Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, I was at a Starbucks in downtown Chicago recently where all the counters and cabinetry were made from just this kind of lumber (and stained with coffee). So, suppliers must indeed exist. Good luck! Richard Wasserman www.richardwasserman.net On Apr 1, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information