After reading John Daugherty's post about his reclaimed barn wood table, I thought it might be interesting to see what other's have made from reclaimed wood.
I was fortunate enough to recover some heart pine from buildings destroyed during hurricane Ivan back in 2004. The buildings were constructed in Pensacola, FL between 1850 and 1900. I was able to salvage about 200 bdft of material (primarily roofing boards and rafters) from the buildings. Unfortunately, the rest went to the local land fills. The roofing boards were 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" thick, 10"-18" wide and 20' long. The rafters were 2"x6"x20'. They were very rough when I got them, having 100+ years of various types of shingles on them. They cleaned up very nicely. I ruined one set of planer knives in the process; if you don't find the nails, the planer will! The wide assortment of nails was interesting too: cut nails, copper and galvanized roofing nails, and galvanized common nails. I really showed the history of the roofing material used over the years. I built this chest of drawers from some of the material. Finish is orange shellac and wax.
Tom