I just scored a nice batch of fresh cut (today!) maple. The tree service left me 16 feet of the tree trunk. Diameter was 48” – 26”. Got it all cut up into pieces I could handle and coated the ends with anchorseal. Didn’t get an photos, but will get a blog going with the first piece I turn. If you are near Nashville, TN and want a piece send me a PM.
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scrappy
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#1 posted 09-20-2009 12:38 AM
TOO bads I’m all the way out in Arizona!
Great score. Congrats.
Scrappy
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AndyR
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#2 posted 09-20-2009 12:40 AM
That’s great. Was it hard or soft, being near Nashville, I would suspect the latter. I like sugar maple but Red and silver maples can be really nice too. I picked up a couple of crotch pieces of some sort of birch today at our local landscape recycling center and am trying to spalt them in a garbage bag using a process/recipe I found via Google-we’ll see how it works out.
Andy
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#3 posted 09-20-2009 01:15 AM
Jeff Good luck on your new found riches.
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cabinetmaster
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#4 posted 09-20-2009 03:40 AM
Wow. Wish I was closer to Nashville. I’d take you up on the offer.
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mmh
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#5 posted 09-21-2009 05:58 AM
Sounds like you’re going to have some fun!
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Durnik150
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#6 posted 09-21-2009 06:32 AM
Lucky dog!! Congrats and make sure you post pictures of all of those projects that result from the treasure you’ve got.
-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO
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