Gift from a friend

[Mgderf]

Had a friend drop by today with a gift.
A maple slab, 2" thick x 32" wide x 52" long.
It has been drying in a climate controlled environment for a little over a year.
It still needs sanded and finished.

I have the best friends...

 

[2tonic]

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Had a friend drop by today with a gift.
A maple slab, 2" thick x 32" wide x 52" long.
It has been drying in a climate controlled environment for a little over a year.
It still needs sanded and finished.

I have the best friends...

You have "interesting" friends.

 

[d.kaufman]

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Had a friend drop by today with a gift.
A maple slab, 2" thick x 32" wide x 52" long.
It has been drying in a climate controlled environment for a little over a year.
It still needs sanded and finished.

I have the best friends...

What are we going to be making with it? Assuming a table top of some sorts? But I do have to say from that Pic, I don't see how that's over 4ft long. Maybe my eyes are deceiving me

 

[Ziggidy]

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Had a friend drop by today with a gift.
A maple slab, 2" thick x 32" wide x 52" long.
It has been drying in a climate controlled environment for a little over a year.
It still needs sanded and finished.

I have the best friends...

I would have waited til Christmas to give it to you.

 

[Mgderf]

What are we going to be making with it? Assuming a table top of some sorts? But I do have to say from that Pic, I don't see how that's over 4ft long. Maybe my eyes are deceiving me

Tape measure ays 52".
Yes, I plan to turn it into a table top, but the base is still in question.
If I can find the right (size) pieces, I'd like to use something like this for the legs/base.

 

[deo62]

I think it would make a pretty set of 1911 grips

 

[Mgderf]

You have "interesting" friends.

Not news to me.
I have been blessed my entire life with invaluable friends and acquaintances.

 

[Nugget]

I think it would make a pretty set of 1911 grips

Just the one set?

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1829720-cartoon-toothpick-factory

 

[Leadeye]

Looks like the beginnings of a nice live edge table or desk. I did some work for a place in Dubois County that made live edge stuff like that with walnut slabs. They would fill all the cracks with black epoxy before sanding and finishing.

 

[Magyars]

I've always heard that air drying takes 1 year per inch of thickness.

 

[Route 45]

I'm not a marketing guy or anything, but if I wanted clicks, I'd have title the thread "My Friend Gave Me Wood."

 

[Mgderf]

I'm not a marketing guy or anything, but if I wanted clicks, I'd have title the thread "My Friend Gave Me Wood."

Not my style...





Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[2tonic]

I think it would make a pretty set of 1911 grips

Yeah, about 200 of them.




Hint, hint.
We all know we're on @Mgderf 's Chrismas list!

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I'm thinking about 3 or 4 lovely stocks for rocklock longrifles.

 

[2tonic]

Not news to me.
I have been blessed my entire life with invaluable friends and acquaintances.

Yeah?
Well, you haven't met me, yet, so all that could change in a heartbeat.

 

[Mgderf]

Yeah?
Well, you haven't met me, yet, so all that could change in a heartbeat.

Years ago I worked with a girl that was fond of saying,
"I'm not sure it takes all kinds to make the world go 'round, but we have them anyway. They're all out there, somewhere".


She was not wrong.

 

[blain]

I have the best friends...

Must be nice.