I bought 5 pieces on eBay (same seller) of some spaulted wild apple. The lots were 2X2X6" and waxed. When I got them, the moisture content was 17%. I just had to turn one, and a friend of mine has a birthday coming up.....so I popped off an ice cream scoop in about 3 hours. the white...
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I have been having an issue with posting in the forums since I started, and finally narrowed it down to what appears to be the number of animated icons in the message box of a forum post, and Apple OS X / Firefox / Safari. This is a 2010 Macbook Pro, Intel i7, 8GB RAM, SSD...
Last year quite a few people picked up some apple from an orchard in VA (if memory serves). Does anyone have some of this they would be willing to share (I will pay of course :))?
Thanks!
Salem
Went to see Marcus this morning, several hours later this is what came home.
Great guy to deal with, don't try keeping up with him with the chain saw. Thanks Marcus, I'll make sure you have something turned from this.
1000 Apple trees are being cut down from an old orchard. Range in size from 12" to 18" diameter. $150.00 a pick-up load. Location NC Va line. Contact Marcus (336) 669-7193
Found this today on CL.
Not mine although I would love some for handles and bowls.
Apple Wood For Sale (Greensboro)
Date: 2010-02-23, 7:28AM EST
Reply to: sale-jgchz-1613565092@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Reaction to this as a Christmas gift for my dad? Had a day off yesterday and decided to try using an old piece of Apple that I had been sitting on for a while.
The mix of sap and heart wood really seemd to set it off.