I though tsome of you might appreciate this video: Revealing a Maple Slab (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCttKgmtj3E).
The guy's shop is just a few minutes down the road from me. He makes some awesome furniture out of his slabs.
How is he cutting them? some sort of chainsaw mill? If so, we need more pics and explanation.
He's cutting them on the second generation of a sawmill he designed himself. Basically, he lays the log down and uses an overhead hoist to lower a custom-made 20 foot long "chainsaw" bar onto it, cutting the slab lengthwise along the trunk. He designed this specifically with the idea of cutting up large, gnarly "heirloom" trees into slabs. I don't know if he'll allow pictures of it or not. I'll ask him.
You can see his website at Vermont Tree Goods (http://vermonttreegoods.com/). He's really quite the artist with his furniture. I believe he will also sell the slabs. Worth stopping by his showroom if you are in the Bristol Vermont area (about 45 minutes south of Burlington). If you ask real nice, he may even show you his workshop.
Here's a butternut he's working on now
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/16836/Butternut.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1472833877)
That is a beautiful piece of wood. Is butternut available around Jersey on the east coast? If not anyone up for trading for walnut or maple slabs?
I would love to build a table with something like that.
There is a blight of some sort attacking Butternut around here. Not sure how much onger it's going to be around.
How big is that butternut. It's looks 3 feet across. :o
I have some,been growing ever since I can remember. No way they are even 2 feet across.
Quote from: thecfarm on September 02, 2016, 06:38:59 PM
How big is that butternut. It's looks 3 feet across. :o
I have some,been growing ever since I can remember. No way they are even 2 feet across.
I've not seen it in person. Judging from the counter/shelf in the background on the left (aren't counter tops usually 30-something inches high?) , I'm guessing it beats your 2 feet by a good bit. There is a video on the Vermont Tree Goods facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/vermonttreegoods/?fref=ts) of him stacking slabs from the tree. That might give a better indication of scale.
The Oct/Nov 2016 issue of Sawmill and Woodlot had an article about Vermont Tree Goods
Free download here (http://sawmillmag.com/magazine/article_download?id=1287&issue=148)
I was wondering if it was the same guy that was in the sawmill magazine. Looks like a great outfit.