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What to do with 3M~ of unprepared stock of cherry and juniper (lemmy.zip)
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I talked to a neighbor I met in the neighborhood workshop, he told me he had around 2000 mm x 150 mm, each dried logs of cherry and juniper. The juniper I figure I can carve into kitchen utensils, and the cherry can be used for tool handles.

The problem is I'm a complete beginner to woodworking. I have no clue how I should go about preparing the stock for this. I have a set of chisels, a Stanley No.5, Stanley No.4½, all of which I have the ability to sharpen. I have no hatchets, froes, or logging chisels.

He said he was gonna throw this out soon, and hardwood is hard to come by where I live.

EDIT: To clarify, I share the workshop with this neighbor, and a few other neighbors. The wood has been stored in this location for several years, and I would keep storing it here. Thank you for all of your replies!

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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Use a saw to get it roughly the size you want, and use your chisels and rasps and such to shape it into what you want to make.

You're already halfway there with a goal (handles for tools), the rest is imagination and willpower.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Thanks, I've been thinking of getting some proper splitting wedges (what I previously referred to as logging chisels), might get a bit ambitious and use it for a desk shelf I've been intending to build for a while.

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