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Wichman

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8 minutes ago, MarieC said:

Very nice! Great idea with the arrow head! The Elm is a pretty wood.  I have never used that wood before.  

I had to take down a large elm in my front yard. The gentleman who cut down the tree has a band saw lumber mill. He slabbed the tree up for me, 1/2" slabs, and I air dried them in my yard. I ended up with 135, 1/2", slabs and 25 2" slabs. The largest slabs are 18 to 20" wide and 100 " long. The sawyer was not able to cut the largest section of the tree as it would not fit in the saw bed (too big). 

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On 10/5/2023 at 9:14 PM, Wichman said:

I had to take down a large elm in my front yard. The gentleman who cut down the tree has a band saw lumber mill. He slabbed the tree up for me, 1/2" slabs, and I air dried them in my yard. I ended up with 135, 1/2", slabs and 25 2" slabs. The largest slabs are 18 to 20" wide and 100 " long. The sawyer was not able to cut the largest section of the tree as it would not fit in the saw bed (too big). 

Wow!  That was one big tree.  I am curious, did you wax the ends while you let them air dry and how long did you let them air dry before you started working with them. Marie

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22 hours ago, MarieC said:

Wow!  That was one big tree.  I am curious, did you wax the ends while you let them air dry and how long did you let them air dry before you started working with them. Marie

I painted the ends with odds and ends paint from the local Ace Hardware. This was before it was slabbed. I let the 1/2" panels dry for about 8 months, then stored them inside my shop. I'm in Southeast Idaho and it is fairly arid here, the gentleman with the lumber mill came by and did a moisture check and gave the thumbs up for storage. 

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