This week in urban logging #3: This weeks haul

Wish I had a next door neighbor with a mill!

-- North Texas

Man all that sweet timber for free! And you got the stuff to make it into lunber…

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Awesome! so wish there were more trees in the city.

Man what a haul—- you could share some with all use LJ’s and still have plenty for yourself. hint, hint, hint….:-)

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

I did find a picture of the oak. Kinda boring IMO, 14” wide X 12’ long. Nothing caught my eye, just straight grain and no knots ? I am bias/jaded though, having a mill will do that to a person. Everyone (?) has seen an oak board like this, drudgery for me. A 24” wide honeylocust slab…now that is why I have a mill, don’t see them every day.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Thats a really good connection! Please post some pics of the honeylocus when you get done milling it.

-- Steve-o

Daren,

You are providing a wonderful service to the community and re-directing this urban wood into useful purposes. This is a win-win situation for everyone.

Thanks for sharing.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Its funny that you say boring, but some of us have to pick through many hundreds of board feet to find on nice straight board, never mind the chance to find one this size. Thanks so much for posting. Again, one of my favorite blogs.

Great job Daren:

It would be great to have you as next door neighbour.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Darren,
That is a beautiful piece of oak, I could think of a lot of uses for a nice clear straight grain. I find picking the right boards is the hardest part of a project. Its a lot of work digging through piles of lumber to find quality stock. I wish I had a nearby mill I could deal with. So far I haven’t found any one to order from that picks out what I’m looking for without paying a huge cost. If I find some one I’d stick with dealing with them. I don’t mind paying for quality, I just don’t enjoy being robbed for it.
This is not meant as a shot at you Darren, as I haven’t had a chance to talk with you yet.
How does one contact you other than LJ’s??

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Great score Daren. I agree with you about the honey locust. I love to turn it. Thank you for sharing.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

Drool… :)

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

I live in a heavily wooded neighborhood, and I see people cutting down trees all the time. Huge white and red oaks and maples. Most give the wood away to whoever wants it…I keep thinking if I buy a chainsaw mill I could have an endless supply of material!

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Man-O-Man… You Gotta Luv that….

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

I’d like to see some pics of the osage…great bounty!

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

”Please post some pics of the honeylocus when you get done milling it.”

—Steve-o

Here ya go Steve. I milled one of the small ones today (in the rain ) Honeylocust is notorious for having punky spots in the lumber, especially in larger logs…not this one. Pretty nice lumber. I stickered it after the picture. Fresh sawn (in the rain, did I mention that) you can’t really see all the cool colors honeylocust has.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Might not be able to see all the cool colors, but can certainly tell that it has some nice color variation! Good stuff!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA