Of course, this is all very hypothetical. I’m prepared for all the wood to be useless junk, just planning for ideal circumstances

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All very reasonable points, and while I’m aware it’s very unlikely I can just dive into work, I kinda wanna anyway. Say it’s like 30% and I make the table, so i have to plane it periodically to reflatten? I don’t see that as a big deal

On the other hand, if it is genuinely green, a 24"×6"×96" slab would be like 500lbs, which is a little over what I think i can safely maneuver by myself.

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

1. I don’t know the moisture content, it’s already mostly dead, just standing.
2. it’s ten feet from my house, logs will be stacked and milled in the driveway after the crane takes them out of the backyard
3. fair point about the pith, that was kind of what I was getting at with the question, so thanks
4. of course you’re right, for the same reason plywood is so dimensionally stable. BUT, theres a few other factors I’m considering

First, cool factor. I just kinda like the idea of just a few massive hunks of wood stuck together into a table. Appeals to the caveman brain

Second, actually practical, laminating the top basically quadruples the surface area id have to get square and true, and since I’m likely doing this all by hand, that’s like two months of work right there, I’ve got a one year-old bumbling around here

Well the tree is about 75-80% dead already, so i don’t really know what state the wood is gonna be in when it comes down.

I plan on largely using hand tools, I don’t have the space or money for power tools. Plus there’s a unique feeling of satisfaction knowing I can make things with a saw, set of chisels, and a couple hand planes

Harrison Ford?