BlueRider
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I had a neighbor show up at my door step this afternoon wanting to know if I wanted a big chunk of sycamore. I followed him down the street to his house to take a look and it turned out to be a 5' long section of a limb and somewhat oval in cross section measuring 24" one way and 36" the other. He had just dropped the tree and the trunk was hollow and went to a company thet makes treehouses. The log was on his trailer so we backed it into my front yard and rolled it off.
How much better does it get than that? Free wood delivered to me to mill at my leisure and within reach of the fridge.
I am trying to decide which way to mill the log parallel to how it was growing will get me more quarter/rift grain which is the showy figure in sycamore. the bark is really gnarly and twisted so the typical grain pattern my not even be there. milling in the opoisite way would give less quartered figure but wider boards and if the grain is all gnarled and twisted a 36" wide board with showy figure would have value as a table top.
It was too dark for pics by the time we got it off the trailer but I will post a pic tomorrow to see what others might think.
How much better does it get than that? Free wood delivered to me to mill at my leisure and within reach of the fridge.
I am trying to decide which way to mill the log parallel to how it was growing will get me more quarter/rift grain which is the showy figure in sycamore. the bark is really gnarly and twisted so the typical grain pattern my not even be there. milling in the opoisite way would give less quartered figure but wider boards and if the grain is all gnarled and twisted a 36" wide board with showy figure would have value as a table top.
It was too dark for pics by the time we got it off the trailer but I will post a pic tomorrow to see what others might think.