Greg Johnson
10-10-2009, 12:30 PM
This past spring we had to take down a huge western red cedar that was next to our home ( close to 100ft tall and 52" diameter). It was not healthy and it was a danger to our home. Unfortunately there was no commercial value to this tree because it was so knotty. I had to pay to have them haul it off and disposed of it:(. When we told our grown kids about this, they were very upset. This tree represented many great memories from their childhood. I still have a big pile of the limbs from this tree. Now... you have to visualize limbs that are up to 24" in diameter. I have picked a few of the clear straight limbs with nice tight grain to save. I also just got a new Grizzly G0513x2 band saw that will resaw up to 12". So, I resawed a few small peices and have them stickered and air drying.
I was thinking about making some small keepsake type boxes for them for Christmas from this lumber. Does anybody have any other great ideas that I could do with this wood, and/or some good ideas for a keepsake box? I would like to do something special for my kids so they will have something from this tree. I know I am rushing this as far as getting the wood dry. If anybody has any pointers on speeding that process up, I would appreciate that too. There is an opportunity somewhere in that pile of logs...
Thanks for any thoughts,
Greg
I was thinking about making some small keepsake type boxes for them for Christmas from this lumber. Does anybody have any other great ideas that I could do with this wood, and/or some good ideas for a keepsake box? I would like to do something special for my kids so they will have something from this tree. I know I am rushing this as far as getting the wood dry. If anybody has any pointers on speeding that process up, I would appreciate that too. There is an opportunity somewhere in that pile of logs...
Thanks for any thoughts,
Greg