Sweet Sawmill Discovery

[Jon Olson]

Man oh man!!! Cutoffs with that grain pattern and enough to make a beautiful piece!!

Its just not fair!!

Love the red oak.

[George Bledsoe]

I am not gloating I just know that I enjoy seeing what other folks are making so I thought I would share. I bought the mill so I could cut logs for my own use and maybe sell a little (which hasn't really panned out that well) That is ok with me since it is good exercise and I enjoy it. Now finding storage space for the wood is becoming a problem but that is another story altogether

I am on a hope chest kick as of late. I have enough curly scrap cutoffs to make another hope chest. I cut about 4000 bdft of oak this spring/summer so I am not really sure where in the barn the curly stuff is. I know when I was sawing it there was a lot of it that I thought was just caused by a bent couple of teeth on the band. I was wrong
I normally only save 8' boards because the short stuff is a pain to stack, I sometimes will save something shorter that grabs my eye like this walnut
I threw in a couple more chest photos's I am building two more Walnut ones with butternut panels but they are not finished yet.
I am going to make a Sugar chest (looks a lot like a tall hope chest to me) and I may use some of the curly oak (or maybe qtr sawn sycamore which I love) to do that.

[Chris Padilla]

What a find you pulled from Mother Nature's grasp! Just beautiful wood and you definately have a hand and putting the pieces together, George!

[George Bledsoe]

It is sort of the NYW plan modified to have a drawer in the bottom. I really didn't have plan I just sort of winged it after looking at Norm's website and deciding I wanted (well she) wanted a drawer
Dovetailed the drawers made from ash and used full extension drawer slides and of course cedar lining.

[Alan Turner]

NIce work, George. And, an excellent selection on the hardware.
Alan

[Ken Fitzgerald]

George....great craftsmanship and gorgeous wood!