Tom Sweeney
03-23-2003, 10:10 AM
And before you say it - I don't have a fireplace:p
I don't yet know much about trees & wood properties so I thought I'd put it out to the group.
I cut this tree down about 3 years ago - Almost sure it's maple, I forget what the leaves looked like. As the pics show it was rotting from the inside. 2 of the huge limbs fell off in storms & ruined my neighbors fence so I cut it down. This thing was huge - about 50' high - missed my house by about 5' when I finally felled it - that was a hairy couple of minutes :eek:
Anyway I think I'll finally have time to finish the job & clear that whole part of my yard this summer. I wish I was more into this when I first downed it, I might have cut it up & dried it properly to save from all the check marks & cracks.
Just looking at it I'm thinking there is some beautiful spalted & figured wood in there but don't know if any of it is useable due to the cracking. Or if there is a certain way to cut it. Might be good for turning - but I don't have a lathe so If any of the SE PA turners want some let me know - as long as I can't make anything flat from it that is :D
Just thought I'd check before I cut it up & drag it all back to the woods to finish rotting away.
I loaded several pics on my web site if you want to look:
<a href="http://www.realtymarketing.com/wood/tree.htm"target="_blank">Click Here</a>
<img src="http://www.realtymarketing.com/wood/curlytree1.jpg">
I don't yet know much about trees & wood properties so I thought I'd put it out to the group.
I cut this tree down about 3 years ago - Almost sure it's maple, I forget what the leaves looked like. As the pics show it was rotting from the inside. 2 of the huge limbs fell off in storms & ruined my neighbors fence so I cut it down. This thing was huge - about 50' high - missed my house by about 5' when I finally felled it - that was a hairy couple of minutes :eek:
Anyway I think I'll finally have time to finish the job & clear that whole part of my yard this summer. I wish I was more into this when I first downed it, I might have cut it up & dried it properly to save from all the check marks & cracks.
Just looking at it I'm thinking there is some beautiful spalted & figured wood in there but don't know if any of it is useable due to the cracking. Or if there is a certain way to cut it. Might be good for turning - but I don't have a lathe so If any of the SE PA turners want some let me know - as long as I can't make anything flat from it that is :D
Just thought I'd check before I cut it up & drag it all back to the woods to finish rotting away.
I loaded several pics on my web site if you want to look:
<a href="http://www.realtymarketing.com/wood/tree.htm"target="_blank">Click Here</a>
<img src="http://www.realtymarketing.com/wood/curlytree1.jpg">