Should put a bra on those, at least for a few days...
What free wood did you find today?
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What the ______ ????
my thoughts exactly, i looked twice trying to make sense of his comment
If you've got some straight 3ft pieces of persimmon, by all means let me know. I like using it for bow making. We can do a trade for some.
Sorry I didn’t cut any 3ft long, and there are small insect holes so it might not have made the best bow. I will try to keep this in mind the next time I come across another persimmon tree.
@Byron Barker
I have 2 8' logs I have to go get and get on the mill. What dimensions do you need? I'll have some sawn
I have 2 8' logs I have to go get and get on the mill. What dimensions do you need? I'll have some sawn
Look at her on her side, bare to the world, awaiting destruction....
Yes, it is sideways and almost no branches making this an easy harvest
Went and picked up 2 persimmon logs at a buddies log yard. He had a load of cherry come in yesterday and told me I needed to look at it. Really figured cherry. I couldn't let it all go to saw logs so I bought 3. Go pick them up next week. Don't usually see it figured like that around here. I'll post pics when I saw it. Took the persimmon to my other buddies and found some spalted maple in his slab pile so I grabbed it. Cut these from it and some curly walnut I had left over there last time.
gawrsh, dem's purdy - reel purdy!
:drool::drool::drool:Nice slab pile. Hate to race you for the good stuff if that's the junk!
Good thing I got there before his neighbor. He takes all the slabs and cutoffs and feeds his outdoor water stove!
Ouch!
Really cool multiple shades of brown in those.
An awesome score
If it is straight grained, can get some 2''x2''x3' blanks? It would need to be cut along the grain. Quarter sawn preferably, but that might waste a bunch of wood, so whatever's best for the size you have. Let me know if you'd like to do a trade or just sell. I'd take 4 of them depending on what they look like. Thanks!
Most incredible haul! Spalting is monumental! Chuck
Didn't find it today but on Tuesday I stop at a house that had just cut down an Elm tree. Asked if I could have a couple of pieces and was told to take all I want. Of course, I grabbed 3 crotch pieces ( that's all I could fit ) and today I started cutting them into 12 x 5 bowl blanks. I don't work with Elm much but looks like they are going to make some nice crotch bowls.
Long story short, Cindy Drozda did a demo for our club a few months ago and she donated her demo piece back to our club. After the demonstration, we conducted a drawing and Bob was the winner. I had Cindy mail her piece to me and Bob finally arrived at my place to pick it up. He got out of his truck carrying a piece of cherry for that was for me. During the conversation mentioned that he also had a couple of pieces of chestnut in his truck. Bob said he cut the chestnut on his property and thought John, who is a club member and artist over in Yakima, could do justice to the larger piece. I agree with that for sure. John lives about 80 miles away and we will see what happens. He knows it is in my shop. I'll eventually turn the smaller piece and the cherry.
