Sharon, that pen turned out to be an eye-popper. Beautiful job you did.
My chainsaw is 16" electric. Works pretty good on all these broken Pecan limbs I get every time the wind blows.
What size slabs do you have? Any small enough to get a few in a Medium Flat Rate Box?
Thanks,
Ray
My electric is a 14 inch. and is working it's little heart out.
The problem with slabs, is that there is so much pith and rot in the crowns that only about 50% of each slab is useable, and often I can only get 3" long blanks. When the trimmer brings his big saw over so I can cut up some of the big crowns, I should be able to get some nice slabs. Right now I am cutting up small crowns about a foot or so across.
The voids from the pith aren't a problem for me because I fill them with turquoise! Not a flaw...a feature!
I cut another hundred or so blanks today, It is green and wet, and next weekend when this batch comes out of the dryer I will put in one more batch. Then I will air dry the rest.
My dehydrator is a big commercial job with 14 big trays, but I don't want to ruin it. Running it for two straight weeks is bound to shorten it's lifespan
It takes about two months in the winter to dry 3/4 inch blanks, half that in the summer. (Phoenix)
If you want green wood, I can send it to you now and let you dry it yourself. This is from living trees that were taken out because they had heart rot. Most of the limbs were almost completely hollow. They are about 50 years old.
If you have a dehydrator, it takes about 4 days to dry a batch of 3/4 inch blanks. Keep an eye out and you may find one at a yard sale or goodwill.