Paul Heely
11-22-2011, 6:30 PM
I could use some help with some ideas on how best to process this pieces of Japanese Maple. This is the trunk section of a 40 year old tree that my sister lost during the CT storm a few weeks back. The piece is about 24" long. The width varies from 16" to 13". On one end there are three separate trunks that all grew together, and from looking at the end there are no inclusions. On the other end the three trunks start to separate. The middle of them has a bunch of dirt in it.
I am completely at a loss of what to do with this. I'm guessing that with three trunks growing together that there must be some nice grain in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how best to get at it. Any thoughts and ideas are welcome. At this point there is no cracking and I have sealed both ends, but would like to do something with it before any cracking starts.
Thanks for any and all ideas. If I need to post some more pics let me know. It's the piece in the middle in these pics.
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I am completely at a loss of what to do with this. I'm guessing that with three trunks growing together that there must be some nice grain in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how best to get at it. Any thoughts and ideas are welcome. At this point there is no cracking and I have sealed both ends, but would like to do something with it before any cracking starts.
Thanks for any and all ideas. If I need to post some more pics let me know. It's the piece in the middle in these pics.
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