What to do with Church Pew

[colinhart]

HI All

So I may be a little excited / over enthusiastic / may other things... but hey...

A few years back I was able to buy a small Church Pew, it was small and in rather a bad way, so only good for breaking apart and salvaging any decent bits of wood.

Any way I got my first Lathe a few days ago,and have turn a small bowl, and roughed out some mahogany. But now I have some 5" x 5" (oak I think). I have cut the wood short as it had some unfortunate mortice's cut in...

SO my question is: What should I do with this rather old / rather eaten bit of history?

A few pictures to show what I have... I have had to sharpen the chisel 3 times already.

Regards

Colin.

 

[wizard]

firewood

 

[Jacob]

yep.
Or could you stick it back together? It's often really disappointing how much good wood you can retrieve from a bit of old furniture. Best left as it is, repaired and if necessary, painted.

 

[Woodchips2]

You could turn a carver's mallet. A few good wallops when it's finished will give any surviving woodworm a headache and they'll hopefully hop it.

Regards Keith

 

[woodturnerEric]

microwave it if it`ll fit or woodworm killer from B+Q works well,then you have a piece with a talking point when finnished,cheers,

Eric.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

A carver's mallet? You wouldn't do any damage to your chisels, that's for sure.