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Never know what you'll find at the log dump

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Never know what you'll find at the log dump

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Never know what you'll find at the log dump

Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Took my friend Charlie A. over there yesterday, he brought a trailer up from Southern Maryland and we loaded it up with woods that don't grow so readily down there.

I spied something that I knew would be special but I didn't know exactly how until I cut it up. This was apparently the top of a large cherry that had been topped and regrew 5 larger limbs. This was the "heart" of that section. LOOK AT THE FIGURE and COLORS in this piece! I don't think I've ever seen cherry quite this wild that wasn't burl.


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Charlie Anderson from Southern Maryland

>Thanks for the invite. That was a nice woodpile.

I see you're ahead of me, having already sealed your prize. I did get the trailer unloaded. Not sure when I'll get it sealed in this weather.

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Doug Trembath

>Remember when it was cool to be referred to as reactionary? That's what that blank is gonna be. It should also be really pretty if you can dry it without severe cracks. My bet is that you will figure something out.

Looks like I need to drive on down to MD for a looksee, Mike.

Nice haul, even if you do already have too much wood.

Doug Trembath

Studio in the Woods

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Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Yeah Doug, I figure its wound up like a spring, too, and it probably has 5 piths hidden in it. At the moment its either one large hollow form or two smaller ones and a platter blank. If that invite is still good I'll bring you some gorgeous stuff with me sometime this fall.

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