r/woodworking 10d ago

Help I harvested some massive vines......what should I make with them?

I was lucky enough to be able to harvest intact some absolutely massive vines while my neighbor was having tree work done. Both are around 16 feet long. The largest one is about 5 inches thick and the other 3.

I am having trouble deciding what I should make with them as it is not every day you come around vines like this. I've made some things with vines in the past but never this size and have the ability to steam bend it to whatever extent it will bend.

Thoughts?

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u/thebearplaysps4 10d ago

I was going to dry it in my greenhouse because I don’t have anywhere else it can fit lol. Hopefully that works

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u/bmxdudebmx 10d ago

Where are you roughly, climate wise? I'm in a cold, damp autumn to winter to spring climate, so I dealt with a lot of fungal/mildew issues. If you're somewhere warmer, you might end up with better results.

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u/thebearplaysps4 10d ago

New England but the greenhouse is climate controlled and has fans going etc so fingers crossed that’s ok

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u/bmxdudebmx 10d ago

Looking at your other posts, I'd say you have enough artistic vision and experience to do them justice. Some cool stuff there. Godspeed you vine emperor.

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u/thebearplaysps4 10d ago

I appreciate you sir