that make any sense? Works best from the center cut boards, as they are more uniform in contour.

[rambo]

I love it! Ideas!!! 8)

Slipped?? I am scratching my top knot on that one.