Truckload O'Wood

[Lee Koepke]

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]

Dang Lee that looks like a dump truck load of sawdust! Nice haul and I kow you are going to have fun.

[David DeCristoforo]

There's some gorgeous figure in that maple! I'm drooling all over the place!

[Chip Sutherland]

What problem to have. Where to start. Lucky you.

[John Keeton]

Lee, you have formed a valuable relationship!!! Very nice haul. That is going to make some beautiful bowls and forms.

[David E Keller]

That's a nice haul! Loads of figure!

[Bob Bergstrom]

Great looking wood. It is going to make some great looking bowls. Enjoy turning the maple. Its a great wood.

[Lee Koepke]

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]

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!