Just to be clear, I do not have blanks ready to go and this is not an offer. If and when I have something to sell, I will take pictures of exactly what I have and make a post or posts in the proper forum. Right now I just want to know if it's worth my time to cut smaller blocks to ship or just stack the logs by the road for firewood hounds to grab. I just want to know if there is any interest in even making the effort.
What exactly am I talking about? I have a hickory tree down on my lot that I would like to clear out. The question is (after I have stashed all I can for my own turning) whether there is any interest in me cutting blocks to ship out for turning. The tree as it lays has been cleared of branches and what I'm left with is about 40 or 50 feet of trunk that is up to about (wild guess) 24 to 30 inches at the base.
FYI: Hickory is one of the harder american hardwoods. Where oak and maple are somewhere around 1200 or 1300 on the janka scale, hickory is around 1800 or 1900. This tree is a mockernut hickory. The attached picture is a bowl I turned wet that has just been wiped with sanding sealer. This is from a crotch in the smaller part of the tree so you can see heart and sap wood colors.
If there is interest, I think it should be reasonably easy to cut chunks to fit in flat rate USPS boxes. I would probably try to get as big as I can to make the chunks most useful and I think I can get a lot of 12x12x6 pieces, which is the largest USPS flat rate box. Of course there could be plenty of smaller pieces as well.
So, any interest? Should I take the time to cut some blanks and post some ads in the for sale forum?