From Tree to Guitar

[redir]

This is an interesting project that has come up very recently. A local plantation museum lost one of it's maple trees on a very calm day a couple weeks ago. The tree, a sugar maple, is estimated to be about 300 years old. The museum offered up the wood to local craftsman in exchange for something in return. I've been wanting to build a guitar for charity so the opportunity presented itself. I will build an 1800's C. Bruno parlor guitar that will fit the motif of the old plantation just fine.

Anyway the rest of the story is in pics. The wood has been processed and will now rest for one year. So don't forget to check back in

Here is the poor victim or what's left


I found a few suitable logs, museum in the background


This little portable mill is awesome


The bounty


Bandsawing billets


Manageable sized chunks


Then back to the bandsaw to resaw


And finally stacked, stickered and sealed end grain

[Cabarone]

I'm looking forward to this...

[Otterhound]

Just a suggestion . Add another sticker in the center and move the others to within an inch of the board ends and then weight the stacks .
I would add 2 stickers to the longer pieces and separate them from the shorter ones .
If you do actually have 3 different sizes , I would have 3 stacks unless I could align the stickers .

[redir]

^ Thanks for the tip. I need to move those to a more permanent place and will make more stickers for the long term storage. The waiting is now the hardest part...

[Truckjohn]

Sweet!

Yeah... I think you can get a guitar out of that.

So in about a year - you may start resawing backs and sides.

[redir]

Originally Posted by Truckjohn

Sweet!

Yeah... I think you can get a guitar out of that.

So in about a year - you may start resawing backs and sides.

I estimate I can get 20 guitars out of it

Some mandolins too.

And I have not even cut it all up. One slab, that would only produce a couple vertical grain pieces, I'll build a bench out of.