I'm responsible for the clean up of a butternut tree. The tree was topped its base left standing. The base/trunk is substantial. I'll measure it this afternoon but it's over 4' in diameter.
I was thinking of milling some of the wood into carving block sizes. Then I thought what size is that? Without a plan I'm going to mill the upper logs free of heart lived edged taking off the sapwood on bark face ( Better ideas)
thought is I can always resaw later and with the heart removed checking should be minimized. We don't have many butternuts left in my area so I wanted to maximize utilization. Milling shorts instead of sending to the firewood pile.
Anyone near Clinton,CT give me a shout if you're into butternut.
Thanks,
Ray