American Elm Price

[LeftFinger]

A matched pair of segmented Elm urns

[LeftFinger]

Stuff I just cut I love the grain and color

[LeftFinger]

Next Elm victim Ugly 16" Butt with branch and fork

[LeftFinger]

It did make ugly slabs due to the bark inclusions/rotten streaks  I will cut them all thick and use for bowls

[doc henderson]

could stabilize with penetrating epoxy if you had a need for that slab.

[LeftFinger]

If it was more uniform in width I might consider using it for a slab. But then I would have to peel the bark off by hand .Using it for bowl blanks is a more cost effective use of my time

[LeftFinger]

They did trim up okay  2 1/2 " thick but they don't look it

[LeftFinger]

Bowl Blank 4" x 10"



Could be a Mantle 4 1/2" x 10" x 6'
Any market in Mantles

[Stephen1]

I believe there is always a market for FP mantles, but people want them Finished.
I have a few mantle blanks, but since covid is over and people are not being paid to sit at home. very few DIY show up to buy. 

[LeftFinger]

I thought about how long I might have to keep it and made 10 " boards

[Stephen1]

My elm slabs have been kiln dried for 2 years now. I planed and sanded 1 as a showcase. 
Lots of interest but no cash. 
All of a sudden I sold 3 yesterday to 2 different people. I sold a crotch which is going be made into a river table and the other 2 will be a table. 


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[Al_Smith]

They did it with Catalpa to made RR ties and planted in groves to make them tall and straight.

Here in the big corn fields catalpa's were planted in groves for fence posts likewise were osage orange .Both are resistant to rot but eventually they would  but it took a long time .
Oak was what ties were made of .Fact the little village I grew up in ,on a rail head was because of the old mill that sawed the ties .
I'd just like to know how in the world did they even move those 4 feet in diameter logs to the mill in 1880 or so .The head saw they say was a double bladed deal,one up one down with a big steam engine .Days BA--before Al