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Found me some Box Elder at the Landscape Recycling Center a couple of days ago.
My operarator "Buddy" was not there that day. Looks like a 30" x 11' trunk of this tree is near the bottom of one of the large piles of tree trunks.
I will see if he is there one day next week, hope someone does not get it.
Box Elder 2.jpg
"If a tree falls in the forrest, and no one is around, do you make a bowl out of it?" (Jerry Rhoads)
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Looks like a good haul Jerry - I'm even more impressed by the fact that you haul your lathe around in the vehicle with you, ready to turn at a moment's notice!!
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Great haul Jerry. Looks like some nice BE.
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Congrats on the BE! Can really make for some beautiful turnings!
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Is that a mobile turning studio you are hauling that wood in? I noticed the lathe in the background.......
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Really nice hall ya got going there.Not only do i see a lathe, but is that a couple burls there also?
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Dang Jerry! Nice grab...now go make something!
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That mini won't turn those big chunks, better ship 'em to me.
If you had a bandsaw or a chainsaw in that van, that mini might stand a chance a turnin' a coupla those...
just sayin.
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Jerry, much of what you have there will have fantastic figure! Great score, and hope you get the rest.
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Thanks for the heads up Jerry. I see a road trip to Urbana in my near future.
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Awesome score. I LOVE box elder. There is just something about a wood with red streaks that makes me smile.
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No, it's not thin enough yet.
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[OP]
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"Have lathe, will turn", can bring wood.
I do shows most weekends from mid April to Christmas. At most I demonstrate and promote woodturning(sometimes with solar panels). This lathe stays in van(except on weekends at the shows.
Yes I need to get busy turning something.
Still have five lathes in the turning shop.
Couple of Redbud burls in there, chainsaws still out by woodpile,
Next time I go there, the people who go there to gat wood to sell may have EVERYthing cleaned out.
It is hit and miss
"If a tree falls in the forrest, and no one is around, do you make a bowl out of it?" (Jerry Rhoads)
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Great score! I hope I come across some box elder one of these days. It's on my list of never turned woods! Can't wait to see what comes out of that haul.
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