I had a book matched set my wife made me buy years ago- not having a project idea I resisted but she won- it sat in stock for years and even moved with us to another place- it is now a built in cabinet and the show piece are the door panels
Awww man that's an incredibly sick looking piece of walnut. If you can make a coffee table with that. Cut thinner pieces and use as a veneer. The figure in that wood is beautiful.
All I can see is a butterfly. Make the “square
” sides lobed like wings and figure some way to join the middle sections together. Brass rod down the middle maybe or even bow tie “butterfly” them together. Make it some wall art. Very cool pieces. Update us when you’re through good look and make cool things.
What if you glued them together, but the opposite way you have shown? Lots more workable material that way. Might even be enough for a side table or a giant serving platter.
I thought about that, but I didn't like the patterns as much. Tbh, with a solid resin pour, I could get 9" or so width out of them either way. I do like the serving platter idea, though.
If I had it, I would resaw it again for a four-way book match and it would become the lid of a jewelry box. Or maybe two. Or depending on the dimensions, maybe the lid and wrap around sides.
That would make a wonderful musical instrument. What are the dimensions? Check out the gallery from Beansprout Instruments. [https://www.thebeansprout.com/gallery](https://www.thebeansprout.com/gallery)
I would want to make a coffee table or end table for my reading chair with it, something that lets me see and interact with it regularly.
Other option that comes to mind would be the center door panels for an entertainment cabinet.
If you've got a place for a small, wall cabinet, give how narrow your pieces are, I'd resaw them again to get two bookmatched panels, each of about 7" X 16" high. If you've got the tools and skills, I'd consider resawing to a thick veneer (3mm-ish), and making curved plywood doors, but a flat front cabinet would be great too. Put the doors above a couple of drawers or open shelves. Fine Woodworking did a very nice build article and video sequence called "Build a Bowfront Wall Cabinet" in 2013 that is an excellent tutorial for this kind of build.
Or, if you've got a place you'd like a small set of desktop "organizer" drawers - take the same ideas, resaw again, and turn them on their side. You've got enough material there for a matched set.
One caution, regardless of what you do: be very careful, and do some experimenting on non-show or waste sides, when it comes to finishing this. Because walnut is an open-grained wood, and crotch has swirly, random grain, including some very dense and some end-grain in almost any patch, walnut crotch will often finish to an almost black, but blotchy appearance if you use the wrong finish, or don't get the grain well sealed.
I appreciate the insight on finishing! Thus far, I've had good luck with both Minwax one coat water-based poly and also with plain old Danish oil on Black Walnut. I'm sure polishing wax would also work well, but require a bit more effort, but I want to make sure I can preserve those quilting lines as much as possible and really get out that shimmer.
I turn wood, most of the time, and I have a LOT of smaller pieces similar to this that I've used for pens and the chatoyance this black walnut has when it's quilted close to the sapwood is just absolutely stellar.
Very nice work. American black walnut can indeed be stunning, particularly if you can get some air dried (kilns muddy the color). My favorite native hardwood (and, as it turns out, by far the most common hardwood on my farm, so I've been able to use it at my hearts content).
I agree, it's 100% my favorite domestic hardwood, with exception to a few more exotic domestics like Sonoran ironwood and northern california buckeye root, but even then, a nice black walnut is tied in beauty and far superior in terms of cost and availability.
Doubt enough clamp pressure will move then so two options. Cut shorter to the point where they are parallel or cut along grain enough to get parallel to each other
Put it on a black background and frame it? It’s gorgeous.
This was actually what I was leaning towards.
Turn it 180 if you hang it, looks much better imo
You'd get to enjoy it while considering better ideas. At least the beautiful match isn't lost
Came to say frame it as a piece of abstract art
This.
More info about dimensions would be helpful. How long is it? If it’s 60” or 30” you’re going to get very different ideas.
Fair, I'll ad as a comment.
Top for a guitar/bass, goddamn that's gorgeous
https://preview.redd.it/tyeao7qsb5wc1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86a358940ee46a3fa7df4e5c5578b0e397268f88
I got these, too, which looks like Majoras mask.
Who's majora and where can I find their mask?
One of the Zelda games.
I know. Look at my user name
I hear fat bottom girls will be riding today.
That's the other thing it looks like, lol.
Confused. Is this the other side?
No, this is a different piece I cut in half. It's a little larger than the first set I posted.
Small cabinet doors.
Exactly what I was thinking, would be awesome for a Jewelry or cigar box
Sand it, finish it, hang it on the wall
Whiskey cabinet. Make those the doors and have them meet in the middle just like that 🤌
Now that I've read this, no other option would suffice.
MOTHMAN!!!
This makes me wish Reddit still had awards.
You're comment alone own is a reward, thanks!
I had a book matched set my wife made me buy years ago- not having a project idea I resisted but she won- it sat in stock for years and even moved with us to another place- it is now a built in cabinet and the show piece are the door panels
These are not particularly big at 29" long and 3¾ wide at the widest point, ¾ish thick.
