Bill Bukovec
04-30-2013, 9:53 PM
My neighbor had two walnut trees taken down Saturday.
When they moved in three years ago I mentioned that if he ever got tired of the walnuts, I'd take the wood.
The tree service left the pieces long, so I could cut it up as I liked. The tree service would have charged my neighbor $400 to remove this from his property.
The larger pieces are 40 inches long. Largest diameter is about 20 inches. Anything bigger is too heavy for me to handle. I will mill these on my bandsaw. Most of the stock will be for turning. Some will become boards for flat work.
I plan to give the neighbor bowls and maybe make a fly tying cabinet for him.
My neighbor said he felt guilty because he wasn't able to help me load the wood on my truck. I told him I felt guilty for getting all this free wood, especially walnut.
Bill
When they moved in three years ago I mentioned that if he ever got tired of the walnuts, I'd take the wood.
The tree service left the pieces long, so I could cut it up as I liked. The tree service would have charged my neighbor $400 to remove this from his property.
The larger pieces are 40 inches long. Largest diameter is about 20 inches. Anything bigger is too heavy for me to handle. I will mill these on my bandsaw. Most of the stock will be for turning. Some will become boards for flat work.
I plan to give the neighbor bowls and maybe make a fly tying cabinet for him.
My neighbor said he felt guilty because he wasn't able to help me load the wood on my truck. I told him I felt guilty for getting all this free wood, especially walnut.
Bill