This afternoon a good friend and I cut 2 foot off of a Black Walnut log that is 17 inches in diameter and cut 10 Walnut rounds. Each round was cut 2-1/4 inch thick.
I will store these in my shop, stacked with wooden spacers between each piece so that air is able to pass between them. I will rotate them serveral times a month until they are dry. Drying could take a long a 6 to 10 months.
The color looks great on these and as they dry they will darken.
They will make great cutting boards, serving boards, cheese boards or plate chargers! These will be available on my One of a Kind page once they are dry. Below is a picture that shows how these can be used to serve your favorite food!
I hope you enjoy your weekend!
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Gorgeous! I’m so glad to see you cutting more.
Do you still have a round with a live edge saved for me, Michael? If you do, please shoot me an email with the details.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mom’s in your family. I know you have something delicious planned for them. ❤ E
Hello Elizabeth! I have a Walnut round saved for you from the initial batch I cut in January. I checked the moisture content on them this past Sunday and they are at 14% so only a bit more drying until I can work them. Happy Mother’s Day to you and your daughter!!!
really look awesome!
thank you Tex!! 🙂
17 and a half inches is a good sized log! Do you ever cut wide planks out of the big ones? you might have gotten a couple of 16 inch wide planks out of that one. Boards that wide are hard to come by these days.
17 inch is a huge log for me. Yes, I do cut the wide flitches and plan to cut them form this one on the remaining 8 foot of this log. Here is a link to the last batch of Walnut flitches we cut, check it out. https://michaelswoodcraft.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/milling-black-walnut-flitches/
What gorgeous serving boards they’ll make! Enjoy the weekend Michael!
Yes they will, thank you Mary Ann! Happy Mother’s Day to you!! Enjoy your weekend too! 🙂
Beautiful!
thank you, Happy Mother’s Day to you!!
Those are going to be gorgeous Michael! Have a lovely weekend.
Yes, I hope so, thank you Tricia!! I hope you have a Happy Mother’s Day!! 🙂
Gorgeous! You make me want to have some of every piece of wood you cut!
thank you Gretchen!! Happy Mother’s Day to you!!! 🙂
Will you let them split naturally as they dry?
I am going to do my best to keep them from splitting. I cut 17 inch round thick card board this after noon to cover each end on all pieces. Then I placed them into a box with sawdust. A good friend does this and it minimizes the splitting and cracking. It will take longer for them to dry but we will see what happens. The Walnut rounds I cut in January and posted about in February are drying nicely doing this. A few splits and cracks but like it I have seen just stacking with sticks between them. Here is the link to my February post, most all of them still look like the pictures at the bottom of this post. Enjoy your weekend Bob!! 🙂 https://michaelswoodcraft.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/rustic-black-walnut-wood-slices/
I’m going to have to rob a bank because I would LOVE to have one of these. 🙂
I think the shipping to Australia would be $$$ high!! 🙂
again….oooooooo—very pretty–I’m getting excited
Hi Julie!! I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day!! 🙂
Thank you Michael—to Deb as well. . . . 🙂
Lovely! Those will be spectacular!
Benjamin, I sure hope I can get them to dry with minimal cracking and splitting!!
Those are some mighty fine pieces of wood!