Lets see your wood

[Morag Jones]

Decorator's scraper?
I'd go the same route as Eshmiel on this one. I think you'll find it is not as difficult as you think. Even if the edge is gone, brute force wins out. Deffo worth saving and sure you'll make something lovely one day.

 

[Mick p]

Bit of a result today. Neighbour is doing some renovations to their house and I looked out the window to see this solid mahogany mantle being subjected to a saw, I ran so fast I think I have whiplash. A quick chat later and he was more than happy for me to take it on for free! Approx 7 foot long, 10 inches wide and 2 inches thick.

Now that I've secured this monster any suggestions on removing the construction adhesive complete with left over brick?

Hi Graham hope you are well. That find will make some brilliant square and round shallow bowls and platters .these are a couple I made with a similar find only 1 inch thick

 

[Eshmiel]

I did initially think of a chisel, but like you say the edge was gone in no time at all so was somewhat reluctant to carry on, unfortuately I don't think going along the grain would be possible due to having no choice but to attack from the sides.

A cranked chisel would work to hit the clags in a way to follow the grain. You can probably get an inexpensive one on ebay. Or buy a new one from Narex then fettle its edge back to good after you've de-clagged with it. Cranked chisels are very, very useful things, so they are. I have four (but I'm not lending them out for de-clagging, mind).

 

[graham88]

@Eshmiel the good news is that using a chisel to do paring cuts it actually quite effective without totally ruining the edge or tearing out any wood, turns out a heat gun is also my best friend, just hold it over the patch of goop and after about 30 seconds it becomes soft enough for the chisel to make light(ish) work of it, fortunately most of the blobs are big enough for the heat to not damage the wood around it. It also seems the blob I started on was one of the hardest of the lot. After an hour or so I'm nearing the half way mark, hopefully once i've got it to just the most stubborn bits a quick pass with a sander would be enough to finish it off. Sadly, no cranked chisel, but I may have to invest in a couple, I'm sure it's a tool that will have more uses than one would initially think so thanks for the suggestion. @Morag Jones paint scraper would probably work too but mine has been AWOL for a month or so, have a horrible feeling it's under some floorboards. Another thing to invest in!

@Mick p, good to hear from you, hope you're well too. The lathe still runs beautifully and has seen plenty of use, thanks again. Things have been a bit up and down the last year or so, the black suit has made some unwelcome appearances and I was out of action most of January with pneumonia, all on the mend now thankfully. I was planning on getting a couple of bowls out of this board and then seeing where the rest may end up. Half the problem is there's a huge roundover along 3 edges so it doesn't lend itself well as square timber but I'm sure I'll find a good project or two for it. That's a lovely piece you've made there, I really should do more square bowls as they do look fantastic when done well.