This afternoon a tree cutter brought me 58 sections of sweetgum, 18 inches long and 12-20 inches diameter. I stood them on end and sealed one end already. Tomorrow another friend with a band mill is going to rip the pith out of them.
I hate to see this stuff go in a land fill, but what am I going to do with over a hundred bowl blanks? The ones I cut in January are just ready for finish turning. I need a larger drying shed.
Good for you - just remember it contains sugars and might char if gotten hot. But that is mostly rubbing not cutting.
Mart> This afternoon a tree cutter brought me 58 sections of sweetgum, 18
Hmmm.... I think this goes under the category of what my dad called "Crying all the way to the bank"..
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Turn them, dry them sell them, though I admit I have a similar problem. I get green wood then rough turn. I have to start finnishing more of my roughouts and sell, donate give away or I am going to runout of space!
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