taking a break from the Burnt Room Rehab......have a few planks of walnut to mill down.

Hauled the circular saws in from the trunk of the van, and took the 7-1/4 one down to the shop.

Sitting down there out of the way with a router.   Ripped a few pieces out of one plank.    It will do for starters.    Got this brown sawdust everywhere, even my hair!

Yeah.  Anyway, the plank is 5/4 thick.  Needed a few pieces 3" wide, by 18" long.   Had enough left over for a 2" wide filler strip, and 2 pieces @ 3" x 17" long.  Plus a short filler strip.

To get rid of the saw marks, and straighten a couple edges,  a Jointer Plane was dragged over to the bench..and locked a couple into the dogs and the vise..

That Stanley No.7c got heavy after a while... I had to switch to a lighter No.5-1/2 to finish things up,  shoulders were hurting.  Stacked the pieces up, for now..

8 pieces, all but one have been jointed to remove the saw marks.  Four will be corner posts for a small Hope Chest.  The skinnier two will be ends for a frame&panel.   The long and short 2x2?  we'll see where they will go, later.   Need to move these off the bench, have another 5/4 thick plank to mill.   Then two 4/4 x 8" x 5'4"  ones to work over.   This will take awhile....at least it will keep me out of the local taverns..stay tuned

 

Looks like that has some nice straight grain.

Little bit of work today...slapped more  mud on some walls, cut another plank down to a size I can work with.

 

Clamped the two pieces into the leg vise, and worked on a glue ready edge..

Peeking out from behind the stacked boards, is a Jointer plane..

With a few Walnut shavings.  Note the shiny edges?   Now I can do a glue up..

One over, two under.  The sandpaper is ther to prevent any "black marks" from the pipe.  Tried to match the grain a bit

Not sure yet IF this will be a table top, or the lid for a chest.....lumber supply is a bit skimpy.    Laid out some corner posts/legs..

to see what I have to work with.   I have two more planks of Walnut to trim to sizes, as soon as I figure out what sizes I need.   Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is a bit tricky doing cut lists.....

Also have a few planks of Pine.....bottom of the chest?   And a thick (8/4!!) plank of oak.   Trying to save that one for some handles on the lathe.   Will know more as things get done...stay tuned.

Sure looks like that would make a fine table top!