Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.

>I'll bet that meant a blade change. How much of that very unstable madrona lumber will end up as kindling?

Wally

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Bob Smalser, Seabeck, WA

>This was spose to be hilarious, but folks elsewhere I posted it are concerned:

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See the kerf 'tween hammer and cat's paw? It stops abruptly.

The blade just needs new carbide tips is all....I'll braze them on tonite.

No real damage....what you don't see is the leather split-leg apron, the Mac-T hard hat with face shield, and the kevlar chaps.

It's sawyer humor, lads, humor....no big deal...happens occasionally to the terminally overconfident.

Unquote.

I keep hearing that about stability:

Madrone isn't any more unstable than beech or Yellow Birch...it's just that straight, sun-grown trees are rare...most grow in the understory and twist as they grow reaching for the sun. This rare one grew on the beach and grew fairly straight.

The West Coast's older homes often had madrone floors.

The straight-grained stock will be stair treads and flooring and the rest will be turning squares and blocks.

All of Europe's woodworkers would be out of business without beech, BTW.

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

David Eaves

>Wow, that looks nasty, it's amazing what's lurking in trees. Glad it didn't cause too much damage to man or machine.

Cheers

David

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.

>Bob, was there a root burl that went with this tree? I've seen madrona burls that went 1000 pound or more. Wonderful wood to turn if it's stabilized by boiling or steaming.

Wally

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Bob Smalser, Seabeck, WA

>All termite colony down there.

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.

>Uhh Bob...termites in Seabeck? and in a live tree?

Wally

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Oh my word, THAT is going to be some beautiful flooring.

Bob, as a city dweller who's moved to the county as an adult, and will next to the countryside, I have never really seen the process of felling a a tree and producing lumber. You have now done TWO superb pictorals on the subject and I have found both of them fascinating.

I've much appreciated them both. Thanks!

Re: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Bob Smalser, Seabeck, WA

>We're on the very northern edge of termite country....but they are quite plentiful in overage trees like this one.