Throwing away timber

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bigbob · #1 Post by **bigbob** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:52 pm

Next time you [ meaning anyone] helps a mate chop down an unwanted tree, PLEASE check out the timber it might have. These couple shots are from that couple little 20'' logs i took in the off chance when I did help a mate. They are the ones from a previous post where i was hoping to identify it. These shots dont do the grain or colours justice, but just think what they would have been like as veneers. AAAAAgggrrrr.

#2 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:56 pm

Well mate ya know for next time.

Jeff

bigbob · #3 Post by **bigbob** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:47 pm

Yep Jeff, I'm on the lookout now. Went to a wedding other day and it was set in rain forest. Man all I wanted to do was go nuts with a chain saw. Got the owner lined up though for any windfalls or similar.

#4 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:06 pm

bigbob wrote:Got the owner lined up though for any windfalls or similar.

Way to go mate.

Jeff

Gringa Bows · #5 Post by **Gringa Bows** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:29 pm

Good thinkin Bob.

bigbob · #6 Post by **bigbob** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:32 pm

Yeah Jeff and Rod,but still damn curious as to what species this actually was.

Gringa Bows · #7 Post by **Gringa Bows** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:44 pm

Can you send a small piece to the forestry department to be ID'd

bigbob · #8 Post by **bigbob** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:47 pm

I guess I sure could and may do that simply to tortue myself a bit more for my obvious stupidity in not grabbing more before it went to the big wood chipper in the sky.I will try and find out tomorrow how to go about it. Thanks big fella.

bigbob · #9 Post by **bigbob** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:25 am

Being slack I havent done anything as yet about sending a sample away but here's a couple shots of a roughed out riser.
the first shot shows riser after wetting with water and the second is natural.

bigbob · #10 Post by **bigbob** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:32 am

2 more shots of opposite side. Imagine what a large limb could have done. The tree this came from was about 12 metres high with branches having better than 16" dia in places.

jwillis · #11 Post by **jwillis** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:43 am

I agree...hate to see good wood shredded in the wood chipper. Near my home (here in mid-Missouri, USA), there are a bunch of nice STRAIGHT osage orange trees marked with tape around them. I assume they will be cut down for the new sewer pipe soon to be installed. I would hate to see that wood wasted. Jim

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