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#1 ·
Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...

OK so we're ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a comment of similar concept different subject right? ...) ... anyway I couldn't resist that reference!

So we've been busy scavenging, this is only the start! A lot more is coming as we open up more resources to obtain interesting lumber.

Over the summer we picked up a rather large mulberry tree - which if I heard right is ready for the kiln shortly. Here's one of the larger trunk sections rolling off the trailer into the mill. We're really curious what we find when we see how it turned out.

Plant Tree Road surface Asphalt Shorts


We are in the process of retrieving a really interesting mulberry tree from the Princeton area that includes an assortment of interesting burl and spalting. Not to mention the unique internal hallow figuring.

Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Hood


Automotive tire Wood Plant Trunk Natural material


This has to become a unique table … thinking of turning some mulberry bun feet, evening out the surfaces, power washing off all the gunk and bark and soaking it in tung oil. Then getting a custom fit glass top for it.

Wood Natural material Art Geology Artifact


This is some of the unique grain patterns found in the mulberry chunks we explored with the band saw.

We picked up a whole trunk of an osage orange tree in 4 foot sections ranging from 8" - 18" ... this is destined for the mill hopefully this weekend. Figuring 2" slabs for slicing into tool handles, wine stoppers, other misc interesting applications for such a hard and durable wood. Osage Orange is $15 a board foot and it makes amazingly durable tool handles. I'll have to figure out the board feet but we easily picked up $2,000 in just that tree.

We're scavenging local orchards for apple - a truckload was retrieved today! This with all the cutting they do has an array of twisted grain, burls, patterns, and crotches. Should make for unique turnings and small projects.This image is just ONE example. We filled a ford ranger to its limit with interesting material. We'll see what the bandsaw reveals inside this week!

Wood Trunk Natural material Woody plant Painting


We see wine stoppers, bowls, pens, maybe some interesting boxes (there are larger sections) ...
 

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#2 ·
Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...

OK so we're ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a comment of similar concept different subject right? ...) ... anyway I couldn't resist that reference!

So we've been busy scavenging, this is only the start! A lot more is coming as we open up more resources to obtain interesting lumber.

Over the summer we picked up a rather large mulberry tree - which if I heard right is ready for the kiln shortly. Here's one of the larger trunk sections rolling off the trailer into the mill. We're really curious what we find when we see how it turned out.

Plant Tree Road surface Asphalt Shorts


We are in the process of retrieving a really interesting mulberry tree from the Princeton area that includes an assortment of interesting burl and spalting. Not to mention the unique internal hallow figuring.

Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Hood


Automotive tire Wood Plant Trunk Natural material


This has to become a unique table … thinking of turning some mulberry bun feet, evening out the surfaces, power washing off all the gunk and bark and soaking it in tung oil. Then getting a custom fit glass top for it.

Wood Natural material Art Geology Artifact


This is some of the unique grain patterns found in the mulberry chunks we explored with the band saw.

We picked up a whole trunk of an osage orange tree in 4 foot sections ranging from 8" - 18" ... this is destined for the mill hopefully this weekend. Figuring 2" slabs for slicing into tool handles, wine stoppers, other misc interesting applications for such a hard and durable wood. Osage Orange is $15 a board foot and it makes amazingly durable tool handles. I'll have to figure out the board feet but we easily picked up $2,000 in just that tree.

We're scavenging local orchards for apple - a truckload was retrieved today! This with all the cutting they do has an array of twisted grain, burls, patterns, and crotches. Should make for unique turnings and small projects.This image is just ONE example. We filled a ford ranger to its limit with interesting material. We'll see what the bandsaw reveals inside this week!

Wood Trunk Natural material Woody plant Painting


We see wine stoppers, bowls, pens, maybe some interesting boxes (there are larger sections) ...
I envision many beautiful pieces from the material you obtain.
it will be interesting what it yields.
Good luck.
 

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#3 ·
Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...

OK so we're ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a comment of similar concept different subject right? ...) ... anyway I couldn't resist that reference!

So we've been busy scavenging, this is only the start! A lot more is coming as we open up more resources to obtain interesting lumber.

Over the summer we picked up a rather large mulberry tree - which if I heard right is ready for the kiln shortly. Here's one of the larger trunk sections rolling off the trailer into the mill. We're really curious what we find when we see how it turned out.

Plant Tree Road surface Asphalt Shorts


We are in the process of retrieving a really interesting mulberry tree from the Princeton area that includes an assortment of interesting burl and spalting. Not to mention the unique internal hallow figuring.

Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Hood


Automotive tire Wood Plant Trunk Natural material


This has to become a unique table … thinking of turning some mulberry bun feet, evening out the surfaces, power washing off all the gunk and bark and soaking it in tung oil. Then getting a custom fit glass top for it.

Wood Natural material Art Geology Artifact


This is some of the unique grain patterns found in the mulberry chunks we explored with the band saw.

