Those old beams are fascinating. Nice work.
Before you found someone to cut them, at 6.5” a table saw couldn’t have cut them? Even if you had to flip it to finish the cut?
Thanks Doc. I am off from this Thursday through next Thursday and I’ll get it hung up sometime during those days.
Man that is awesome. Love the grain in the old cut timbers, you just don't find that kind of wood now days!
I am curious......how did you attach that to the wall? I am sure it is pretty heavy huh? Great job man....just looks amazing!
I cut a 2x8 as a pattern the same length as the beam. I located and marked the studs in the wall, then marked the pattern board with the stud locations and drilled holes there. Then I put the pattern board up to the wall and drilled pilot holes in the wall through the holes in the pattern board. In the wall I had 5 studs to use. I screwed 10” x 1/2” lag bolts into the studs so there were 6” protruding from the wall, and cut off the heads. Then I put the pattern board against the beam and drilled into the beam through the holes in the pattern board. The beam holes slid right over the headless bolts. It’s basically a huge floating shelf, and yeah it’s heavy, I estimate it at around 100#.