Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We did something like that when we took down the two tall red oaks. We kept about half the wood and gave the rest of it away to friends. I spent one long Fall cutting it up into fireplace lengths with a chain saw and splitting it by hand for firewood. Great exercise, but I have more than enough firewood now. This tree was pretty rotten at least halfway up the trunk as you can see in the linked shot. You could have gotten a few useful planks out of the upper half of trunk, but not a whole lot. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0672.jpg.html Regards, Dick On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > I am part of another list that deals with the use ( and misuse) of > woodworking tools.... hand powered woodworking tools. > > The drool down my chin at the sight of a wonderful oak tree, was > purely > dog-like. On my list they would have felled the tree using > axes...), rolled > them to the curb, split them into useful chunks, and then waited > maybe 5-10 > years to saw them ( by hand) into useable boards....... > > Or...... as I suspect... > > Call out a tree specialist that will cut the tree into useful boards > which > you the allow to dry for about 1-2 years in your back yard. Then > the tree > would have been made into....... dressers, bookshelves, kitchen > cabinets, > coffee tables, dining room tables, occasional tables, > workbenches, .. you > get the point.....free wood makes good furniture.....! > > Oh well, I have a garage full of wood now..... no room for yet another > tree...... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information