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Bench top question (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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I'm taking an ash tree down on my property next week and I'm gonna build a work bench with it. I want it to be a hefty boy, so I'm going the roubo route.

Question is, since I can ask the mill for specific cuts, is there any reason I shouldn't just get one monstrous 6" slab from the middle of the trunk and use it?

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[–] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm really not gonna know if this is anything but a pipe dream until the tree removal company cuts into it. For all I know it's rotted all to hell and is worthless

But if it isn't, what an opportunity. To take a tree from my backyard and turn it into a hopefully gorgeous workbench. That's a dream come true

[–] karpintero@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Old tree or emerald ash borer?

[–] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Borer