ShawnE Curry
05-07-2016, 1:28 AM
I took down an English Walnut over at my sisters house a couple weeks ago. The last 2 harsh winters we had in '13 and '14 killed it, and it had started dropping large branches anytime we had a decent gust of wind.
I noticed some curly grain in the notch, so I thought I might find some nice figure near the stump. Turns out the curl ran the entire length of the trunk! There weren't any straight sections longer than 4' but I got a lot of really nice pieces out of it.
The sap wood looks especially curly so I kept all of the wane cuts to use for some rustic furniture. I'm thinking about using them green and banging them out this weekend so I can give one to my mom and sister. I planed one of them out and turned a few tenons on some walnut firewood for some legs.
My question is, what would you so for a finish at this point, if any? The ends are sealed with anchor seal and branch holes will be too.
I noticed some curly grain in the notch, so I thought I might find some nice figure near the stump. Turns out the curl ran the entire length of the trunk! There weren't any straight sections longer than 4' but I got a lot of really nice pieces out of it.
The sap wood looks especially curly so I kept all of the wane cuts to use for some rustic furniture. I'm thinking about using them green and banging them out this weekend so I can give one to my mom and sister. I planed one of them out and turned a few tenons on some walnut firewood for some legs.
My question is, what would you so for a finish at this point, if any? The ends are sealed with anchor seal and branch holes will be too.