American Chestnut Wood

[Eric Rorabaugh]

Welcome from Virginia. That's a beautiful tobacco barn. Love to have that on my place

 

[Gdurfey]

Welcome Mike. Gorgeous work. Enjoy this crazy place.

 

[Mike Hayes]

Welcome Mike. Gorgeous work. Enjoy this crazy place.

Thank you

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

I have not made anything from any of the large Chestnut beams that I have reclaimed as of yet. I am in the process of building a larger shop and am glad you asked the question. I like building larger projects, for instance at the church I built I made an unusual chandelier out of cedar limbs. I made it to look like an elk antler chandelier. I used the limbs from some of the red cedar trees we harvested to do the interior wood finishes in the church. I could post some pics if you would like to see them.

We dont like pictures... that's why we have this fellow with his sign
Bring em on! This is your turn at the story telling table tell us some good ones. Even better with pictures!

 

[Mike Hayes]

We dont like pictures... that's why we have this fellow with his sign
Bring em on! This is your turn at the story telling table tell us some good ones. Even better with pictures!

This is the bullet proof pulpit, it has a heart pine top and cypress wrap at the bottom. I don't want to overload you so I will deal the pics out slowly

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Reckon a preacher is allowed to thump that,n if he so desires!
Does the copper cover a row of fasteners for the bookshelf/stabilizer about halfway down?

 

[Mike Hayes]

Reckon a preacher is allowed to thump that,n if he so desires!
Does the copper cover a row of fasteners for the bookshelf/stabilizer about halfway down?

Nope ,those are full half rounds of white pine I ordered from the sawmill, there are 3 solid half rounds of tree trunks

 

[Mike Hayes]

Nope ,those are full half rounds of white pine I ordered from the sawmill, there are 3 solid half rounds of tree trunks

the shelf is built in from the back

 

[Mike Hayes]

Welcome from Virginia. That's a beautiful tobacco barn. Love to have that on my place

Yes, I agree, I grew up raising burley tobacco and it helped put my children through school. Our family raised and traded in tobacco for 11 generations in America. My grandchildren are the first ones not to raise tobacco(yet).

 

[Mike Hayes]

the shelf is built in from the back

I did not find the pic I wanted, however this is the red cedar limb chandelier with LED candle light's

 

[Mike Hayes]

found the pic I wanted you to see

 

[Mike Hayes]

I will stop for now with this one. I dug up the red cedar stump from one of the trees we cut for the church wains coating tables etc and turned it inside out for the Porte Cochere featured light fixture

 

[Maverick]

Welcome from So Cal. Enjoy the site. Thanks for sharing some of your work. Very nicely done.

 

[Mike Hayes]

Welcome from So Cal. Enjoy the site. Thanks for sharing some of your work. Very nicely done.

Thank you

 

[Mike Hill]

Welcome from, Middle Tennessee. Glad to have you on board. I've seen a lot of churches in my day, but none like that - kewl! I do like driving around in the fall while they are smoking the dark-fired. Daughter went to ETSU and enjoyed the time exploring your part of the country. Also built a building in Morristown quite a few years ago. Some of the workers were shooting dove from the balcony - had to put a stop to that!

 

[Mike Hayes]

Welcome from, Middle Tennessee. Glad to have you on board. I've seen a lot of churches in my day, but none like that - kewl! I do like driving around in the fall while they are smoking the dark-fired. Daughter went to ETSU and enjoyed the time exploring your part of the country. Also built a building in Morristown quite a few years ago. Some of the workers were shooting dove from the balcony - had to put a stop to that!

Sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy hit song possibility

 

[Wildthings]

Welcome from the Gulf Coast of Texas. Don't stop on the pictures. You ain't going to overload anyone on this site!!

 

[Alan R McDaniel Jr]

Jesus was a woodworker and a woodworker's son. I think he would like that Church very much and feel right at home there.

Thanks for the pics. They are beautiful.

Alan

 

[Mike Hayes]

Welcome from the Gulf Coast of Texas. Don't stop on the pictures. You ain't going to overload anyone on this site!!

Will try to get some more posted, I have been hammer down on the Chestnut barn.

 

[Ralph Muhs]

I am happy to see these posts on this thread. So you build big things, a church for example. I would like to see more pictures of the church. I tend to build large things too, houses, workshops, and a house in Jamaica.