We picked up a whole trunk of an osage orange tree in 4 foot sections ranging from 8" - 18" ... this is destined for the mill hopefully this weekend. Figuring 2" slabs for slicing into tool handles, wine stoppers, other misc interesting applications for such a hard and durable wood. Osage Orange is $15 a board foot and it makes amazingly durable tool handles. I'll have to figure out the board feet but we easily picked up $2,000 in just that tree.

We're scavenging local orchards for apple - a truckload was retrieved today! This with all the cutting they do has an array of twisted grain, burls, patterns, and crotches. Should make for unique turnings and small projects.This image is just ONE example. We filled a ford ranger to its limit with interesting material. We'll see what the bandsaw reveals inside this week!

Wood Trunk Natural material Woody plant Painting


We see wine stoppers, bowls, pens, maybe some interesting boxes (there are larger sections) ...
Found wood is the best there is! I built my wife a potting shed last year, she now calls it the woodshed. She even has our friends - known as my wood pimps - looking for found wood.
 

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#4 ·
Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...

OK so we're ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a comment of similar concept different subject right? ...) ... anyway I couldn't resist that reference!

So we've been busy scavenging, this is only the start! A lot more is coming as we open up more resources to obtain interesting lumber.

Over the summer we picked up a rather large mulberry tree - which if I heard right is ready for the kiln shortly. Here's one of the larger trunk sections rolling off the trailer into the mill. We're really curious what we find when we see how it turned out.

Plant Tree Road surface Asphalt Shorts


We are in the process of retrieving a really interesting mulberry tree from the Princeton area that includes an assortment of interesting burl and spalting. Not to mention the unique internal hallow figuring.

Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Hood


Automotive tire Wood Plant Trunk Natural material


This has to become a unique table … thinking of turning some mulberry bun feet, evening out the surfaces, power washing off all the gunk and bark and soaking it in tung oil. Then getting a custom fit glass top for it.

Wood Natural material Art Geology Artifact


This is some of the unique grain patterns found in the mulberry chunks we explored with the band saw.

We picked up a whole trunk of an osage orange tree in 4 foot sections ranging from 8" - 18" ... this is destined for the mill hopefully this weekend. Figuring 2" slabs for slicing into tool handles, wine stoppers, other misc interesting applications for such a hard and durable wood. Osage Orange is $15 a board foot and it makes amazingly durable tool handles. I'll have to figure out the board feet but we easily picked up $2,000 in just that tree.

We're scavenging local orchards for apple - a truckload was retrieved today! This with all the cutting they do has an array of twisted grain, burls, patterns, and crotches. Should make for unique turnings and small projects.This image is just ONE example. We filled a ford ranger to its limit with interesting material. We'll see what the bandsaw reveals inside this week!

Wood Trunk Natural material Woody plant Painting


We see wine stoppers, bowls, pens, maybe some interesting boxes (there are larger sections) ...
We certainly hope it yields well - we found another large osage tree with most of the main trunk intact. Probably 18-24" in diameter. We'll section off that tree into probably 3-4 48" sections and bring it to the mill as well this week. Some scrub tree's in there too we may be able to work with.

VERY curious what we get - anyone interested in some good turning wood for tool handles let us know!
 

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Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...

OK so we're ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a comment of similar concept different subject right? ...) ... anyway I couldn't resist that reference!

So we've been busy scavenging, this is only the start! A lot more is coming as we open up more resources to obtain interesting lumber.

Over the summer we picked up a rather large mulberry tree - which if I heard right is ready for the kiln shortly. Here's one of the larger trunk sections rolling off the trailer into the mill. We're really curious what we find when we see how it turned out.

Plant Tree Road surface Asphalt Shorts


We are in the process of retrieving a really interesting mulberry tree from the Princeton area that includes an assortment of interesting burl and spalting. Not to mention the unique internal hallow figuring.

Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Hood


Automotive tire Wood Plant Trunk Natural material


This has to become a unique table … thinking of turning some mulberry bun feet, evening out the surfaces, power washing off all the gunk and bark and soaking it in tung oil. Then getting a custom fit glass top for it.

Wood Natural material Art Geology Artifact


This is some of the unique grain patterns found in the mulberry chunks we explored with the band saw.

We picked up a whole trunk of an osage orange tree in 4 foot sections ranging from 8" - 18" ... this is destined for the mill hopefully this weekend. Figuring 2" slabs for slicing into tool handles, wine stoppers, other misc interesting applications for such a hard and durable wood. Osage Orange is $15 a board foot and it makes amazingly durable tool handles. I'll have to figure out the board feet but we easily picked up $2,000 in just that tree.

We're scavenging local orchards for apple - a truckload was retrieved today! This with all the cutting they do has an array of twisted grain, burls, patterns, and crotches. Should make for unique turnings and small projects.This image is just ONE example. We filled a ford ranger to its limit with interesting material. We'll see what the bandsaw reveals inside this week!

