Skye
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So, my here’s my first ‘harvested’ wood! Don’t know how much of it will be useable, but I’m going to give it a shot. I want to say it was elm, the tree broke and fell onto my house about 2 years ago. The stump has been standing since. I put a pumpkin on it last year and let it rot there [8D]
I tossed some DNA on it to get it to pop a little. Sure, it’s a lot of pics of average wood, but it’s my first block-o-wood that I took from the ground.
I think I’ll need to quarter the wood in order to get it onto and through a bandsaw. Not sure the best route to cutting the thing up, any suggestions are appreciated. Also, it’s been in the ground for about 2 years. Should I cut up the blanks before I let it dry further?
Here’s the remains of the stump in the ground. It’s got some nice color splotches. That tan area catches my eye. Almost makes me want to dig it up…. Bleh.
Here’s one half. You can see the area I scraped out. It was completely rotten and soaking wet. It was nothing but a bunch of termites holding hands. Looked like clumped sawdust.
Top of the log. I sawed about 6-8 inches off the top to get rid of the black rot.
Another shot of the side. I see some spalt lines, but what’s that cloudy grey towards the outer rings? Mold?
Closeup of the top. Massive rot to the left.
Bottom of one piece. Not the side with the tan splotch.
Same side
I tossed some DNA on it to get it to pop a little. Sure, it’s a lot of pics of average wood, but it’s my first block-o-wood that I took from the ground.
I think I’ll need to quarter the wood in order to get it onto and through a bandsaw. Not sure the best route to cutting the thing up, any suggestions are appreciated. Also, it’s been in the ground for about 2 years. Should I cut up the blanks before I let it dry further?
Here’s the remains of the stump in the ground. It’s got some nice color splotches. That tan area catches my eye. Almost makes me want to dig it up…. Bleh.
Here’s one half. You can see the area I scraped out. It was completely rotten and soaking wet. It was nothing but a bunch of termites holding hands. Looked like clumped sawdust.
Top of the log. I sawed about 6-8 inches off the top to get rid of the black rot.
Another shot of the side. I see some spalt lines, but what’s that cloudy grey towards the outer rings? Mold?
Closeup of the top. Massive rot to the left.
Bottom of one piece. Not the side with the tan splotch.
Same side