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April 26, 2016
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Salvaging a Large Maple Covered with Burls

First State Woodturners was recently contacted by a homeowner in Wilmington who offered us a giant maple tree trunk that needed to be taken down. The trunk was approximately 45″ at the base and literally covered with burls. Member Eric Krum headed up the salvage operation, enlisting his neighbor John – who does tree removals – to assist in taking it down and transporting it. The following weekend, several of us met to cut up two very large sections of trunk into bowl blanks.

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Mike discusses our options

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Jeff, Eric and Mike wrestle with a burl-laden section of the trunk

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John prepares to move the large section

We spent several hours milling and chainsawing the trunks into manageable-sized pieces. In the end, the four of us filled our vehicles to overflowing with some lovely burl blanks, many of them quite large.

Thanks to everyone who pitched in! And a special thanks to the homeowner, Lance, in the Carrcroft neighborhood of Wilmington, for contacting us and allowing us to salvage and re-purpose this lovely wood!

NOTE: The gentleman with the forklift and wood mill is John Sparks. John is a licensed general contractor whose son got into selling firewood to the camp grounds on the Elk Neck Peninsula. When he went off to college, John continued with the wood business and after a year purchased the wood mill. If you need work done or would like a tree milled into lumber, John can be contacted at: (443) 945-6533 or (443) 406-5521

 

 

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