Wood Donation

[Touchwood]

Hey gang.,

I've started a new rocker and decided to cut parts for two while I'm doing the bandsawing..one in QS Spalted Sycamore (Jeff..this the last of it:sad11, the other in Cherry.

I end up with a lot of weird shaped chunks, all 8/4 thick..but easily transformed into useful wood..specially for the turners. There's also a bunch of straight pieces of varying thickness..and some real pretty QS Sycamore for you pen turners.

I'll take the lot over to Woodcraft sometime tomorrow morning.

Don:icon_thum

 

[FredP]

I could save you the trip.:gar-Bi I am meating with sawduster in the morning around 830 but I could come to raliegh beforhand say around 7ish. :icon_thum

 

[CrealBilly]

Hey gang.,

I've started a new rocker and decided to cut parts for two while I'm doing the bandsawing..one in QS Spalted Sycamore (Jeff..this the last of it:sad11, the other in Cherry.

I end up with a lot of weird shaped chunks, all 8/4 thick..but easily transformed into useful wood..specially for the turners. There's also a bunch of straight pieces of varying thickness..and some real pretty QS Sycamore for you pen turners.

I'll take the lot over to Woodcraft sometime tomorrow morning.

Don:icon_thum

Your making another Sycamore rocker? Dang, I best get busy and quarter saw you up some more 9/4. It's going to have to wait till my shoulder gets a little better.

 

[Touchwood]

I could save you the trip.:gar-Bi I am meating with sawduster in the morning around 830 but I could come to raliegh beforhand say around 7ish. :icon_thum

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Thanks Fred,

LOML has a small task for me first thing in the morning.

Woodcraft's only a 10 minute drive for me..plus I'll have an excuse to poke around in there for a while:wink_smil. I'll probably get there around 10:30AM.

Appreciate the offer though:eusa_danc

Don

 

[Touchwood]

Your making another Sycamore rocker? Dang, I best get busy and quarter saw you up some more 9/4. It's going to have to wait till my shoulder gets a little better.

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Sorry to hear you have a bum shoulder...you been letting trees fall down on you??:nah:
If you have more QS Sycamore(9/4)..whooppee. I'd also really like you to find some curly/figured anything (ie. Cherry, Maple, whatever), but I know that's asking a lot:gar-Bi

Don

 

[NCTurner]

Don,

Great Meeting you today! Thanks for the great wood!!!:thumbs_up

 

[CrealBilly]

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Sorry to hear you have a bum shoulder...you been letting trees fall down on you??:nah:
If you have more QS Sycamore(9/4)..whooppee. I'd also really like you to find some curly/figured anything (ie. Cherry, Maple, whatever), but I know that's asking a lot:gar-Bi

Don

Don I eyed a really nice sycamore butt log about a month ago, I didn't have my trailer with me at the time and the guy wanted to load it in the back of my pickup . It's about 5' in diameter but only a little over 6' long there's probably a good 900 BF of sawable lumber in the log. It's to big for my mill so I would have to split it into quarters with a chain saw. I immediately though of you and sawing it up 9/4 thick for rocker wood. I'm estimating 1 quarter would probably make 3 maybe 4 rockers around 225 BF or so.

Do you have room somewhere out side it stick and stack about 900 BF of 9/4 QS Sycamore? It would need to be covered with landscape fabric and slowly air dry for a while. I think the max mosture content loss per day would be around 1%, so you would need to keep it covered. Once it gets down to around 20% MC you would need to tap Scott to polish it off for you in his kiln.

I would love the chance to bust that log open :gar-Bi

Thanks

 

[Touchwood]

Jeff,

I'd love it if you busted up that log too!!:gar-Bi

I'm going to set up a flat place behind the shop where it gets partial sunlight during the summer. I have piles of Grizzly dumps out there I can rake flat and set in some 6X6's as a base for stickering. I have a bunch of 8' long fiberglas panels I was think of using to keep the rain off...would you use the landscape cloth under that??:dontknow:

So when you quarter it, I assume the mill is going to slice off some nice 9/4 QS boards..and 5 or 6' length is perfect for me.:wink_smil

I don't want to be greedy...a quarter of the log is good for me.:icon_thum
Enough guys have seen how beautiful this stuff is that you're probably get a lot of attention when it's ready.

I have about 100 BF of Ambrosia maple air drying and waiting for me to pick up in Rolesville as soon as I make some space in the shop. Looks like I'll have enough rocker material to keep me busy for quite a while.

That doesn't mean I'm not interested if something "unusual" shows up:nah:

 

[Touchwood]

Don,

Great Meeting you today! Thanks for the great wood!!!:thumbs_up

Gary,

Likewise...great to meet you too..good luck with the wood.:icon_thum

I see from DaveO's post re: new Fox lathe, that some of the QS sycamore I gave him was"re-distributed". That's great..I'm glad more folks got to use it.:eusa_clap

Don