I've been working on Frances's new pantry-cabinet deal (floor to ceiling 25" x
36" wide), and decided to use some old cherry floating around to form edges for the melamine board for the pull out bottom shelf.The board is 13' long x 5-3/4", x about 1-1/4" thick, but badly warped. I cut the longest straight part, 32" or so, out, face jointed it and almost went into shock. I then edge jointed it and planed the other side. This is the absolute prettiest piece of flame figured cherry I've ever seen. I'll have to try to cut short bits from the other pieces and get some more straight stuff. The shelf edging is now going to be some run-of-the-mill red oak.
Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped it on the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He gave me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4 thick) thick x 8" wide--for $75.
Whoo, boy.
Charlie Self "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill