Mike W. writes:
>There's a local sawmill that had some 8/4 red oak, so I bought a bunch,
>ripped it into 2x4s (true 2x4, not the junk houses are framed with), and
>have glued them up into 4x4s (Excel glue).
My next project is going to be a workbench. The base will be 4 large
legs with stretchers between and a big ol' slab of oak dropped on top.
I will probably have to glue up the top but my question right now is
wrt the legs. At first, I was going to glue up stock just like Mike
did. Then I got to thinking of asking the sawyer for several lengths
of 6 inch square oak from the center portion of the tree. This would
be the portion of the tree which usually goes into fence post
material. I have a local sawmill which can probably give me what I
want but I wanted to check it out with some galoots who are much
smarter than me. Is this material stable enough for workbench legs?
Are there any other concerns I should have using the center portion of
the tree? What does a sawmill usually do with this part of the tree?
Is it waste? (Read that as, can I get it cheap?) Thanks for any
input.
Paul Gillespie
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