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Lee Koepke
03-26-2011, 3:15 PM
A little roadtrip this morning to a very awesome guy I met earlier this year, called me last week to come look at a maple tree he had. It was about 5' long, 24+" diam, 5 branch crotch section. He offered to slice it into smaller pieces and I could have it all if I could make a large salad bowl out of it for his Church .... so I picked it up today and brought it to my neighbor w/ the woodmizer and we started cutting a few of the pieces up. (started raining and two of the pieces are too big for his saw) Gotta chainsaw it down a bit and we'll finish slicing everything in a week or so.
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PS ... he's also the guy thats got a standing walnut tree for me too !!!
Russell Eaton
03-26-2011, 3:39 PM
Dang Lee that looks like a dump truck load of sawdust! Nice haul and I kow you are going to have fun.
David DeCristoforo
03-26-2011, 3:55 PM
There's some gorgeous figure in that maple! I'm drooling all over the place!
Chip Sutherland
03-26-2011, 5:55 PM
What problem to have. Where to start. Lucky you.
John Keeton
03-26-2011, 6:30 PM
Lee, you have formed a valuable relationship!!! Very nice haul. That is going to make some beautiful bowls and forms.
David E Keller
03-26-2011, 7:11 PM
That's a nice haul! Loads of figure!
Bob Bergstrom
03-26-2011, 8:09 PM
Great looking wood. It is going to make some great looking bowls. Enjoy turning the maple. Its a great wood.
Lee Koepke
03-26-2011, 9:36 PM
I feel kinda guilty! Not really sure that I can do it justice .. haha ... Since it was a multi-branch crotch area, I had no idea how to slice it! With the multiple grain directions it seemed I couldnt lose. Neighbors woodmizer has a 28" capacity (20" when we have to use a 4x4 to clamp the log in ... so I gotta chainsaw the bigger pieces)
I am excited ...
Steve Schlumpf
03-26-2011, 9:41 PM
Wow! Congrats on the beautiful wood! Even rough cut it looks like you have some amazing wood to play with! Looking forward to seeing the salad bowl when finished!
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