[Leica] Memory of a Tree

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

Curiously, I have been searching for an Urban Wood supplier....  Someone who
gets trees from the City and commercial arborists and cuts the wood for use
by cabinetmakers.  Some would call it green recycling, but in truth, I am
after some species not usually available in the commercial lumber yards.

If the arborist is insightful, he does not cut off sections of tree ( making
the wood useless unless you are a turner).  What a lumber user wants is
straight, long sections of tree.  So the trunk is taken in 1 piece, within
reason of length and girth.

The other advantage of getting wood this way is the wood is air dried, not
Kiln dried.  Kiln drying makes the wood available within a few months of
cutting, whereas air drying means it takes at least 1 year per inch of
thickness to be ready to use.  It takes patience to take a tree and turn it
into a piece of furniture.  The air dried woods can be of a different
texture and certainly a different color than Kiln dried of the same variety
( Walnut is very different).  But you must wait to use them.

What a shame the tree could not be salvaged.... and turned into something
for the kids to use.. a bench, a play structure, etc.

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net