Man I wish I could give yes or no answers. This particular stump about 2 ft above ground and I think the tree must have been standing dead for a long time, 10 + years. When I dug it up, I dug out 10 ft. each side, nothing, there really wasn't much more than what you see, unusual. This stump was in bad shape. I had to use a lot of wood dye and feather the coloring. Would I do it again, probably because I have not got the memo that you are suppose to make money on this stuff. If you have a really short stump (not being personal) at ground level and if it is at least 3 ft. across you still have potential for slabbing, and the prospect for incredible grain. Each root coming into the stump has its own personality, grain statement, I refer to it as Steven King grain, crazy and very difficult, but the reward can be off the chart. You still could get a table base. A small track hoe, rent at Home Depot really fun. You are going to have a really big hole, 4 ft deep, 10-15 ft wide to make sure you get all the roots. That is the right way to do it, but you might only be able to do the best you can do, and that's my goal everyday. The pic is a root i cut off an carved into "Big Foot" for my grandson.Daniel said:Beautiful wood and beautiful work!!!
I have a couple questions about harvesting walnut root:
1) How much stump above ground should there be? If the stump was partially (and extremely poorly) ground down to near dirt level, is it still worth collecting?
2) How far down the roots should be cut? I was considering digging out the roots about a foot away from the stump, cutting those, and then beginning the extraction. Is this reasonable?
3) How massive are the tap roots and what should I expect when I start the intense part of the extraction?
Regardless of my noobish questions... that piece is gorgeous!
wood-junkie said:Man I wish I could give yes or no answers. This particular stump about 2 ft above ground and I think the tree must have been standing dead for a long time, 10 + years. When I dug it up, I dug out 10 ft. each side, nothing, there really wasn't much more than what you see, unusual. This stump was in bad shape. I had to use a lot of wood dye and feather the coloring. Would I do it again, probably because I have not got the memo that you are suppose to make money on this stuff. If you have a really short stump (not being personal) at ground level and if it is at least 3 ft. across you still have potential for slabbing, and the prospect for incredible grain. Each root coming into the stump has its own personality, grain statement, I refer to it as Steven King grain, crazy and very difficult, but the reward can be off the chart. You still could get a table base. A small track hoe, rent at Home Depot really fun. You are going to have a really big hole, 4 ft deep, 10-15 ft wide to make sure you get all the roots. That is the right way to do it, but you might only be able to do the best you can do, and that's my goal everyday. The pic is a root i cut off an carved into "Big Foot" for my grandson.Daniel said:Beautiful wood and beautiful work!!!
I have a couple questions about harvesting walnut root:
1) How much stump above ground should there be? If the stump was partially (and extremely poorly) ground down to near dirt level, is it still worth collecting?
2) How far down the roots should be cut? I was considering digging out the roots about a foot away from the stump, cutting those, and then beginning the extraction. Is this reasonable?
3) How massive are the tap roots and what should I expect when I start the intense part of the extraction?
Regardless of my noobish questions... that piece is gorgeous!
You are saying I am in denial? OH man!txpaulie said:Wow!
Beautiful table!
I believe that it took every bit of 100 hours to pretty that up...:wacko1:
Worth it, IMHO.
p
wood-junkie said:You are saying I am in denial? OH man!txpaulie said:Wow!
Beautiful table!
I believe that it took every bit of 100 hours to pretty that up...:wacko1:
Worth it, IMHO.
p
wood-junkie said:Man I wish I could give yes or no answers. This particular stump about 2 ft above ground and I think the tree must have been standing dead for a long time, 10 + years. When I dug it up, I dug out 10 ft. each side, nothing, there really wasn't much more than what you see, unusual. This stump was in bad shape. I had to use a lot of wood dye and feather the coloring. Would I do it again, probably because I have not got the memo that you are suppose to make money on this stuff. If you have a really short stump (not being personal) at ground level and if it is at least 3 ft. across you still have potential for slabbing, and the prospect for incredible grain. Each root coming into the stump has its own personality, grain statement, I refer to it as Steven King grain, crazy and very difficult, but the reward can be off the chart. You still could get a table base. A small track hoe, rent at Home Depot really fun. You are going to have a really big hole, 4 ft deep, 10-15 ft wide to make sure you get all the roots. That is the right way to do it, but you might only be able to do the best you can do, and that's my goal everyday. The pic is a root i cut off an carved into "Big Foot" for my grandson.