Timber fairy causes enquiry

[fuse]

Backstory - pair of Polish ladies live nearby and the one that works at the sawmill is, like me, a bit of a hoarder.
The homemaker one ,a bit like mine,tolerates only so much so knocked on the door while partner was at work and asked if I would like this.

Theres some usable (not sure for what yet) slabs of heavy dense oak amongst it .
Would I be ok with the cheapish general purpose table saw blade or is there a preferred type for such material?

The caveat of the clandestine shenanigans was that I have to "use van take this to tip"

Well I had no choice did I ???
It went in the van but It didnt make it to the tip.......

 

[Lons]

Nice find.

You need a permit in our area to use a van to the tip so a great excuse not to go.

 

[Trevanion]

Nice score, quite a usable bench, but that Record 35 is a real gem. They were made from Cast Steel throughout and thus are practically unbreakable.

A general-purpose blade will cut the oak, but if you're ripping it down I would really recommend a dedicated ripping blade as the sections look fairly thick so you will have a much easier time doing that with a coarser blade.

 

[Cabinetman]

There’s some nice pieces of Oak in there, not all of it a bit on the short side either, most of it looks to be about an inch and a half stuff, do you have a bandsaw to resaw the short bits? Would make nice box sides.

 

[Eric the Viking]

Paint the endgrain!

It helps avoid shakes starting or growing, and means you lose less length when you do come to use them.

And, when you do use them, if there is wind (corkscrewing) or bowing (Banana Tendency*), cut to approx. length/width first, so you minimise thickness lost in trueing them up.

They'll do for all kinds of projects, and part of the delight is selecting what to use up, when...

Have lots of fun, E.

*not to be confused with the 1970s prog. rock band of the same name, although Weevil Holes (drummer) was reputed to make C16th replica blanket chests in his spare time.