Chris Schumann
09-10-2008, 9:29 AM
Hello. New guy here. (Very new to the site, still kind of new to woodworking.)
I had an apple tree in my yard that had to go, and was cut into pieces, some very usable. I painted the ends (just a little too late), and there are some big branches and sections of trunk, and I'm hoping to get some ideas of what to do with the wood. There's another apple tree in the yard that will be coming down too. Both have trunks about 14" across.
For the smaller bits, do you think a random-pieced cutting board would be a good use? (I know elm is not good for that, but apple seems really hard to me.) The plywood cutting board in the kitchen cabinet is starting to delaminate after just a few years of enthusiastic use.
I had an apple tree in my yard that had to go, and was cut into pieces, some very usable. I painted the ends (just a little too late), and there are some big branches and sections of trunk, and I'm hoping to get some ideas of what to do with the wood. There's another apple tree in the yard that will be coming down too. Both have trunks about 14" across.
For the smaller bits, do you think a random-pieced cutting board would be a good use? (I know elm is not good for that, but apple seems really hard to me.) The plywood cutting board in the kitchen cabinet is starting to delaminate after just a few years of enthusiastic use.