Wood Trunk Natural material Woody plant Painting


We see wine stoppers, bowls, pens, maybe some interesting boxes (there are larger sections) ...
The second osage tree is on the trailer now - two 6' sections at around 22" in diameter - my 24" bar barely stuck through … should turn out nice!
 

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Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...

OK so we're ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a comment of similar concept different subject right? ...) ... anyway I couldn't resist that reference!

So we've been busy scavenging, this is only the start! A lot more is coming as we open up more resources to obtain interesting lumber.

Over the summer we picked up a rather large mulberry tree - which if I heard right is ready for the kiln shortly. Here's one of the larger trunk sections rolling off the trailer into the mill. We're really curious what we find when we see how it turned out.

Plant Tree Road surface Asphalt Shorts


We are in the process of retrieving a really interesting mulberry tree from the Princeton area that includes an assortment of interesting burl and spalting. Not to mention the unique internal hallow figuring.

Tire Vehicle Car Automotive tire Hood


Automotive tire Wood Plant Trunk Natural material


This has to become a unique table … thinking of turning some mulberry bun feet, evening out the surfaces, power washing off all the gunk and bark and soaking it in tung oil. Then getting a custom fit glass top for it.

Wood Natural material Art Geology Artifact


This is some of the unique grain patterns found in the mulberry chunks we explored with the band saw.

We picked up a whole trunk of an osage orange tree in 4 foot sections ranging from 8" - 18" ... this is destined for the mill hopefully this weekend. Figuring 2" slabs for slicing into tool handles, wine stoppers, other misc interesting applications for such a hard and durable wood. Osage Orange is $15 a board foot and it makes amazingly durable tool handles. I'll have to figure out the board feet but we easily picked up $2,000 in just that tree.

We're scavenging local orchards for apple - a truckload was retrieved today! This with all the cutting they do has an array of twisted grain, burls, patterns, and crotches. Should make for unique turnings and small projects.This image is just ONE example. We filled a ford ranger to its limit with interesting material. We'll see what the bandsaw reveals inside this week!

Wood Trunk Natural material Woody plant Painting


We see wine stoppers, bowls, pens, maybe some interesting boxes (there are larger sections) ...
Such a great find !
 

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Mulberry & Osage Orange @ the Mill

As we progress w/ our wood scavenging the mill is doing their job and things are being sliced and stacked! There appears to be 22 slabs of mulberry (we get half) ... there's a pile of misc chunks under this too that will be interesting. One mainly we want for a table base. Hoping to have this in hand in a couple months, its hitting the kiln next in line.

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Waiting to see what kinda figuring (if any) we scored in this lot.

So far looks like 34 labs of osage orange - plus the caps and we have I believe 8 more logs to be milled. Hard to guess what we'll finalize with but hoping for about 70 slices to split with the mill. They are slicing to a full 7/4" so when we're done cleanup we have full 6/4" to make too handles and other interesting projects. We also have the branches to turn for mallets and other larger diameter projects.

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It'll be a while before we have osage in hand once it's all sliced - this is all destined for the kiln and it's a few out in line. This wood game is NOT for the instant gratification crowd! When I get wood I wanna use it right away …
 

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#8 ·
Mulberry & Osage Orange @ the Mill

As we progress w/ our wood scavenging the mill is doing their job and things are being sliced and stacked! There appears to be 22 slabs of mulberry (we get half) ... there's a pile of misc chunks under this too that will be interesting. One mainly we want for a table base. Hoping to have this in hand in a couple months, its hitting the kiln next in line.

Wood Snow Tree Lumber Trunk


Waiting to see what kinda figuring (if any) we scored in this lot.

So far looks like 34 labs of osage orange - plus the caps and we have I believe 8 more logs to be milled. Hard to guess what we'll finalize with but hoping for about 70 slices to split with the mill. They are slicing to a full 7/4" so when we're done cleanup we have full 6/4" to make too handles and other interesting projects. We also have the branches to turn for mallets and other larger diameter projects.

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Wood Natural material Hardwood Composite material Trunk


Wood Rectangle Hardwood Composite material Flooring


Brown Rectangle Wood Beige Tints and shades


It'll be a while before we have osage in hand once it's all sliced - this is all destined for the kiln and it's a few out in line. This wood game is NOT for the instant gratification crowd! When I get wood I wanna use it right away …
what fun to get it , split it with the mill , your happy , there happy…ive had the same chance, except i have been to greedy and wanted all the wood myself, so i had to pay for it…but, i think its a great thing to do…would love some osage orange…grizz
 

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Walnut and Black Locust in the Mix

Our scavenging efforts have progressed along to now include a 66" x 28" black walnut log - and a we're in progress gathering a rather large and strait black locust tree. Not sure exactly what we're doing w/ the locust yet but why not play with something different?

