What to do with this giant Sycamore?

[chipster7]

Quarter saw large Sycamore

If it has to come down take advantage of a beautiful wood and have it quartersawn. A small mill might help with it and it"s value increases with quartersawing. This is my first post and if I can figure out how to post a pic I'll show a beautiful table I made from Sycamore that is always a conversation starter. The variation and figuring in the wood is unmatched. Good luck. I added a pic hopefully it will be available on the thread after I submit.

 

[Samlock]

Jake, I think you may want to know this... A current MP of my country, Mr. Hakkarainen, is a Sportsfaller too! He's got convicted in a court of law for cut-and-run. Also he has a few drink-and-drives plus a nick-and-run (punk broke into a church and downed the ceremonial wine) under his belt.

I mean, Sportsfalling has parlamental devotees too. They're not all into golf.

 

[Guido Salvage]

Chipster's table, liked well enough to get a full round of rep after only 1 post...

The grain looks a bit like tiger maple in the front.

 

[lone wolf]

I have the opportuniy to take a very large sycamore that's easy to get to. My dilemma is what to do with it once I have it. Any ideas??? The tree is very much alive and about 130' tall and a girth of about 30 inches in diameter or more.

Not good to split at all!

 

[dhskier2]

and provided some hawn yocker doesn't cut it down for something useful,

Never figured I'd come across someone using the term honyoker! But, I'm a NW Montana boy myself, and three generations before me. The connection sorta makes sense :msp_thumbup:

 

[MarylandGuy]

I cut and split a Sycamore last year. It ended up yielding about 2 to 3 cord. Sure it was a little harder to split than oak, but really not a big deal. Though it was all done with a gas splitter.

My only real issue with the tree was how bad it smelled when splitting. And it was very, very moist inside. I let it season outside for about a year it burned very well in my wood stove. I wouldn't hesitate to tackle another one of those trees.

 

[randyrife]

quartersaw it

As a woodworking fanatic I agree quartersawn sycamore is absolutely beautiful when finished. It does have a tiger maple look to it. Save some of the log for this purpose.

 

[slowp]

Never figured I'd come across someone using the term honyoker! But, I'm a NW Montana boy myself, and three generations before me. The connection sorta makes sense :msp_thumbup:

I have not heard that term used since junior high days. I grew up in E. Warshington. Our next door neighbor used it a lot. Kahuna honyoker was the phrase.