Joel Sauder
08-16-2007, 11:54 PM
Wow what a week! I stopped by a work working shop to thank a guy (Chuck) for a couple of pieces of wood I picked up from his free wood scraps pile. Once he hears I am a new turner, he takes me out back and proceeds to give me 2-3 large silver maple burl slabs to "play" with. I thank him profusely, leave him my card in case he ever need some help, and I am on my way.
Two days later I get a call from a guy named Jim, he says "Hey I got your name from Chuck and I hear you are looking for wood. Come by my place, I have some wood for you." So I stop by that day after work and he takes me out to his shop and starts pulling out chunks of wood for me, a little apricot, some spalted alaskan birch, some walnut, a bit of maple, some other stuff I can't remember. I thank him profusely and I am on my way.
That same day I am running errands and I see some one has taking down a couple of large trees. I stop by just to ask a few questions. Long story short, I am invited back the following night to fill up my truck with silver and hard maple logs!
And then to top it off, 2 months ago I saw someone taking off all the branches of 2 large apricot trees, but the they left the main trunks in place standing about 15 feet tall. Ever since I have been stopping by trying to catch the owners. Well persistance paid off. Saturday I will be cutting down the two 18inch trunks and adding them to my rapidly growing woodpile.
All I can say it WOW, turners are some of the nicest people I have ever met.
Two days later I get a call from a guy named Jim, he says "Hey I got your name from Chuck and I hear you are looking for wood. Come by my place, I have some wood for you." So I stop by that day after work and he takes me out to his shop and starts pulling out chunks of wood for me, a little apricot, some spalted alaskan birch, some walnut, a bit of maple, some other stuff I can't remember. I thank him profusely and I am on my way.
That same day I am running errands and I see some one has taking down a couple of large trees. I stop by just to ask a few questions. Long story short, I am invited back the following night to fill up my truck with silver and hard maple logs!
And then to top it off, 2 months ago I saw someone taking off all the branches of 2 large apricot trees, but the they left the main trunks in place standing about 15 feet tall. Ever since I have been stopping by trying to catch the owners. Well persistance paid off. Saturday I will be cutting down the two 18inch trunks and adding them to my rapidly growing woodpile.
All I can say it WOW, turners are some of the nicest people I have ever met.