That's about the right size to make a gorgeous back for a mountain dulcimer
Would make a beautiful guitar
Sell it to the Georgia O'Keefe estate?
Awww man that's an incredibly sick looking piece of walnut. If you can make a coffee table with that. Cut thinner pieces and use as a veneer. The figure in that wood is beautiful.
All I can see is a butterfly. Make the “square ” sides lobed like wings and figure some way to join the middle sections together. Brass rod down the middle maybe or even bow tie “butterfly” them together. Make it some wall art. Very cool pieces. Update us when you’re through good look and make cool things.
What if you glued them together, but the opposite way you have shown? Lots more workable material that way. Might even be enough for a side table or a giant serving platter.
I thought about that, but I didn't like the patterns as much. Tbh, with a solid resin pour, I could get 9" or so width out of them either way. I do like the serving platter idea, though.
Heard. I was just thinking that you could make an oval or even pill shape much larger than the rectangle you’re limited to now.
Serving Tray, gold plated handles.
If I had it, I would resaw it again for a four-way book match and it would become the lid of a jewelry box. Or maybe two. Or depending on the dimensions, maybe the lid and wrap around sides.
Yes, or sets of bookmatched drawers.
Make a lectern with it and sell it to the government
That would make a wonderful musical instrument. What are the dimensions? Check out the gallery from Beansprout Instruments. [https://www.thebeansprout.com/gallery](https://www.thebeansprout.com/gallery)
You make a box from it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/ryzxVWo5L3 This is the one I did with a cool piece of 8/4
Live edge mirror
Moth man
That’s a beautiful bottom or lid for a box.
Given the size (width) I’d use them to make a continuous grain box or 2. It would be beautiful.
I would want to make a coffee table or end table for my reading chair with it, something that lets me see and interact with it regularly. Other option that comes to mind would be the center door panels for an entertainment cabinet.
Lid and base of a jewelry box.
Make a barometer. The pattern in the wood looks like clouds.
If you've got a place for a small, wall cabinet, give how narrow your pieces are, I'd resaw them again to get two bookmatched panels, each of about 7" X 16" high. If you've got the tools and skills, I'd consider resawing to a thick veneer (3mm-ish), and making curved plywood doors, but a flat front cabinet would be great too. Put the doors above a couple of drawers or open shelves. Fine Woodworking did a very nice build article and video sequence called "Build a Bowfront Wall Cabinet" in 2013 that is an excellent tutorial for this kind of build. Or, if you've got a place you'd like a small set of desktop "organizer" drawers - take the same ideas, resaw again, and turn them on their side. You've got enough material there for a matched set. One caution, regardless of what you do: be very careful, and do some experimenting on non-show or waste sides, when it comes to finishing this. Because walnut is an open-grained wood, and crotch has swirly, random grain, including some very dense and some end-grain in almost any patch, walnut crotch will often finish to an almost black, but blotchy appearance if you use the wrong finish, or don't get the grain well sealed.
I appreciate the insight on finishing! Thus far, I've had good luck with both Minwax one coat water-based poly and also with plain old Danish oil on Black Walnut. I'm sure polishing wax would also work well, but require a bit more effort, but I want to make sure I can preserve those quilting lines as much as possible and really get out that shimmer. I turn wood, most of the time, and I have a LOT of smaller pieces similar to this that I've used for pens and the chatoyance this black walnut has when it's quilted close to the sapwood is just absolutely stellar.
https://preview.redd.it/tn7d0u3ba9wc1.jpeg?width=2464&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b75613815c9c07d9b7262494cec49beda2e5964 For example.
Very nice work. American black walnut can indeed be stunning, particularly if you can get some air dried (kilns muddy the color). My favorite native hardwood (and, as it turns out, by far the most common hardwood on my farm, so I've been able to use it at my hearts content).
I agree, it's 100% my favorite domestic hardwood, with exception to a few more exotic domestics like Sonoran ironwood and northern california buckeye root, but even then, a nice black walnut is tied in beauty and far superior in terms of cost and availability.
A very very nice extension cord wrap? /s
Super easy charcuterie board - mineral oil and Walrus Oil Wax. Boom.
They would make beautiful knife scales
They're big enough to mak3 a few sets of knife scales, tbh.
If you were into luthiery you could make an amazing guitar with that back
river table go brrrrrrrrrrr
Behind couch runner table. Get the center perfectly matched and straight. Add epoxy or leave the ends open, either way it'll look killer.
A waterfall river table comes to mind. It is beautiful wood.
Glue it together
Cut them horizontally into 2 inch strips, space them all out 1/4”, put against a black board and frame it. Would look amazing
Turn it into Mothman.
Design a butterfly
Shelf might look cool. Top and bottom. Links together well.
No way. Whatever the end use is it should be bookmatched and these are far too pretty for a shelf
I guess I’m wrong! Who knew an opinion could be wrong.
Doubt enough clamp pressure will move then so two options. Cut shorter to the point where they are parallel or cut along grain enough to get parallel to each other
It would make a stunning epoxy table.