The walnut - thinking we're going to have it milled into 3" flitches and setup for some nice tables and benches. Probably to go into our gaming line. We're hoping to pick up about 8 more walnut logs this spring - some of which may be spalted - at least we can hope!

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Next week we pickup our osage orange and mulberry flitches!

I'm also picking up the oak rounds for my 9 oak gaming tables pending for this summer's "Blending of Art and Wine" show - at least some of them anyway!

Black locust has a mix of uses - we're just not sure our intention yet until we speak with the guys at the mill. There are two more sections one about the size of these two and one is the largest section of trunk. Plus a mix of short sections.

We also picked up an assortment of osage logs we must seal the ends of them SOON and get them properly stored. We may bring them to the mill and just have them cut up into turning blanks and let them dry as blanks.
 

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Walnut and Black Locust in the Mix

Our scavenging efforts have progressed along to now include a 66" x 28" black walnut log - and a we're in progress gathering a rather large and strait black locust tree. Not sure exactly what we're doing w/ the locust yet but why not play with something different?

The walnut - thinking we're going to have it milled into 3" flitches and setup for some nice tables and benches. Probably to go into our gaming line. We're hoping to pick up about 8 more walnut logs this spring - some of which may be spalted - at least we can hope!

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Next week we pickup our osage orange and mulberry flitches!

I'm also picking up the oak rounds for my 9 oak gaming tables pending for this summer's "Blending of Art and Wine" show - at least some of them anyway!

Black locust has a mix of uses - we're just not sure our intention yet until we speak with the guys at the mill. There are two more sections one about the size of these two and one is the largest section of trunk. Plus a mix of short sections.

We also picked up an assortment of osage logs we must seal the ends of them SOON and get them properly stored. We may bring them to the mill and just have them cut up into turning blanks and let them dry as blanks.
Please show us the inside of these logs when you have them slabbed. Great promise in each of them.
 

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Equipment rigged - we're in business!

So - hurricane (super storm) Sandy brought down an unreal amount of trees. It's still a royal mess around here and our area really didn't get hit that bad considering the damage at the shore.

We've ramped up our efforts to scavenge and are making some great contacts with area parks, tree services, townships, and other institutions and venues as well as private homes. We'll be picking up wood where ever and whenever we can obviously looking for the premium hardwoods and a few evergreens.

Main targets, cherry, walnut, white oak, maple (splated mainly), cedar/spruce for boat materials, apple, pear, osage orange, mulberry, and perhaps a few poplars for carving fun.

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Given the volume we rigged up to handle up to about a 24" log depending on the type with our own winching gear. The rest we'll be partnering up with friends who own tree services, excavating, or landscape businesses who have heavy equipment. - Pending a 30" + 30' walnut tree for example we'll be requesting some assistance in loading. We also have a 6ft diameter maple tree with an assortment of intertwined burls we will be working to pickup ASAP.

The rig is now setup on a 7700lb trailer - light duty for the project, but for now it's what we have on hand. We're planning to take some of the profits from this venture and buy a heavy duty dump trailer.

Meanwhile we designed a simple yarder and mounted it on the trailer. This setup is powered by a 12,000lb winch which is mounted on a secondary receiver on our truck. The yarder mounts as a drop in and bolt together accessory to the trailer. No permanent welds or even any bolts hold it on the trailer. It slides into the stake mounts. The wench cable is rigged through a pulley mounted on the yarder as a high point and will drag logs up onto the trailer. The high point helps lift the front of the log to reduce drag as it moves.

The winch is mounted high enough to clear the spare tire and jack assembly. I just welded up the winch riser this morning, it "works" but we need some improvement. The idea was to avoid any permanent modifications to the trailer as we are borrowing it. I will probably have to rig up a tripod on the front of the trailer to guide the winch cable and put it back lower directly in the second receiver. The leverage is too great with a heavy log.

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We also picked up a skidder for the 4wheeler which seems to be able to handle a pretty good size log (up to 22") as well. The goal is get the material up to street or trail level so we can pick it up onto the trailer deck. This is a rear load setup for the trailer - not the best as we'd love to have a side load. Well - love would be an articulated loader but again - for now this is the rig!

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Now setup w/ a side ramp, its easy to get the 4wheeler up on the trailer crossways. This leaves us plenty of room for 12ft+ logs over the axle. The 4 wheeler balances out some of the weight over the tung. We unload it and use it to move the logs around and to clear a path for the winch cable. The skidder is actually pretty light so we just toss that on board on top of the pile.

Stay tuned if you like to see logs turned into projects! Of course this will take a while … the process generally will take a least a year from log to lumber. Some logs will take a few years to mill then air dry, then kiln dry, and plane down and edge or just leave as slabs. Then it will take us some time to figure out projects, get commissions, etc.
 

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Equipment rigged - we're in business!

