Popular Post Brendon_t Posted April 1, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 This is the stump/burl from a walnut I dropped a few years ago.3 main trees came from it. Finally got the machines in to help get it out. Took a lot of work to get it here, and will be a lot more work to process now. The very center was a bit rotted out so we are chain saw chunking as many big blocks as we can, specifically trying to incorporate what will be the best grain. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdie Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 That looks wild! Should be some interesting stuff that comes out of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 I"m excited to see the material that comes out of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 How on earth does one determine how to cut that for blanks? Very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, pkinneb said: How on earth does one determine how to cut that for blanks? Very cool! Was thinking the same thing. Do you start with a hatchet and bow saw and try to get something vaguely square and clean so that it can be worked with your proper woodworking tools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Im pretty excited to see it open also. There won't be a Lot of large slab like cuts. We don't have a band mill up and running right now and there's a lot missing from the inside. I started by power washing the whole thing. This gave me a better idea of what's where and what we want to concentrate on cutting. We marked out approximate lines to cut and just started at it. Currently we are tearing it down with a chain saw that only has a 20" bar. That's our limiting factor of what we can get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Looking forward to see what wildness you can get out of that. Should be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 That ought to be some cool stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Walnut pistol grips and walnut gun stocks. That will have some wild wild grain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Be sure to keep all the roots on it to. They will buy the roots for pistol grips. They say that a walnut stump worth more than a walnut tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 11:37 AM, Spanky said: Be sure to keep all the roots on it to. They will buy the roots for pistol grips. They say that a walnut stump worth more than a walnut tree. Who would want the Roots? What're they good for? I've never worked them. One of the main Roots going down I cut was probably 12" across, with dark heart wood, just like the tree. I was very surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 Pistol grips, knife handles, and handle for a pizza cutter, and a ton of small stuff. There should be some unique grain in the roots, which will give any tool handle, like a chisel, a very different and way cool look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, RichardA said: Pistol grips, knife handles, and handle for a pizza cutter, and a ton of small stuff. There should be some unique grain in the roots, which will give any tool handle, like a chisel, a very different and way cool look. Good to know. Im gonna take extra notice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 Bailey's sells chainsaw chain in long rolls a lot cheaper than buying loops. I can send you my tools for putting the loops together. They aren't that big, and shipping wouldn't be much. There looks like a lot of dollar value there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 5 hours ago, Tom King said: Bailey's sells chainsaw chain in long rolls a lot cheaper than buying loops. I can send you my tools for putting the loops together. They aren't that big, and shipping wouldn't be much. There looks like a lot of dollar value there! Tom, are you saying to make a longer chain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Got a few nice 24" long x 12" sq pieces of really nice looking wood today. For some reason.. it looks like a maloof crest rail or 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 9 hours ago, Brendon_t said: Tom, are you saying to make a longer chain? No. It's cheaper to make your own loops from spools of chain, than buying loops already made up. I thought maybe you might go through a bunch of loops of chain cutting that up, even after pressure washing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, Tom King said: No. It's cheaper to make your own loops from spools of chain, than buying loops already made up. I thought maybe you might go through a bunch of loops of chain cutting that up, even after pressure washing it. Oh ok got you. We've got 5 or 6 chains and a file station set up on the bed of the truck. After two or three come off, my friend Paul will go touch them up. I've got a rotating supply of sharp blades and I don't even know how to sharpen them. It's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Sounds like you've got it figured out, and well on your way. Anxious to see what the stump reveals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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