Magnoliaceae outdoor use?

Is it a tree that the bark falls off of? If it is, we have a lot of it here in Western Washington. It is very hard to dry and turn into lumber, it checks very badly.

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Herbiej posted a magnolia cutting board here a few days ago

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/17531

it looks very nice so I would take some if they offered it

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Thanks guys, just checked out ‘Herbiej’ chopping board, looks great. The only info I have on the tree is that it died a couple of years ago and has dried very evenly. The tree surgeons said that it’s in great state and I can have the whole thing if I wanted. Not sure were I would store it all.

At that rate, I’d go get a bunch of it and see how it works :-))

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I saw the pictures and it looks like a nice big piece of wood. Are you planning to have it professionally sawn or are you going to chain saw the boards?

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The grounds that the tree came from have asked that I work with them in coming up with a large solid bench design to allow two-three people to sit and relax.
I’m working to the measurments of roughly 500mm x 500mm x 1500mm, so it’s going to weigh a lot.