Any guesses as to what kind of wood this could be?:
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Originally posted by BillyMack View PostAny guesses as to what kind of wood this could be?:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/fur/319859713.html
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Originally posted by BillyMack View Posthmmm, what a novel idea, Mr. Kahn...you practically read my mind...
I am trying to build a ceiling-mounted, height-adjustable, 360 degree-accessible platform as inexpensive as possible...
this appears to be an excellent choice.
I always wanted a 360 movement. Just to do punching step-throughs and cross overs.Speed Bag
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Aight, here's some more pics. I picked up the table last night and wasted no time, stopping by the hardware store on the way home and picking up over $100 in stuff.
It's gonna be the mother of all platforms...
My girl was not real thrilled about me buying such a nice table just to dismantle it in the interest of the ultimate speed bag platform, so we ordered some Thai food and had dinner in the garage....then I went to work...
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Originally posted by BillyMack View PostIt's gonna be the mother of all platforms...Speed Bag
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Originally posted by BillyMack View PostAight, here's some more pics. I picked up the table last night and wasted no time, stopping by the hardware store on the way home and picking up over $100 in stuff.Originally posted by BillyMack View Post
It's gonna be the mother of all platforms...
My girl was not real thrilled about me buying such a nice table just to dismantle it in the interest of the ultimate speed bag platform, so we ordered some Thai food and had dinner in the garage....then I went to work...
Billy, that's quartersawn white oak. Very expensive stuff. The wood is not particularly expensive, but the way it is cut wastes a lot of wood, but if you look at the grain, you'll notice a kind of "tiger stripe" that runs diagonal to the darker grain stripes. That tiger stripe is unique to oak, particularly white oak. Most sawmills don't like to cut wood that way even though they can (and do) charge more because they don't get as much wood out of a tree. However, the only way to see those tiger stripes (they actually call them rays, technically) is to cut the wood differently. Old time antiques from 100 years ago or more were made from quarter sawn white oak. Gustav Stickley http://www.webteek.com/search.php?si...eySub=Stickley made his furniture almost exclusively from quarter sawn white oak. I think they get something like 40% less lumber out of a tree when they cut it that way, but the grain is much prettier. I made a dining room table out of that exact same stuff, 1 3/4" thick that I had to custom order from a sawmill. Also, notice when you view the end grain it is all diagonal, instead of horizontal, which you would normally see in a table top. If it was straight sawn it woudln't be as pretty and the end grain would be horizontal.
You got a fantastic deal. I'll bet the wood just for the table top cost at least $300 or so.
Oh, another advantage besides the beauty of quarter sawn wood is that it is much more stable, that is, it doesn't move as much with the seasons that straight sawn wood does, which makes it ideal for furniture. Not that you have to worry about climate change and humidity fluctuations in So. Cal. like the rest of the country does anyway.
Looks great!Last edited by Chris M; 04-28-2007, 08:00 PM.
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