Let me tell you a little about Heartbreak, *LINK*
Keith Newton
I posted this over on the flat side by mistake, thinking I was over here. Most of those guys don't know much about harvesting their own wood. I'm sure over here, most of you can relate to the excitement of finding good wood, or NOT.
I've been needing some good new turning wood, then Wednesday I was driving down a street near my shop, when I spotted some Cherry shorts sitting on the sidewalk. There was a fellow sitting on the porch smoking a cig, so I ask if I could have the wood. He said yes, it was actually his neighbor's tree, but had fallen on his house, and that there was more over behind her hydrangeas.
So I knocked on that door and offered to make it disappear. She was a very nice older lady, and was happy to give it to me. So I've gotten two loads on my log trailer, but out of about 32' of length of this 25" diameter log, I don't think I can get a single turning blank over about 4" thick. It is full of Ring-Shake. Boo Hoo!
But on the bright side, I have my next year's firewood cut, so I'll get to enjoy the aroma of busting it on down before loading my stove.
I can tell from the bark, that it was full of block mottle figure, which looks great in veneer, but not too great in solid lumber, due to too much grain runout ruining the strength, not to mention likely to warp drastically.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7391658@N03/sets/72157669640552031/with/27606933670/
