This is what mother nature left standing from the May storm, it looks like it will have a nice grain to it, just hoping it's not rotten on the inside so I can mill it.
Here is live edge cherry box I sold two weeks ago. Curly cherry would give it a pow factor. Woodworkers drool over grain like that, as I will testify by wiping the keyboard off...
kinda like that crotch round I split the other day.....I could hear Thistle crying even though he was all of those many miles away!! Beautiful grain there, Zap...that'll make some AWESOME milling wood!
My stuff is random thickness & width - whatever the max size CLEAR & sound piece(s) I can get out of a block,round or slab. I like to go between 2 & 5 inches thick,width can be anywhere from 4-5 inches to 24" plus,lengths 1 to 4 feet. I like to leave them long,even with end grain sealing certain woods will crack a little,they can always be trimmed to whatever length you want later once they're dried out more.Its been years since I bought or milled any wood for a specific project in mind - normally I get the wood,dry it if need be,then store it until a certain inspiration comes up later. Most bowl blanks sold at retail are generally 2 to 5 inches thick,4,6,8,10 inches square etc.Carving blocks are normally sold longer than wide - 3 x 6 x 12 or 18 inches for example.
Ya, that should make you some nice stuff when you are ready to use it. I came across a nice size Cherry on the property the other day. I will have to get a picture of it the next time I am there again and show you guys.
Not sure if that went over my head or not. So I ducked anyway. LOFL Do you have someone who does woodwork for you? What do you do with the boards from your timber?
All the wood we milled is still stickered, we might build a utility shed next year but that's still up in the air. I still have some storage shelves I'll build out of that nice hemlock for the wife in 2014, but nothing like Thistle or some of the other members do. I had planned on having the coffee table done but I never cut the legs until this summer, after looking at them I think there to big so that will be for next fall too.
My brother has a planer, jointer, shaper, router, biscuit joiner, clamps, a few other wood working thingies, etc. . I have used them all. Let me know if you need any help. I'm not that far away. If you have several boards from the same tree you can match and glue them up side by side, send them through the planer, and sanders, and go even wider than the planer. Make some pretty nice stuff. Even though not a wood working expert by any stretch of the imagination.
No problem. He is set for tools. He is a craftsmen. Has a business of his own doing hardwood flooring, molding, and staircases. Does well for himself.
That's a bummer s it sure didn't look like it had rot. If you mill some make sure you post a picture of the grain I'm sure it looks great.
