What free wood did you find today?

A group of about 10 from our turning club met today to finish deconstructing a large hickory tree. Much of the larger pieces, 24”-30” were cut a week or two ago, but there was still plenty of wood to go around. Wind (ring) shake in some of the pieces but still lots of good wood. It’s wet so the larger pieces are a 2-man lift. The large one here is 23” and the smaller are 13”.

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Tom Smart said:
A group of about 10 from our turning club met today to finish deconstructing a large hickory tree. Much of the larger pieces, 24”-30” were cut a week or two ago, but there was still plenty of wood to go around. Wind (ring) shake in some of the pieces but still lots of good wood. It’s wet so the larger pieces are a 2-man lift. The large one here is 23” and the smaller are 13”.

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Congrats! Great haul!!!
 
Very cool. My birch in the front yard is dying and I'm going to have to cut it down in the spring. I hope I get some of that dark center that yours has.
 
Got them cut, end grain sealed and bagged. Cut for quality balanced blanks not quantity so only got two from each cookie. Will seal the faces tomorrow.

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I'm anxious to see one of these turned. :good2:
 
woodtickgreg said:
I'm anxious to see one of these turned. :good2:
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These won’t be ready for at least a year. Birch and apple are in the high teens moisture, maple? in the low teens hence the bags to slow them down and hopefully keep them from checking in the dry winter air.
 
Jonkou said:
These won’t be ready for at least a year. Birch and apple are in the high teens moisture, maple? in the low teens hence the bags to slow them down and hopefully keep them from checking in the dry winter air.
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Have you ever dried blanks like those in a kiln? I've done pepper mill blanks and smaller but nothing that big.
 
djg said:
Have you ever dried blanks like those in a kiln? I've done pepper mill blanks and smaller but nothing that big.
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No Dan, prefer to let it dry naturally. Have lots of wood and continually processing more. Prefer winter cut wood and let it air dry in log sections to remove the free moisture for a year or more depending on size, species, etc. Then break it down like above and let it dry to ambient on the shelf in a climate controlled shop.
 
Was cut last year in spring when they cleared the lot and been checking on it since. White birch has a short period where it goes from solid to punky, the ends were ugly but still had some nice middle wood.

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I ran across two logs of this at the log yard where I cut firewood. Seems to be a hard wood. Any idea what tree this is? Hard Maple? If so, I might try to slab off some for cutting boards. I know a microscopic exam would be best but no time to do it. I'm just asking for guesses before it gets burnt up. Thanks
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djg said:
I ran across two logs of this at the log yard where I cut firewood. Seems to be a hard wood. Any idea what tree this is? Hard Maple? If so, I might try to slab off some for cutting boards. I know a microscopic exam would be best but no time to do it. I'm just asking for guesses before it gets burnt up. Thanks
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Silver maple
 
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