What would you do with these? 200+ year old mahogany

[Malcolm Schweizer]

The storms damaged some 200+ year old mahogany trees and they had to be removed. What would you make with these?
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[Mike OMelia]

Are they urs? Darn shame they were cut like that. I could find plenty to do with them in my guitar work.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Are they urs? Darn shame they were cut like that. I could find plenty to do with them in my guitar work.


Belong to the gumm’int but I have connections to snag a few.

[Bradley Gray]

Malcolm, I have a slab of similar mahogany I obtained about 16 years ago in Jamaica - a chain sawn slab from a tree cut building the new road from Mo Bay to Negril.

Still saving it for a future musical instrument project.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Malcolm, I have a slab of similar mahogany I obtained about 16 years ago in Jamaica - a chain sawn slab from a tree cut building the new road from Mo Bay to Negril.

Still saving it for a future musical instrument project.

That's cool. I have travelled that road many times pre and post construction. Your mahogany is most likely Cuban Mahogany. It should age to a very deep reddish-brown.

[Andrew Hughes]

It’s a pipe dream until the wood is cut and dried.

[Frederick Skelly]

I'd have it sawn and dried. Then, I'd build the miniature highboy I've always wanted to do (about 3 ft tall).
Fred

[John K Jordan]

Could make some nice woodturnings.

I'm running low on true mahogany, still have plenty of smaller sizes, some cuban, and a bunch of sapele kindamahogany.

JKJ

[Rick Potter]

I'd build me a 'Hurricane Desk'. Maybe a little bit like the Prez' desk.

Wish I could remember the name of it. Reliant?

[Mike Henderson]

If that's Cuban mahogany, I'd saw it, dry it and then sell it at auction on eBay. Genuine Cuban mahogany brings an amazing price.

Mike

[Matthew Curtis]

I would cut them and dry them and call them George.