Aftermath of recent wood haul

[Kevin McPeek]

I was lucky enough to be in on the Sumac wood haul that Mike Vickery posted a few weeks ago.
This is the aftermath of it in my shop. It was clean before I started, by clean I mean there wasn't shavings all over. The tools were still spread all over though.
The shavings would have been a lot taller behind the lathe but I kept brushing them aside because they were interfering the banjo.

[Pat Salter]

It was clean before I started,

Sorry, like all things around here...........no picture??? it didn't happen :D

Nice pile of mulch though :p

[Jim Mitchell]

Kevin,

Did you run out of memory card????? Where are the shots of the turnings?????? I know the fun is in the chase but some of us still want to see the outcome as well.

Take care

Jim

[Jeff Myers]

That's the sign of having fun for sure!!!

[Frank Kobilsek]

Kevin
Who are you kidding with that whimpy little wastepaper basket. Get a 30 gallon garbage can (with wheels) and a plastic snow shovel and clean that up.
Frank

[Kevin McPeek]

Jim, the pictures wouldn't be very exciting, just a bunch of domes of newspaper for the next few months.

Frank, I have a 32gal can that is out of view here. The wimpy one is for sand paper and paper towels. Although it did get emptied a few times in this process due to being full of shavings.

I can't imagine how bad this would be if all of them weren't cored, and just think, I took the "small stuff" from the haul.

[Mike Vickery]

It is amazing how bad it can get so quickly. In general I have just been doing damage control in my shop lately instead of cleaning.

I still think Kevin was just to lazy to carry the big stuff over to his place.

[Kevin McPeek]

I still think Kevin was just to lazy to carry the big stuff over to his place.

Well there might be some truth to that. A little more accurate would be, Kevin is too lazy to clean the mess when he roughs something outboard on the lathe. Also, that was before the Stihl so cutting was a lot more of a chore.

[Brett Baldwin]

Looks like I missed out on a good sized mess to be made. We may have to start a little club for valley turners that keep on the lookout for felled trees.

[Martin Braun]

If past summers are any indication, when the monsoons roll through in July there will be plenty for all. I'm sure we can just post a heads up here.

[Mike Vickery]

Brett,
Martin is right their is plenty of wood to go around if you keep your eyes open.
Are you a member of the AZ woodturners? If so you should try to hook up with a couple guys in your area, if not consider joining and making some contacts. Kevin and I are way far out at the SE corner of Gilbert, which is quite a hike to Pheonix.

[Frank Guerin]

I just want to see the size of that hampster that lives there.

[Brett Baldwin]

I haven't made it to a meeting yet Mike but it is on the list.
A few of the guys at work are from down your way. I almost had one of them stop by that Sumac on the way home but it was a little bit of an imposition. I've had some small successes in finding scrap wood and I always have an eye out. Unfortunately my Harley doesn't have that much room for wood, even with the bags. I'll keep looking though.