So I had rescued this old white cedar out of my grandmother's house. It was unfortunately a victim of the second fire. it has been a labor of love rescuing this old growth white cedar wood that was paneling in my grandma's house.
Here are the pictures.
This is what some of the wood looked like:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img132/9953/0w2d.jpg)
I cut off the ends that were "oval shaped":
(http://imageshack.us/a/img853/6482/9w4b.jpg)
Then I ripped the burnt sides off of the boards. The tongue and groove paneling had an exposure of 7.5 inches. After ripping some boards were only 4" wide:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img7/1552/fm5w.jpg)
Aydan my son helping me with the planer at work:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img819/429/oq8i.jpg)
And the final product:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img571/8695/4o6a.jpg)
Such a great grain in that wood. Nice saving of the all the wood.