All of Affinity’s pieces are made from raw materials obtained by natural recovery. Here we are moving a 22,000-lb. Pin Oak grounded in a storm near Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia home.
Transporting a 15,000-lb. White Oak from a Mennonite farm in Pennsylvania. The tree had to be removed to make way for highway construction. The truck is a 28-ft. flatbed.
Our custom-made chainsaw bar is the longest one ever made. It can cut a tree seven feet in diameter. A tree that size will yield about 14 four-inch slabs.
When whole trees cannot be removed cost-effectively because of their location (down a hill, or deep in the woods) we can cut slabs in the field. Here we are slabbing a 6-ft. Sycamore in Pennsylvania.
A tree is racked for slabbing. Racking allows for straight, even cuts, which mitigate checking – or movement – as the wood dries naturally.
Slabs of Sycamore, stacked and ready for transport to our studio in Western Maryland.
On the left is a 15-ft. Swamp Oak that was taken from a home in Ohio that was used as a stop in the Underground Railroad. It was at least 220 years old and was damaged in a storm.
On the right is a 12-ft. Sycamore from Pennsylvania. Remarkably, the customer who bought it uses the entire trunk as a shelf, with the straight edge lying flush with the wall for support.
