We had a huge horse chestnut in our orchard. The wood may be okay for drawer bottoms or white inlay, but not much use to us than garden ornamental beauty. The nuts beautiful too, but the casings are devilish!
Wow very nice job. Very big wood. Saw-shop doing a very nice job of saw. I never throught you would be able to back that saw out of the cut. starting at 3:00. Thank you. I should come for a visit next time I'm in Japan
I really enjoy Mr. Sasada's videos. I used to work in a cabinet factory using hard woods. What is the most common width the boards are being cut to? Are there any videos or even pictures of finished products made from this wood, like tables, chairs or counters?
All you safety winers and video winers need yo give it a rest! This is not the US where government regulates a buisness into bankruptcy. These guys have probably been doing this job for more years than a lot of us have been alive, and yet I see no missing arms,legs, or fingers. Get a life and enjoy the finished product. I'd bet most of us that are woodworkers would give our favorite tool several times over for a piece of that woof. I know I would. Just saying.
It depends how it's carried out. Usually it's kiln dried in a big oven until the ideal moisture %age is reached. If you were to do it at home you'd put spacers between each plank to let air and heat circulate and leave it for about 5 years.
Horse Chestnut Burl has to be some of the most beautiful lumber on the planet imo. What I wouldn't give for just 1 of those live edge slabs in my shop.
I used to build and design kitchens an bathrooms and built a lot of furniture. I specialize in 1890-1915 time period furniture. Learned a lot from my father back in the 60’s.
Lester Miller - Nice one. I'm a mainly self taught amateur who does smaller stuff and a bit of this and that in Qld Australia so even getting little peices of the wood in these videos i think would be quite difficult for me.
Clearly it is possible, otherwise there would be no video. However, big slabs like that are expensive and, more importantly, horse chestnut is no good for furniture, it's way too soft. You'd have to cover the entire table top in a layer of epoxy resin to give it any kind of hardness.
Arbeitsschutz!!!! Der Typ läuft da mit dem Rücken an der Bandsäge vorbei, da schauderts einem! Gibt sicher ne Menge Gräber auf dem Firmengelände🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I thought the same when those workers were dicking around prying that slab of wood whilst the blade is running full bore not 4ft away from them (4:34).
Same difference..? Nature made them to be used and enjoyed, only fools would over harvest, there is no money in over harvesting. It is self regulating, does not dpneed government meddling.