So - hurricane (super storm) Sandy brought down an unreal amount of trees. It's still a royal mess around here and our area really didn't get hit that bad considering the damage at the shore.

We've ramped up our efforts to scavenge and are making some great contacts with area parks, tree services, townships, and other institutions and venues as well as private homes. We'll be picking up wood where ever and whenever we can obviously looking for the premium hardwoods and a few evergreens.

Main targets, cherry, walnut, white oak, maple (splated mainly), cedar/spruce for boat materials, apple, pear, osage orange, mulberry, and perhaps a few poplars for carving fun.

Tire Wheel Vehicle Sky Automotive tire


Tire Wheel Sky Vehicle Automotive tire


Given the volume we rigged up to handle up to about a 24" log depending on the type with our own winching gear. The rest we'll be partnering up with friends who own tree services, excavating, or landscape businesses who have heavy equipment. - Pending a 30" + 30' walnut tree for example we'll be requesting some assistance in loading. We also have a 6ft diameter maple tree with an assortment of intertwined burls we will be working to pickup ASAP.

The rig is now setup on a 7700lb trailer - light duty for the project, but for now it's what we have on hand. We're planning to take some of the profits from this venture and buy a heavy duty dump trailer.

Meanwhile we designed a simple yarder and mounted it on the trailer. This setup is powered by a 12,000lb winch which is mounted on a secondary receiver on our truck. The yarder mounts as a drop in and bolt together accessory to the trailer. No permanent welds or even any bolts hold it on the trailer. It slides into the stake mounts. The wench cable is rigged through a pulley mounted on the yarder as a high point and will drag logs up onto the trailer. The high point helps lift the front of the log to reduce drag as it moves.

The winch is mounted high enough to clear the spare tire and jack assembly. I just welded up the winch riser this morning, it "works" but we need some improvement. The idea was to avoid any permanent modifications to the trailer as we are borrowing it. I will probably have to rig up a tripod on the front of the trailer to guide the winch cable and put it back lower directly in the second receiver. The leverage is too great with a heavy log.

Plant Tire Sky Automotive tire Wheel


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We also picked up a skidder for the 4wheeler which seems to be able to handle a pretty good size log (up to 22") as well. The goal is get the material up to street or trail level so we can pick it up onto the trailer deck. This is a rear load setup for the trailer - not the best as we'd love to have a side load. Well - love would be an articulated loader but again - for now this is the rig!

Tire Wheel Plant Vehicle Automotive tire


Now setup w/ a side ramp, its easy to get the 4wheeler up on the trailer crossways. This leaves us plenty of room for 12ft+ logs over the axle. The 4 wheeler balances out some of the weight over the tung. We unload it and use it to move the logs around and to clear a path for the winch cable. The skidder is actually pretty light so we just toss that on board on top of the pile.

Stay tuned if you like to see logs turned into projects! Of course this will take a while … the process generally will take a least a year from log to lumber. Some logs will take a few years to mill then air dry, then kiln dry, and plane down and edge or just leave as slabs. Then it will take us some time to figure out projects, get commissions, etc.
oh yea Eric, this is way cool, this is what you should be doing, i hate to see good wood go to waste when these storms hit, this will be a huge resource, i hope it goes well, good to see this happening, cant wait to see this wood after its been milled…grizz
 

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The Maple Monstrosity!

Well - here we have a maple monstrosity! IDK what this sucker weighs but we had to chip off a few small chunks to lighten it for a Ford 555 to lift it. We split about 1/4 off the main trunk and the cut the front hollow section off. Fortunately we had the help of an excavator w/ a grippy-grabber (technical term) to hoist it off at the mill.

This seems to contain burl, curl, and some misc other malformations. We have no idea yet what is inside - we will find out when we cut it open!

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Another 2012 Super Storm Sandy Salvage!

Loaded for us by DPD Contractors
http://www.dpdcontractors.com/

Salvaged from GeoMatrix Construction
http://www.geomatrixconstruction.com/

Milled by Willard Brothers Woodcutters
http://www.willardbrothers.net/
 

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#33 ·
The Maple Monstrosity!

Well - here we have a maple monstrosity! IDK what this sucker weighs but we had to chip off a few small chunks to lighten it for a Ford 555 to lift it. We split about 1/4 off the main trunk and the cut the front hollow section off. Fortunately we had the help of an excavator w/ a grippy-grabber (technical term) to hoist it off at the mill.

This seems to contain burl, curl, and some misc other malformations. We have no idea yet what is inside - we will find out when we cut it open!

Wheel Tire Vehicle Automotive tire Sky


Automotive tire Tire Wood Plant Trunk


Natural environment Wood Trunk Automotive tire Bedrock


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Another 2012 Super Storm Sandy Salvage!

