The wood for my workbench top will be delivered tomorrow afternoon!

I have a slight change of plans concerning who I will be getting the wood for the 5" thick workbench top from. I was going with a guy in Nebraska who had a solid slab of  Ash, but he wanted nearly $400.00 for it. Today I met a man named Danny Blunk who lives near me and has a sawmill on his farm. I was going to see him just so we could talk wood and see what he had to offer. As it turns out he cut me two nice chunks of Oak about 6 and a half feet long 10" wide, and 5" thick while I watched. Nice!

See the photos below:

This is the log of Oak as I first saw it on Danny's saw. 

Once I told Danny I thought that piece of Oak would work, he fired up the tractor that powers the saw and started cutting the piece square for me. 

Here Danny is turning the log getting ready to slice off a 5" thick slab.

After all the slicing and dicing was done, these are the two pieces I wound up with. Once I joint Them up and clamp em down I'll have a 5" X 22" X 6 1/2' slab for my Roubo style workbench!

Meeting Danny was a pleasure in itself. He is a great guy and I really enjoyed the opportunity to talk with him. The wood was a like icing on the cake. 

If you happen to be in West central Iowa and need some custom cut wood at the best price possible lookup Danny Blunk of Otter Creek Sawmill Kiron, Iowa. The phone number is 712.676.3503 You won't be sorry!