tree.jpg Hi folks,
My next-door neighbors are taking down this dying maple tree that is literally 50 feet from my workshop. The base is rotted (which is why it's coming down) but there appears to be an upper section that may be sound. Picture below.
The neighbors have offered up anything I want from the tree but here's the catch - it's coming down today. Like: today Feb 8. And I'm not there to supervise or be picky.
This isn't a good spot for a chainsaw mill; it's an urban neighborhood and running a chainsaw for hours straight on a weekend is likely to get me some irate calls. Plus I don't have a ton of space to air-dry big planks.
What I do have is a lathe, bandsaw, sledge, wedges, jointer and planer. I can borrow a chainsaw. I was thinking of trying to get a couple of bowl blanks, some turning blanks, and some short pieces that I can dry to eventually turn into cutting boards for the neighbors with the tree. So I was thinking of asking for a couple of ~18" diameter by 36" long logs from the upper area and then trying to split them in half right away. Does that make any kind of sense?
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