Loaded for us by DPD Contractors
http://www.dpdcontractors.com/

Salvaged from GeoMatrix Construction
http://www.geomatrixconstruction.com/

Milled by Willard Brothers Woodcutters
http://www.willardbrothers.net/
Nice save! Looks like a good start of a dugout (not the baseball kind).
 

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#45 ·
Motherload - Osage, Walnut, Cherry!

So we progress … scavenging away finding lonely and abandoned logs to take to the mill.

For those following you'll see some progression shortly we are picking up walnut, locust, and cedar you previously saw off to the mill. That's the first real take since the osage and mulberry we picked up from our 2011 scavenging. We will now begin to reap the ROI on the 2012 logs.

We will begin cataloging each slab this weekend as we pick them up and place them into inventory. We'll also be going back through our storage and making sure we have detailed photos and measurements of each slab. We're planning to begin a marketing program and also build some additional spec slab tables for a few gallerias. TBD on the details …

Anyway- yesterday I retrieved a load testing load of Osage, Walnut, and Cherry!

So here's the ideas and that's all it is now - the Cherry - thinking 3" (12/4) slabs that we will then use to make a few tables and matching benches. The legs will match at 12/4 to the tops. Depending on what we see when they are sliced open an assortment of butterflies and other inlay as required.

The walnut - there's a large section of several branches coming into the trunk on the walnut - this was cut off the tip for bowls and other turnings. There is a 12ft section, a 6ft section, and an 8ft section. We're debating just how to slice it up. The 6ft section will probably be thick sliced for coffee tables. The rest may not be all that interesting so we may just 8/4 it but I'm still tempted to go thicker.

The osage - well - here's the crazy thought as it is a nice odd curve. We slice it flat along the curve to preserve the profile 12/4" thickness. We then take the two center pieces and flip them mirrored and joint the touching edges to bring them together to be a nice wide tabletop. The remaining two slices we then flip to match the profile of the outer edge of the table and turn those to benches. We'd I guess have to make two osage chairs for the ends. Really modern, who knows if it's marketable but it would be fun to build!?

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That's one load from today - we also picked up a burly maple trunk. We'll be getting more osage shortly as the trailer just wouldn't hold any more when we had the mother load on there loaded last night.

Some of the last loads - the cherry is sliced to 10/4 … that's going into the kiln I think shortly. We have about 12 other logs waiting in line including walnut, locust, maple, and not sure what one strange log was but it looked interesting I have to find out.

I have to go scavenging in a local park and some other places soon and see what they have. We are pending doing some cleanup at friends places for more walnut and some other exotics.

Stay tuned - this is going to get more and more interesting … AND we may just be putting some of this up on the market as we have no idea where we are going to keep all this wood!
 

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Motherload - Osage, Walnut, Cherry!

So we progress … scavenging away finding lonely and abandoned logs to take to the mill.

For those following you'll see some progression shortly we are picking up walnut, locust, and cedar you previously saw off to the mill. That's the first real take since the osage and mulberry we picked up from our 2011 scavenging. We will now begin to reap the ROI on the 2012 logs.

We will begin cataloging each slab this weekend as we pick them up and place them into inventory. We'll also be going back through our storage and making sure we have detailed photos and measurements of each slab. We're planning to begin a marketing program and also build some additional spec slab tables for a few gallerias. TBD on the details …

Anyway- yesterday I retrieved a load testing load of Osage, Walnut, and Cherry!

So here's the ideas and that's all it is now - the Cherry - thinking 3" (12/4) slabs that we will then use to make a few tables and matching benches. The legs will match at 12/4 to the tops. Depending on what we see when they are sliced open an assortment of butterflies and other inlay as required.

The walnut - there's a large section of several branches coming into the trunk on the walnut - this was cut off the tip for bowls and other turnings. There is a 12ft section, a 6ft section, and an 8ft section. We're debating just how to slice it up. The 6ft section will probably be thick sliced for coffee tables. The rest may not be all that interesting so we may just 8/4 it but I'm still tempted to go thicker.

The osage - well - here's the crazy thought as it is a nice odd curve. We slice it flat along the curve to preserve the profile 12/4" thickness. We then take the two center pieces and flip them mirrored and joint the touching edges to bring them together to be a nice wide tabletop. The remaining two slices we then flip to match the profile of the outer edge of the table and turn those to benches. We'd I guess have to make two osage chairs for the ends. Really modern, who knows if it's marketable but it would be fun to build!?

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That's one load from today - we also picked up a burly maple trunk. We'll be getting more osage shortly as the trailer just wouldn't hold any more when we had the mother load on there loaded last night.

Some of the last loads - the cherry is sliced to 10/4 … that's going into the kiln I think shortly. We have about 12 other logs waiting in line including walnut, locust, maple, and not sure what one strange log was but it looked interesting I have to find out.

I have to go scavenging in a local park and some other places soon and see what they have. We are pending doing some cleanup at friends places for more walnut and some other exotics.

