Large Banyan Block

[Byron Barker]

@Bill12035 expressed interest in the past towards getting some Banyan. Here is a large block that’s finally getting out of the shed. 70x12x12cm. Coloration isn’t much, but the rings are really fine and sort of serrated giving it some interesting figure. Wood is seasoned now and lacks any major defects of any kind. It is surprisingly stable wood as it seasons. I cut a thin board just to see if it would bend, warp our check as it dried, but it remained completely straight and check-free. I’d like 45$ for this block plus shipping. If Bill doesn’t need it, it’ll be up for grabs.

 

[Big Ry]

I'll get in line behind Bill

 

[SA-Motors]

Hey Byron, @Byron Barker I don’t have any Banyon and would love a piece if you have any more. I’d like something 50cm long or longer, or a block suitable for a bowl blank. Please keep your eye out for me if you can, but I will wait in line behind the other interested parties. Thanks!

 

[SA-Motors]

@Byron Barker here’s a Banyan tree we saw in Florida last year. It was so big decided to take a picture of it. Do the ones in Taiwan get this size?

 

[Big Ry]

@Byron Barker here’s a Banyan tree we saw in Florida last year. It was so big decided to take a picture of it. Do the ones in Taiwan get this size?
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That looks like something you'd see in Harry Potter lol

 

[Byron Barker]

@Byron Barker here’s a Banyan tree we saw in Florida last year. It was so big decided to take a picture of it. Do the ones in Taiwan get this size?
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Yes, they get massive…quickly. We had a glorious that was over a century old fall over last year in a public park. They’d wrap it in a large red bow to respect it. Shaded half the park. Fortunately, even though if fell over, they just trimmed it up and it’s already regrowing upwards just fine. Hardy stuff

 

[SA-Motors]

Yeah, it’s crazy how big some of them get. It’s a wonder to me how the host tree actually survives under all the Banyan.

 

[Byron Barker]

Hey Byron, @Byron Barker I don’t have any Banyon and would love a piece if you have any more. I’d like something 50cm long or longer, or a block suitable for a bowl blank. Please keep your eye out for me if you can, but I will wait in line behind the other interested parties. Thanks!

There is one on my drive to work that just fell into the road during a typhoon that hit 2 weeks ago. I can definitely get that length, but what width do you want? The city cut off mostly the limbs as the body wasn’t in the road. I can grab some and mill them. I’d say they’d yield a block about as big as the one listed.

 

[SA-Motors]

Hey Byron, that would be great. 50 to 60cm long and 10cm x 10 square is plenty, or even 50-60cm long and 10cm x 5cm rectangler because it will be heavy to ship if it’s green.

Here’s a picture of the same tree from the other side:

 

[Bill12035]

@Bill12035 expressed interest in the past towards getting some Banyan. Here is a large block that’s finally getting out of the shed. 70x12x12cm. Coloration isn’t much, but the rings are really fine and sort of serrated giving it some interesting figure. Wood is seasoned now and lacks any major defects of any kind. It is surprisingly stable wood as it seasons. I cut a thin board just to see if it would bend, warp our check as it dried, but it remained completely straight and check-free. I’d like 45$ for this block plus shipping. If Bill doesn’t need it, it’ll be up for grabs.

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What's the shipping to 12035?

 

[Byron Barker]

What's the shipping to 12035?

I am assuming it is around 6kg. The calculation I’m getting is 40-50$. If it’s out of your budget range, no worries!

 

[Cloud of Sawdust Farms]

There is one on my drive to work that just fell into the road during a typhoon that hit 2 weeks ago. I can definitely get that length, but what width do you want? The city cut off mostly the limbs as the body wasn’t in the road. I can grab some and mill them. I’d say they’d yield a block about as big as the one listed.

If you end up with a smallish offcut -- roughly 16 x 8 x 2 cm, although a bit smaller or larger is fine, or even a limb "cookie" or a length of a branch -- I'd gladly buy it for the collection. My zip code is 72032. Thanks!