WaxingMoon
12-27-2009, 06:45 AM
I visited a fellow woodworker in Kentucky end of last August... He was very generous when he gave me these two chunks of Wormy American Chestnut.
Some of you may not know that this wood has been extinct since the early 1940's - due to blight, which wiped out the species..... But, before that happened, Chestnut was the go to wood to build just about everything.... That's why barn wood can hold some value.... because chances are, an old barn was made out of Chestnut....
Needless to say, the wood my buddy gave me is at least 60, if not 70 years old already.... It is a tad fragile, but not too bad... but, there were several knot holes, where the knots had shrunk up and fell out... and the surrounding wood was not very sound.... So, I taped the bottom of the nail & knot holes and filled 'em up with epoxy.... ought to strengthen up the wood, and help keep the integrity of what it once was.... An old piece of barnwood... I've worked this stuff before and it turns out looking great!
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/evsallee/WMWH10/DSC09973.jpg
I made this display case & picture frames out of Wormy American Chestnut..... Should make a great looking humidor!
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/evsallee/DSC06403.jpg
Some of you may not know that this wood has been extinct since the early 1940's - due to blight, which wiped out the species..... But, before that happened, Chestnut was the go to wood to build just about everything.... That's why barn wood can hold some value.... because chances are, an old barn was made out of Chestnut....
Needless to say, the wood my buddy gave me is at least 60, if not 70 years old already.... It is a tad fragile, but not too bad... but, there were several knot holes, where the knots had shrunk up and fell out... and the surrounding wood was not very sound.... So, I taped the bottom of the nail & knot holes and filled 'em up with epoxy.... ought to strengthen up the wood, and help keep the integrity of what it once was.... An old piece of barnwood... I've worked this stuff before and it turns out looking great!
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/evsallee/WMWH10/DSC09973.jpg
I made this display case & picture frames out of Wormy American Chestnut..... Should make a great looking humidor!
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/evsallee/DSC06403.jpg