Stay tuned - this is going to get more and more interesting … AND we may just be putting some of this up on the market as we have no idea where we are going to keep all this wood!
Keep some on the side for your clock!
 

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Curiously Burl-ee??

Well - we're not sure yet, this kinda looks like burl but it may just be some anomalies around cut branches or other disturbances on the trunk. Some mineral stains are apparent, no spalting …. so we're going to slice and dice a bit and see what we get. If it's real burl and interesting we have turning stock and maybe some slabs, if not we just get a little further ahead of the firewood stockpile for next season!

If you look at the ends, there is some burl or random grain apparent. We're hoping it dives in deep.

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Off to the mill with this one tomorrow … I have to do a full inventory. I think there's something like 50+ logs we now have in various stages of waiting for pickup, storage, milling, drying, and dimensioning.
 

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Curiously Burl-ee??

Well - we're not sure yet, this kinda looks like burl but it may just be some anomalies around cut branches or other disturbances on the trunk. Some mineral stains are apparent, no spalting …. so we're going to slice and dice a bit and see what we get. If it's real burl and interesting we have turning stock and maybe some slabs, if not we just get a little further ahead of the firewood stockpile for next season!

If you look at the ends, there is some burl or random grain apparent. We're hoping it dives in deep.

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Off to the mill with this one tomorrow … I have to do a full inventory. I think there's something like 50+ logs we now have in various stages of waiting for pickup, storage, milling, drying, and dimensioning.
awe come on, firewood….....its gotta be good for projects somewhere…...i protest the wood being used for fire…lol…..well i hope it has got lots of burl in there…im staying tuned to see what happens here…..
 

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Scavenging some turning blanks!

Along with scavenging for lumber - we are scavenging for turning blanks. We should probably post a little more on this subject as we are planning to do a ton of turning work this year. Our lathe upgrades are moving along we have the new 3HP 3phase motor and frequency drive, lots of new chucks, the bowl coring rig and hollowing tool cage is on order. We're designing a new outrigger setup, etc.

SO - we're starting a full force collection of materials to turn! We've picked up walnut, spalted maple, spalted beech, spalted cherry, osage orange, mulberry, looking for some cedar root balls.

Here's a few images of local finds. These are mostly crotches, burls, and other cut outs from spalted logs. We'll see what we get as time "turns" ... remember this is mostly found materials. We are buying a few logs here and there but the vast majority of this material is being picked up for FREE.

Scavenging and bartering is a woodworkers mainstay if you do it right. We gather supplies all over the place for unique projects. Wood turning can be done without sophisticated expensive milling equipment. All you need is a chainsaw, a bandsaw, and a lathe. Help a neighbor with a tree cleanup and you can end up with tons of great turning materials. Especially if you find trees that have spalt in them or unique mineral stains.

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This is the root ball from our heirlom spalted copper beech - my grandmother's tree. This was the final straw, I ordered the One-Way EZ Core setup today. I can't waste this. I hope to get at least three bowls out of it.

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This - this is found in our back yard a fallen cherry tree. We'll be cutting up more of it ASAP! Probably this weekend! This unique blank became the turning below. We're thin walling it out and we'll finish sand it this weekend and let it sit and warp from there before finishing.

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Scavenging some turning blanks!

Along with scavenging for lumber - we are scavenging for turning blanks. We should probably post a little more on this subject as we are planning to do a ton of turning work this year. Our lathe upgrades are moving along we have the new 3HP 3phase motor and frequency drive, lots of new chucks, the bowl coring rig and hollowing tool cage is on order. We're designing a new outrigger setup, etc.

SO - we're starting a full force collection of materials to turn! We've picked up walnut, spalted maple, spalted beech, spalted cherry, osage orange, mulberry, looking for some cedar root balls.

Here's a few images of local finds. These are mostly crotches, burls, and other cut outs from spalted logs. We'll see what we get as time "turns" ... remember this is mostly found materials. We are buying a few logs here and there but the vast majority of this material is being picked up for FREE.

Scavenging and bartering is a woodworkers mainstay if you do it right. We gather supplies all over the place for unique projects. Wood turning can be done without sophisticated expensive milling equipment. All you need is a chainsaw, a bandsaw, and a lathe. Help a neighbor with a tree cleanup and you can end up with tons of great turning materials. Especially if you find trees that have spalt in them or unique mineral stains.

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This is the root ball from our heirlom spalted copper beech - my grandmother's tree. This was the final straw, I ordered the One-Way EZ Core setup today. I can't waste this. I hope to get at least three bowls out of it.

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This - this is found in our back yard a fallen cherry tree. We'll be cutting up more of it ASAP! Probably this weekend! This unique blank became the turning below. We're thin walling it out and we'll finish sand it this weekend and let it sit and warp from there before finishing.

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your grandmothers tree looks so awesome , cant wait to see what you get from it, enjoy turning all of this beautiful wood..
 

