The neighbor across the street just cut down a large, beautiful maple tree. I was out recovering from surgery, so I wasn't able to get my hands on any of the large logs (plus I don't have a place to put them now, or a truck). However, after she saw me picking through the wormy split logs she put out by the road, she showed me the pile of logs she had behind the house and offered me as much as I wanted.
After work today, I hauled as much of the non-rotted maple to our covered porch. I can see some nice spalting on some of it, and the rest looks just like nice clean maple. The tree stump she had ground out looked to be very curly, so I am hoping to get lucky with a few of these logs.
Anyway, my issue now is that I don't know how to get usable lumber. I have a desktop hand-me-down bandsaw, but it's not big enough or strong enough to cut any of this. I've got a reciprocating saw and a circular saw, but that seems like it would take forever and come out terribly.
Does anyone have any tips on how I might turn this into decent lumber? I'd like a few natural edge pieces, but the rest I'm just really looking for blocks of wood to store away for projects down the road.
After work today, I hauled as much of the non-rotted maple to our covered porch. I can see some nice spalting on some of it, and the rest looks just like nice clean maple. The tree stump she had ground out looked to be very curly, so I am hoping to get lucky with a few of these logs.
Anyway, my issue now is that I don't know how to get usable lumber. I have a desktop hand-me-down bandsaw, but it's not big enough or strong enough to cut any of this. I've got a reciprocating saw and a circular saw, but that seems like it would take forever and come out terribly.
Does anyone have any tips on how I might turn this into decent lumber? I'd like a few natural edge pieces, but the rest I'm just really looking for blocks of wood to store away for projects down the road.