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  1. 02-15-2010, 12:12 PM #1
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    The world's largest solid piece of wood

    A bit pricey but impressive:

    http://www.ancientwood.com/catalog/l...labs/slab-1900
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    WOW, now thats a chunk of wood
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    Which Plane to Use?

    Would you use a #5 or #7 as a smoother for this tabletop?
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    I was going to get it, but I didn't see the "Buy Now" button.

    I hoping it doesn't end up as a coporate boardroom table. Those guys would request it with dark walnut stain globbed on.
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    i think that is an old article... i beleive i read somewhere awhile ago that it became the table in a winery. and that they put a nice finish on it, not some junky stain
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    Quote Originally Posted by curtis rosche View Post
    i think that is an old article... i beleive i read somewhere awhile ago that it became the table in a winery. and that they put a nice finish on it, not some junky stain
    This one is still available - the winery was a 20 footer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Germain View Post
    I was going to get it, but I didn't see the "Buy Now" button.

    I hoping it doesn't end up as a coporate boardroom table. Those guys would request it with dark walnut stain globbed on.

    The "Add to Cart" button is on the website. For a $100K it's yours.,
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    I would have bought it but they only had one. I mean, I'd have to have one to practice on...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Cutler View Post
    The "Add to Cart" button is on the website. For a $100K it's yours.,
    Why is it that $100K sounds so much less than $100,000.00?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Winship View Post
    Why is it that $100K sounds so much less than $100,000.00?
    The wonderful world of marketing. The same reason $24.99 is supposed to sound better than $25.00
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    The title of the post isn't quite accurate. The largest piece of solid wood in the world is probably the Sequoia called General Sherman. It is 275 feet tall and 102 feet in circumference at the ground. It is calculated to contain 630,000 board feet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamie Buxton View Post
    The title of the post isn't quite accurate. The largest piece of solid wood in the world is probably the Sequoia called General Sherman. It is 275 feet tall and 102 feet in circumference at the ground. It is calculated to contain 630,000 board feet.
    Ya just saw it down, it would make a great table for the annual Spotted Owl feast...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamie Buxton View Post
    The title of the post isn't quite accurate. The largest piece of solid wood in the world is probably the Sequoia called General Sherman. It is 275 feet tall and 102 feet in circumference at the ground. It is calculated to contain 630,000 board feet.
    Semantics be darned but I tend to think of General Sherman as the largest living thing and peeling the onion further, the largest living tree.

    I tend to not think of a living tree being wood until a human has taken some sharp metal to it to size it down a bit into a form more useful for a human....

    Perhaps the term "board" would have been better than "wood" in this case?
    Wood: a fickle medium....

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    I like that they have a convenient "Add To Cart" button for this piece... LOL
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    Free shipping?
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