Book matched walnut - Woodworking Talk

**Daren** · 06-09-2008, 09:07 PM

I like book matched lumber (it is so cool having a mill

) I always bookmatch spalted stock, figured stock and walnut ,one of my favorite woods. I had a few ugly smallish (in my opinion, I like them big) walnut logs about 20" and crooked as a dogs hind leg laying around I was putting off milling. They had sweeps and crook on all sides, not a way to lay them on the mill that even looked like something a guy could get much yield out of. I was checking inventory and I am low on 8/4 walnut. That was the plan, slab these puppies into cants and saw some 8/4.
Didn't quite work out that way. I kept running into cool figure and would saw out some 4/4 book matches. Here are a few.

**Daren** · 06-09-2008, 09:11 PM

And a few more. I did mill some 8/4, just not as much as I had planned

. These little surprises made me glad I opened those logs up this morning. All the boards in the pictures are 12" wide so the books are 24", not bad for some scroungy looking logs from the outside.

ecologito · 06-10-2008, 12:11 AM

Dude,

Those boards are very cool looking. Out of curiosity, How much do you as for cool ( I mean ugly over rated

) boards?

PS. I hope you are not suffering with the storms too much. If there is anything I can help with, just let me know

dirtclod · 06-10-2008, 03:58 AM

The Ugly Duckling turns into a beautiful swan.

**Daren** · 06-10-2008, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ecologito

Out of curiosity, How much do you as for cool ( I mean ugly over rated

) boards?

That is a good question. I kinda touched on my dilemma in this thread Business question, buying lumber. I have been milling lumber since 2004, I still scratch my head sometimes on "what it is worth" when I saw out some oddball/unique stuff. I have not put a price on the book matches yet, just emailed pictures to some of my customers who ask to be updated when I come across something they would not find anywhere else. The best/weirdest looking set I will not sell. It will go in my stash (ever growing pile) I kinda want to be a woodworker when I grow up so I set some lumber back I could never replace for future use.

drcollins804 · 06-10-2008, 11:14 AM

"The best/weirdest looking set I will not sell. It will go in my stash (ever growing pile) I kinda want to be a woodworker when I grow up so I set some lumber back I could never replace for future use."

Unless you have a stash that your dad doesn't see I bet it gets raided on a regular basis

I hope the water has gone down for your neighbors.

About six weeks ago we had a night like that. The guy over the state road department said that we didn't have a road in the county that water wasn't over in at least one place. Had a small child drown when the Mother drove into swift water while talking on her cell.

Looks like we have another summer of wierd weather on tap.
David

JON BELL · 06-10-2008, 11:25 AM

kinda want to be a woodworker when I grow up

Once again beautiful stuff.Can't help you on the prices.I've never looked at prices,just bought it.The only advice I have is to put more lumber pictures on you're web site.Maybe something like Gilmer Wood.Thats what I remembered thinking when I went to you're site.Boy,I wish he had more pictures.

**Daren** · 06-10-2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JON BELL

The only advice I have is to put more lumber pictures on you're web site.

That is my plan , put a couple early this morning ...before I went out and milled this

. 24" wide 36" long, the feather in the crotch is 24" long. Think it deserves a picture on my site? I am going to post more pictures on the slabs I milled out of it here while I eat lunch.

**Daren** · 06-10-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by drcollins804

Unless you have a stash that your dad doesn't see I bet it gets raided on a regular basis

The weather has straightened out some. Dad is in Indiana this week camping and at some blues/jazz festival, so I have time to stash these good.