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The First Walnut Slabs are OUT of the Kiln!

OK - trip to the mill on Saturday yielded a return of six walnut slabs at 16/4 (a full 4") thick! This harvest was back in early 2012: http://lumberjocks.com/EricMSaperstein/blog/28599.

I'm trying to figure out what this cost, I got the logs on that trailer load from a local tree service along with some other material for $100 (firewood cost) ... Then some trades and such with the milling I'm estimating it cost around $150 to mill it and have it dried. So for about $250 plus our time and storage … we have six 16/4 walnut slabs.

At $10 a board foot for walnut, rounding down these are all 66" long ranging from 40" down to 21" wide. Say a 5' x 3' flitch at 16/4 thickness is 15Ă—4 = 60 board feet or around $600. We have roughly $2500 worth of walnut from this log on hand.

We see some coffee tables in the mix here. Perhaps some with game boards inlaid as some are not particularly interesting grain patterns so they are perfect for a backdrop to add a chess or backgammon board. We could take the two center ones that are nicely mirrored and make a kitchen larger coffee table. Now of course we have to put the time into making the furniture, and hopefully someone buys it. With these slabs we could easily have $8,000 - $12,000 in furniture depending on what we build.

I think it's worth it - but time will have to tell. There is TONS more wood is coming! We're waiting on over 40 logs currently in various stages at the mill and probably another dozen or so we'd like to get our paws on and drag them too the mill. The first of the locust and a batch of cedar will be coming home soon.

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#74 ·
The First Walnut Slabs are OUT of the Kiln!

OK - trip to the mill on Saturday yielded a return of six walnut slabs at 16/4 (a full 4") thick! This harvest was back in early 2012: http://lumberjocks.com/EricMSaperstein/blog/28599.

I'm trying to figure out what this cost, I got the logs on that trailer load from a local tree service along with some other material for $100 (firewood cost) ... Then some trades and such with the milling I'm estimating it cost around $150 to mill it and have it dried. So for about $250 plus our time and storage … we have six 16/4 walnut slabs.

At $10 a board foot for walnut, rounding down these are all 66" long ranging from 40" down to 21" wide. Say a 5' x 3' flitch at 16/4 thickness is 15Ă—4 = 60 board feet or around $600. We have roughly $2500 worth of walnut from this log on hand.

We see some coffee tables in the mix here. Perhaps some with game boards inlaid as some are not particularly interesting grain patterns so they are perfect for a backdrop to add a chess or backgammon board. We could take the two center ones that are nicely mirrored and make a kitchen larger coffee table. Now of course we have to put the time into making the furniture, and hopefully someone buys it. With these slabs we could easily have $8,000 - $12,000 in furniture depending on what we build.

I think it's worth it - but time will have to tell. There is TONS more wood is coming! We're waiting on over 40 logs currently in various stages at the mill and probably another dozen or so we'd like to get our paws on and drag them too the mill. The first of the locust and a batch of cedar will be coming home soon.

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Good looking wood. For me the chase would be worth the end result.
 

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#10 - One of two storage lots

So … we've accumulated wood … this is one woodlot we have tucked away. We have more material being held at a friend's tree yard (photos / inventory pending) ...

Here's the problem. The mill has been offline for a variety of reasons and the market of course has fallen for logs given the storm gave us all a huge influx of them. That's great - but NOW WHAT?

SO we're in the debating stages and negotiating for some places to store stacked/stickered lumber to air dry before it goes in the kiln. I'd like to get all this material sliced by the end of next summer, sooner would be better but no time or resources.

We are debating if we can find a portable mill to rent or hire. This lot is on a mill's property already, our other material we have to finalize the purchase and then get it sliced. There is walnut, cherry, osage, locust, maple, and some misc other stuff in here. The other lot has some nice sticks of cherry, white oak, locust, walnut, and some misc stuff as well.

Anyone interested in buying logs???

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#10 - One of two storage lots

So … we've accumulated wood … this is one woodlot we have tucked away. We have more material being held at a friend's tree yard (photos / inventory pending) ...

Here's the problem. The mill has been offline for a variety of reasons and the market of course has fallen for logs given the storm gave us all a huge influx of them. That's great - but NOW WHAT?

SO we're in the debating stages and negotiating for some places to store stacked/stickered lumber to air dry before it goes in the kiln. I'd like to get all this material sliced by the end of next summer, sooner would be better but no time or resources.

We are debating if we can find a portable mill to rent or hire. This lot is on a mill's property already, our other material we have to finalize the purchase and then get it sliced. There is walnut, cherry, osage, locust, maple, and some misc other stuff in here. The other lot has some nice sticks of cherry, white oak, locust, walnut, and some misc stuff as well.

Anyone interested in buying logs???

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This should be a good find for somebody. I see a lot of character there.
 

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