When I picked up the lumber for the 5 Walnut plaques (just posted about those) I noticed a 'nugget' on the end of one board.  So I cut that off and resawed it today and it's gorgeous!  It ended up about 17" x 20" x 1/4" thick in its bookmatched and sanded to 220 form.  Now I have to decide what to do with it... I have a few ideas but nothing concrete yet.

 

The boards were very straight except for right at the end on this particular one so I had to be careful resawing it.

 

Opened up to reveal the nugget -

 

Lots of surfacing needed to get them equal and level -

 

Glued -

 

Bookmatched, sanded to 220 grit -

 

More later when I figure out what I want to do with this -
David

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Whatever you decide, it's going to be spectacular. 

sexy.

 

looks like a great door panel for a cabinet.

 

or plane it to consistent thickness and make it a table top.  i'd border it to make it look thicker, and maybe even glue it to some plywood for stability.

37 minutes ago, difalkner said:

More later when I figure out what I want to do with this -

 

send it to me...

7 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

send it to me...

You may as well as for a (full) plate of donuts.   Your odds are about the same. 

What ever you decide to make, we would like to see the results!

19 minutes ago, lew said:

What ever you decide to make, we would like to see the results!

I'll second that!

John

I've been setting a few of these aside over the last few months so I dug some out and resawed them tonight.  None quite as spectacular but awfully nice, definitely worth the effort to resaw.

 

 

David

Gorgeous!

Beautiful. Just goes to show, you can't judge a book or a board by it's cover.

Looking forward to seeing what you decide on all these pieces.

I jointed the edge on the long one - took a while.  Btw, this is a board my sawmill guy just gave me because he had no use for it.  I like him more and more each time I buy from him!

 

 

David

6 minutes ago, difalkner said:

I jointed the edge on the long one - took a while.  Btw, this is a board my sawmill guy just gave me because he had no use for it.  I like him more and more each time I buy from him

Need my shipping address?

That board has some really nice character!