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VictorBravo

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It's been sitting in my shop for more than a year and is well cured now. Originally I was going to make it into a garden table. The picture doesn't show it well, but it's about 30 inches high. It's from a poplar that lost its top in a wind storm.

But now I'm think of putting it on casters using it as a power tool base or a vise/anvil/banging station. I've found myself using it as a solid thing to pound on.

Any ideas or should I just burn it?

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If it is not cracked or split, don't burn it
Some woodworker will want it or perhaps a metal worker will want it

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30" is about right for a stool. Mount some casters on it and plant your behind on it.

If you get bored over the winter, sand the top down and put a coat of polycrylic on it.
 
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X3 for an anvil/whooping station, the anvil/ BCOS (Big Chunk Of Steel) wont ring nearly as much when its on wood. I wouldnt put casters on it if you do go that route, unless they're heavy duty!
 
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"I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal, high enough so you can look up her dress."

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I agree with leveling it off and putting an anvil on top of it and no casters. maybe get a nice piece of RR track to use as your cold steel anvil until you get a real anvil and a forge to use it for hot metal pounding like anvils were made for.

or a vise mount and again i wouldn't put casters on it.
 
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Burn it. It's junk wood, poplar, that is low density andwill soon fall apart. No good for a long term banging.

In my part of the country, a stump is the part of the tree that sticks into the ground remaining after you cut down the tree. What you have there is a round of firewood. Split it up and burn it.
 
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Highbeam said:
Burn it. It's junk wood, poplar, that is low density andwill soon fall apart. No good for a long term banging.

In my part of the country, a stump is the part of the tree that sticks into the ground remaining after you cut down the tree. What you have there is a round of firewood. Split it up and burn it.
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If you're wanting to find a piece of wood to plant an anvil on, you need Elm.
 
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Trim it down to the proper height, mount casters on it and find yourself a suitable anvil and put it to good use. Or, get a chainsaw and make a kool shop stool out of it. Use your imagination, but don't burn it unless you must.
 
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Thanks for all the ideas!

Sure, poplar's junk wood, but here on the basalt steppes, it's all I've got.

It's pretty stout. I'm looking for an anvil.

Hammer Shlagen looks good, too--but I'm afraid some of my buddies would hurt themselves.
 
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Offer to swap it for something else. Didn't one guy start with pape clip and end with a house after multiple swaps a few years ago. When the dust settles you may have a new garage! Heck, you might start a new category here on GJ!
 
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I'd use it as is for pounding on things or maybe for a electric guitar body.Poplar is used as a tonewood on guitars, i play guitar so for me that would be cool.
 
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