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   fcamx | Sep 30, 2009 04:50am | #1

   just had some tree clearing quoted and the logs are not worth much now, market is way, way down.  I have maple, hickory, red oak, large clear trees.  Cant bear to burn them but I guess i'm going to.

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   Shep | Sep 30, 2009 04:58am | #2

   try and find a local woodturner, or woodturning club. You can start being trying here, http://www.woodturner.org, and clicking on the local chapter link.

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   PeteDraganic | Sep 30, 2009 06:00am | #3

   how about some pics?

    

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   Scott | Sep 30, 2009 06:12am | #4

   You might try over in Knots.

   Scott.

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   silver77 | Sep 30, 2009 06:24am | #5

   I built a bar years ago out of spalted birch and it was awesome.

   Turners also love spalted wood.

   Vermont has lots of artisans who would love to get there hands on some spalted maple-try your local craig's list or the next larger towns...

   I used to live in St. Johnsbury and Burke Hollow-still love Vermont!

   silver

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   gfretwell | Sep 30, 2009 06:41am | #6

   If he can render this into salable condition I would just sell it on the internet directly. I have never sold wood on the net but I have bought it. The web hosting companies make it pretty easy to get a site up and going. Pay Pal makes the money part pretty easy.
   Plan B would be to send an email to guys who are selling direct and see if they want it. You might find a guy who will buy all you have at a wholesale price. You do make more if you are willing to do the extra work of retailing it.

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   craigjl | Oct 03, 2009 08:33pm | #7

   Thanks guys.  I'll try to upload a couple pics.  Craig

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   KFC | Oct 03, 2009 08:53pm | #8

   I'd look into sustainable lumber companies, too. The fact that these are true salvaged trees, and not cleared for a development could add value.
   k

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   rez | Oct 03, 2009 09:01pm | #9

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   reinvent | Oct 03, 2009 09:22pm | #10

   So rez how many pics have you resized here at breaktime. I am gona guess well into the four digit figure.

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   Piffin | Oct 03, 2009 10:32pm | #11

   rez is our friend! 

    

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   rez | Oct 03, 2009 10:45pm | #13

   Got stuck on a dialup service for a while couple years back when on a travel gig. Horrible experience.

   Have pity on the dialups or those with a slow service. 

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   Piffin | Oct 03, 2009 11:32pm | #14

   Give yourself some kind of award.or at least a pat on the back.If you are not as agile as when you did handstands, then do a modified and pat yourself on the head.;) 

    

   Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!

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   rez | Oct 04, 2009 12:22am | #15

   Every year I do at least one hand flip just to make sure I can still do it.

   Been getting rough these last few years.

    

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   frenchy | Oct 03, 2009 10:35pm | #12

   Fair warning.. while spalted woods may have some wild figure and a definately interesting look, working with them will give you flue like symptoms.  The dust you inhail is filled with fungus spores and Even the best dust mask will have me feeling under the weather with a long enough exposure..

    One of the other dangers of working with spalated maple is the ease which it will decay past the point of usefullness.

     Maple seems to dry slower than most other woods and untill you get the moisture content down around 12%  the splating will continue to grow.   Air drying Maple past the 12 % moisture is extremely difficult. I've put air dried maple up that was three years of indoor drying behind it and it still shrank noticably before it was really dry..

   Luckily It was in a rasied panel so the shrinkage can't be seen although you can definately move the panels around in the grooves I milled. The ceiling which was maple panels glued together went from a tight seam to 3/8ths open. Remember this was with maple that had spent 2 years outside air drying and 3 years inside where the moisture gets down to less than 3% over the winter..

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   larryb | Oct 04, 2009 05:57am | #16

   Mantles for fireplaces...