Woodworker’s Guild of America: Working with big wood
Wood sliced into boards is great to work with and can allow you to build awesome furniture. But, once you work with a giant slab of wood, well, you’ll be amazed at the designs mother nature can throw into the piece.
This page gives you some pointers about working with these huge pieces of wood. From the safe lifting of boards that could weigh hundreds of pounds to the safe way to cut the boards down to size when building smaller projects, there are a number of common-sense safety and storage tips available.
I like their web site a lot and enjoy learning from guys like George Vondriska.
Their site, like yours, is a great place to gain some know how.
Thanks Tom.
Eric
Is it possible to have too many amazing, live-edged slabs?
Well, if you can no longer fit into your home…. that might be a clue that you need to cull the supply…
Tom
Thanks so much for posting this story on your site. Dave, the author, has done a lot of natural edge work, and it was great to grab some of his experience.
George