Sweatin' the BIG stuff (pics)

[Tom Sherman]

Awsome score Bill and Dom, some great looking wood for sure.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Great story and photos! Looking forward to see what you guys turn out of it!

[Bill Grumbine]

Hi guys

Brett, my big saw there is a Stihl 046 Magnum, now the 460 Magnum. It sports a 28" bar most of the time, which is what you see in the picture. I also have an 18" bar for it when I am cutting little stuff. I also use an 026 with a 20" bar. People laugh when I tell them that is my little saw - until they see the big one that is!

Tony, there is bound to be burl of some sort here when you decide to come up. There is almost always burl here.

More pics to come when something gets turned.

Bill

[charlie knighton]

are you going to bring any to greensboro in october????

[Dominic Greco]

Bill
After I unloaded the burl chunks from my truck, I had a chance to cut the "small" chunk up today (the bigger one will have to wait until I have some more time,...and energy!). I really was only after one small lobe (about 25lbs) of the burl at this time. But I cut up the rest into more manageable pieces and made sure to cut out the section with the pith (without taking any of the burl lobes).

It started drizzling just as I was making my first cut and continued until I was 99% completed. At that time it started to pour. I must admit that the nice cool rain felt pretty good after humping those monster size pieces of burl around!

Anyway, I got a nice look at the figure running through this burl. You're dead on with your comment. The figure does run all the way through. We hit pay dirt! I wish I was able to use my camera. But the down pour sort of made that an iffy proposition!