Urban wood salvage - black walnut

Nice Save! Who makes that contraption sitting on the tree?

-- Jason

The chainsaw mill is a GB mill (got it on Ebay). There’s also one made by Granberg called the Alaskan Mill. Cheers.

-- Live, think, breath wood...

Lucky dog.

I had a bunch of black walnut that my grandfather cut down at the family farm in Indiana. Unfortunately, the supply is getting low, and it’s unlikely we will cut down any walnut trees on the farm again any time soon.

Very pretty stuff. Looking forward to seeing the projects you make from this.

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A great looking log. Nice job on the salvage.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Great job on saving this lumber from becoming firewood. That is some nice lumber that you salvaged.

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

Only a true woodworker would be able to spot such a marvelous find! I am sure the soul of that tree will be resurrected in some beautiful projects!

-- Chad, Si vis pacem, para bellum

I was very fortunate to come across this beauty. About a week later someone one street over took down a huge red oak! It was a great year for wood-finding. I would post the red oak as well but being new to this great forum I’m not sure if I should be showing too much of my “salvagapades” on LJ. Cheers guys.

-- Live, think, breath wood...

how big a bar do you use on your saw?

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - Unknown Shaker

The saw is a Stihl 066 with a Big Bore piston & cylinder and the bar is a GB 44”. It allows me to mill as wide as 40”.

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A buddy and I tried to do the same thing…..only to realize that it was packed with nails. After ruining several blades, we decided to call it quits and use the log for tiki sculptures.

-- Matthew Weatherly

Matt, I’ve come across many nails and fencing while milling urban trees. It just goes with the territory I guess. Glad to hear you guys made use of the wood anyway.

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That is some serious lumber you got there. Great save!

As you all may know it takes about one year per inch of wood thickness to air dry so these slabs won’t be ready to use for another 2+ years yet…I hope you’ll be patient in waiting to see something being made from them! lol. However I do have other slabs waiting in the wing that need to be brought indoors and allow to come down to the 8-10% moisture content range. Anything worthwhile requires some patience I guess.

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Personally there are few things more rewarding, in more ways than one, than “salvagapades” as you put it. Welcome to LJ.

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

Darren, I’ve seen your work and milling pics…very inspiring. Thanks.

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Thanks for sharing your good fortune and stewardship in keeping this tree out of the fireplace or worse yet, the landfill. Nakashima would be proud.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

kudos -

haha, at first glance i thought your avatar was a different kind of “branchout” =)....nice find man, can’t wait til I save up enough for a mill so i can do some suburban salvaging

good save.

-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.