[Leica] Bad Day for Good Wood

[buzz.hausner at verizon.net (Buzz Hausner)]

Anybody in the Boston area want some walnut timber?  I am about to cut
down three or four twenty inch caliber native American black walnuts.
Contact me off-list.

        Buzz

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Frank Filippone
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 5:42 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Bad Day

I am also a woodworker.  A downed oak commands a pretty good group of
people
to scarf up the (free) wood.  Oak needs to dry for a while, but at $3 a
board foot, a big tree is a considerable savings to the amateur or very
advanced professional of custom furniture.  If it is spalted ( partially
rotted), it can sell for $15 a board foot.  Spalted wood is truly
beautiful.
Chunks of wood for turners commands a bit less money, but they tend not
to
be too fussy.  They pretty much would take as much as their garages
would
hold.

I realize that to find a proper outlet to take away the wood is not
easy,
but if you ask a local arborist if there might be a woodworker that
would
appreciate the wood, you might be very surprised at the response.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


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