LarryEA Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 My neighbor Vince is redoing his grandparents home. The home was built in 1887. Here is a board he removed from the house. He plans on lightly sanding it and using it as a cabinet top. This board was wider than what is shown. This is what he saved when he removed it. I'm guessing it is 36" wide by 68" tall. I can almost imagine the tree, a Pine, Hemlock or maybe a Spruce, a soft wood. So big, three men cannot span their arms around it. Over a 100 feet tall. What I cannot imagine is how it was sawn. A two man saw? How long did it take? All in all, it is the widest board I have seen. Oh, by the way... Vince is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 320 pounds... Notice, the board hides him. Travis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wow, think what we could do with that! Thank for showing it Larry! LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Amazing piece of lumber. I drool every time I see lumber this size. I was in my favourite lumber store the other day and in the back room I noticed a gigantic piece of exotic wood from South America. The size had to have been approximately 5 x 8 and 6" thick. My eyes popped and my mouth started to drool. The price was just over $2000.00. LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Larry, I bet its good and dry, after all these years. Len LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Funny thing is I couldn't help but look at the rest of the timber around him and think of what I could do with that. Roly Edited January 24, 2016 by Phantom Scroller LarryEA, tomsteve and sullyscroller 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsteve Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 very impressive piece of lumber! heres a video of old school logging operations. they had some pretty huge mills back then https://youtu.be/HrIHoBp-lsc LarryEA and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 very impressive piece of lumber! heres a video of old school logging operations. they had some pretty huge mills back then https://youtu.be/HrIHoBp-lsc Very good to watch Tom no health & Safety there just blisters. Roly LarryEA, tomsteve and WayneMahler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Nice to find / have old wood like that to use. I'm a little jealous Great video. Thanks Tom. LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 very impressive piece of lumber! heres a video of old school logging operations. they had some pretty huge mills back then https://youtu.be/HrIHoBp-lsc Nice find of a movie of something that intrigues me,Thanks! tomsteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 My neighbor Vince is redoing his grandparents home. The home was built in 1887. Here is a board he removed from the house. He plans on lightly sanding it and using it as a cabinet top. This board was wider than what is shown. This is what he saved when he removed it. I'm guessing it is 36" wide by 68" tall. I can almost imagine the tree, a Pine, Hemlock or maybe a Spruce, a soft wood. So big, three men cannot span their arms around it. Over a 100 feet tall. What I cannot imagine is how it was sawn. A two man saw? How long did it take? All in all, it is the widest board I have seen. vinces_big_board_rsz.jpg Oh, by the way... Vince is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 320 pounds... Notice, the board hides him. Thanks for showing the picture and story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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