Heavy milling

As a refresher, these are the original two slabs I posted back before Christmas.


This is a long view of one of them. Each was 12' long.


I broke them down into approximately 79"/65" lengths


Here is the Woodmizer. You can see the stack of wood on the ground near the loader.


This is one of the bench top slabs being readied for cutting.

The slab again. Also, on the loader, you can see what will become the legs. It is white oak. This is some pretty rough looking stuff. It already served one full life as a clamp pad for rolling and emptying railroad cars. Then, it spend some time on the ground and has some real rot on one end.

This is the finished product. It has been roughed out with the Woodmizer, jointed, and planed to thickness. It took pretty much a full 12 hour day to get to this. (Including pulling out and setting up equipment, putting equipment back up, etc.) From left to right:
Board 1 - Base, contains 2 feet
Board 2 - Base, contains 2 top pieces
Board 3 - Top, Center slab 1
Board 4 - Top, Center slab 2
Board 5 - Base, Contains 2 risers
Board 6 - Base, Contains 2 risers
Board 7 & 8 (stacked on top of each other) - Stretchers