The world's largest solid piece of wood

[Glenn Vaughn]

A bit pricey but impressive:

http://www.ancientwood.com/catalog/large-slabs/slab-1900

[David Christopher]

WOW, now thats a chunk of wood

[Tom Winship]

Would you use a #5 or #7 as a smoother for this tabletop?

[Pat Germain]

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.

[curtis rosche]

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

[Mike Cutler]

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.:eek:,;)

[Bryan Berguson]

I would have bought it but they only had one. I mean, I'd have to have one to practice on... :D

[Glenn Vaughn]

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.

[Jamie Buxton]

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.

[Tom Winship]

The "Add to Cart" button is on the website. For a $100K it's yours.:eek:,;)

Why is it that $100K sounds so much less than $100,000.00?

[Jim Becker]

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

[Curt Harms]

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

[Bob Glenn]

Free shipping?

[John A. Callaway]

I want to see the "cart" .... more like

" add to flat bed trailer "

[Montgomery Scott]

One of our local retailers had a big slab of kauri. As far as color and grain it has very little character to it. I'd prefer to have a nice slab of quilted bubinga for a table.

[Joe Shinall]

I think we should all pitch in and get a collection up for it. Send pieces out to the contributors and let everyone make something and post pics. I think I should get about 50 board feet of it just because I came up with the idea ;)

[Terry Hatfield]

I want to see the "cart" .... more like

" add to flat bed trailer "

Or add to train car. Would you like insurance on that?

[Aaron Berk]

Talk about major wood!:eek:

Don't know what I'd make out of it, but I want one!

[Joe Shinall]

Talk about major wood!:eek:

Don't know what I'd make out of it, but I want one!

I don't know...maybe a house???

[Matt Meiser]

Apparently they had just under 1M of them in stock. Or at least that's all they'd let me buy at once.

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Anyone got $99.9999B they can loan me? :D

[Van Huskey]

Free shipping?

I was all ready to pull the trigger on this one until I realized it is probablu FOB, just put it out of my budget. :p

[Michael Wetzel]

Or add to train car. Would you like insurance on that?

Sparks from train wheels catch $100,000 piece of wood on fire..

[Bill Cunningham]

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...:rolleyes:

[Harlan Coverdale]

One of our local retailers had a big slab of kauri. As far as color and grain it has very little character to it. I'd prefer to have a nice slab of quilted bubinga for a table.

Ancient kauri looks real plain until it's sanded and finished. Then it has chatoyance and depth like you wouldn't believe. I'e turned a few kauri pens, and it looks and turns like basswood, real soft and real plain looking. But then when the finish hits it, it really comes to life.

[Andrew Gibson]

OK I keep thinking I want to see the saw that milled this stick. My Fiance said the same thing when I showed it to her.

I would buy it, but I don't think it will fit in my shop to acclimate. I guess I would have to buy 2 so I can build a shop big enough out of one.

[Carlos Alden]

Ancient kauri looks real plain until it's sanded and finished. Then it has chatoyance and depth like you wouldn't believe. I'e turned a few kauri pens, and it looks and turns like basswood, real soft and real plain looking. But then when the finish hits it, it really comes to life.

Nice word! I'm fairly well read but looked this up, and it's a keeper.

Carlos

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Time for a bigger jointer.

-Jeff :)

[Dan Mages]

I kinda wonder what Mark Singer would do with a slab like that...

[John Schreiber]

I used to have one of those.

I made it into toothpicks. Lots of em. Really nice toothpicks.

:eek: :D :eek:

[Mark Singer]

I kinda wonder what Mark Singer would do with a slab like that...

My back hurts just thinking about it ....;)

[Chris Padilla]

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?

[Jon Lanier]

What would be funny is to walk in there with a lit blow torch. Watch there eyes light up. :eek: