Seasonal Rounds heads-up

[RabidAlien]

Seasonal heads-up...for those of you who scroll using fresh rounds cut off tree trunks, Lowes (and other places, we were specifically at Lowes though) trims off the bottom inch or two of the fresh Christmas trees they sell, so that there's no hardened sap to keep the trunk from drawing up water. I asked what they did with the rounds, and the guy chuckled and said "you want it? you got it. How MANY do you want?" He had a 5-gallon bucket full of the things. Some of them are lopsided, some are too thin to really do much, some are really thick...but for free, I figure what doesn't get scrolled, can go into a fireplace somewhere. Dunno if you can ask early in the morning and have them save a truckload, or if its first-come-first-served (we stopped by early evening on a Saturday, around 5:30-ish), but hey....free!

None of my 5-gallon buckets survived the move this past summer, so we just dumped em in the bed of my truck and I used a couple of plastic bags to gather them up.

[fredfret]

I would still let them dry for a few months before cutting. 

[Rockytime]

That's a great haul, especially if you are into turning.

[Tomanydogs]

2 hours ago, fredfret said:

I would still let them dry for a few months before cutting. 

Yes let them dry otherwise you will just have a mess.

[RabidAlien]

Oh, I'm not planning on doing anything with them at the moment.  Not sure my saw can handle making something detailed yet that small.    Plus, they're sticky and sappy and still kinda damp.  I don't want to put effort into cutting something only to have it split in a month.  Just wanted to let folks know of a possible source.

[jbrowning]

What's the average size of these?