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This is the pics of the cherry logs I was referring to earlier. I have decided not to sell them to a veneer mill and go ahead and saw them into flitches. I ended up getting two trees that ended up yielding 7 pcs of butt log. They are perfect! No knots, no shake and no rotting on the inside. I will keep posting pics of the process as I flitch cut them on my mill. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Jeff
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19 comments so far
Jarrod Zion Murphree
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posted 539 days ago
Nice logs. I wish I lived in an area where Cherries grow…
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darryl
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posted 539 days ago
looks pretty cool.
I hope to someday be able to mill my own lumber.
I like the idea of taking a project from log to completed furniture.
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Mathew Nedeljko
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posted 539 days ago
Jeff, great find and good decision to keep the lumber! I look forward to seeing the lumber as you begin cutting it.
Did you happen to get a picture of the tree before it was harvested? That would be way cool!
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John Gray
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posted 539 days ago
You made the right choice.
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GaryK
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posted 539 days ago
Good looking stuff!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Scott Bryan
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posted 539 days ago
I can see some beautiful projects in there. I agree that you made the right decision.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 539 days ago
All I can say is WOW!
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Joey
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posted 539 days ago
i’m jealous. those are great. and i love cherry.
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jockmike2
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posted 538 days ago
I live in near Lansing Michigan, not far from Indiana. I would’nt mind the drive. What would you like in trade? MIKE
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TreeBones
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posted 538 days ago
Nice! Good decision. Now I need to go change my shirt that was drenched from drooling.
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DAN
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posted 538 days ago
nice looking green wood
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Daren Nelson
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posted 538 days ago
I would love to have them setting in my yard ready to mill, those look like some real beauties. Flitch sawn they will sure be pretty, good call for keeping them…I would pick out one biggin’ that has the pith centered (you have 3 it looks like that would do) and 1/4 saw that puppy.
-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/
USCJeff
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posted 538 days ago
Drooling. Lot’s of possibilities there. . .
-- Jeff, South Carolina
matt garcia
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posted 538 days ago
After you mill them, you can donate them to me!! I will gladly accept them!!
-- Matt, Houston Texas
Douglas Bordner
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posted 538 days ago
QS Cherry…hoo boy, pass me over that drool rag.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Grumpy
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posted 537 days ago
I am envious.
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guitarBuilder
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posted 514 days ago
Any luck sawing them yet?
Kipster
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posted 482 days ago
I think you made a good choice Jeff, Do you own a mill?
-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison
Christopher
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posted 479 days ago
What is flitching?
-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson