I'm about to be rich with sycamore!

[hackberry jake]

Talked to a distant neighbor over the weekend. He has two MASSIVE sycamore trees he is going to remove from the edge of his yard. He said I can have them if I want them. Now just what to do with all the wood. I'm sure WDH and Customsawyer would quartersaw it and sell it. I might try that I guess. Or just make 2x6s and 2x4s out of it like I normally do. I didn't think to get any pictures of them.

[WDH]

Quartersaw it so that your 2x4"s and 2x6's don't twist.  If you quartersaw it, you will be happy. 

[Tree Dan]

Nice wood Jake, but I think your pulling our leg ;D
We need pictures.

[Dave Shepard]

Using sycamore for studs is like putting good aged cheddar on grits. Or at least, that's what I hear. :D

[WDH]

Quartersaw the best at 6/4 and call it "Table Top Sycamore". 

[Swatson]

Ah the sycamore conundrum...Lots of folks like it, few folks buy it.  I have worked with quite a bit and like it, but it is moody.  Face a board after breakfast and on a humid day by supper you could make a good propeller out of it.  It is beautiful when it is spalted and cut 8/4 as a table top.

[Brad_S.]

I wish I could get my hands on some large sycamore logs...I have standing requests for every last piece of QS 4/4 I could produce!

[hackberry jake]

Maybe I'll qsaw all of it at 4/4 and haul it to new york.

[sandsawmill14]

around here we just cut it in rr ties

[Bill Gaiche]

The power line clearing crew just recently cut one on the edge of there right of way. Not large but about 22" at the little end of 8'. I am going to go and bring two of them to the house,or they will go to waste. I intend to 1/4 saw it. That stuff sure has some pretty rays when 1/4 sawn. I am building a vanity out of some now and a mirror frame. It will be stained by someone else with an expresso color. I like working with it. It is pretty nice to work with. Jake I will assure you someone will like something made from it. bg

[WDH]

Maybe I'll qsaw all of it at 4/4 and haul it to new york.

I like the way you think ;D. 

[kevin19343]

Sounds like you're about to become a sycamillionaire

[RPowers]

I'm not sure how big they are, but if you need help breaking them down Jake my CSM will do 51" width. Have fun with them.

[hackberry jake]

I'm not sure how big they are, but if you need help breaking them down Jake my CSM will do 51" width. Have fun with them.

I might take you up on that!

Sounds like you're about to become a sycamillionaire

:D

[petefrom bearswamp]

Being away from stream bottoms i dont get any sycamore but would like to try sawing some to add to my pile of unsold hardwoods.
My marketing skills suck for hardwoods.
I have several mbf of cherry maple ash elm beech etc etc etc

[WDH]

Do you have any 8/4 beech?

[mmartone]

I have a stack of qtr sawn on the back porch waiting to become some kitchen cabinet faces and a slap waiting to become and island top. I think its pretty wood

[MobileSawmillNJ]

 Here's a few pictures of dual live-edge Sycamore slabs one of our customers finished and are using as communal tables at a new restaurant in NJ.  They are 9/4 thick, 8' long, and between 29 - 32" wide.
Slabs were taken from about 3" above center heart.

We also supplied the aged "barnwood" on the walls in the background.



  

  

 

[Magicman]

The "TAPHOUSE" has good taste.  (pun intended)

[dboyt]

What do you mean by "massive"?  I cut down a 5' dia sycamore a few years back.  It was hollow, but the customer was delighted with it, and made a playhouse for the kids.  He uses a 5' section of it for a blind during hunting season.  Looking forward to photos!

[hackberry jake]

Probably around 40" diameter and 100" tall. They should make a whack of logs.

[WDH]

Mobile,

That is an awesome table.