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07-02-2008, 03:30 PM
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Name: Update your profile with your name City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.07 over 95 days | Fallen oak tree
I ran across this from a mailing list at work. I have an 80' tall oak tree that fell over the weekend. I hate to just cut it up and burn it but I can't find anyone interested in coming out to get it (for lumber). Anyone know of anyone that might be interested?
It has a 6' girth at the base and only narrows to 5' at 44' up the tree. If anybody is interested mail gkeeling@cisco.com . You can tell them Matt Woodworth sent you their way but I don't know the guy personally. Given that he works in RTP I'd guess he lives somewhere in the Raleigh/Cary area. |  
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07-02-2008, 05:22 PM
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Name: George Summers City: Oxford State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 69 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.71 over 95 days | Re: Fallen oak tree
Welcome back Matt. Your red shoes can't be matched, except maybe, by DaveO's peach shoes.
George
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07-02-2008, 06:28 PM
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Name: Steve Sanders City: Mount Ulla State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.19 over 95 days | Re: Fallen oak tree
Hope one of you sawyers picks up on this. It would make some great QS if it's sound. Hope it's not a yard tree - no telling what sawmill wrecking things are in a yard tree. Are the worst ceramic insulators? Big nails? | |
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07-02-2008, 06:33 PM
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Name: Tom Ferone City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 95 days | Re: Fallen oak tree
Matt, thanks for posting this. Good catch.
BTW, Hello! | |
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07-02-2008, 06:47 PM
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Name: Update your profile with your name City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.07 over 95 days | Re: Fallen oak tree
Originally Posted by gator  Welcome back Matt. Your red shoes can't be matched, except maybe, by DaveO's peach shoes.
George The good news is I'm remembered. The bad news is that it's for my shoes. 
I guess I've been getting a little more conservative as I age. I'll have to fix that. This is what I'm wearing right now.  | |
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07-02-2008, 09:54 PM
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Name: jeff... City: State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.71 over 95 days | Re: Fallen oak tree
If I'm understanding correctly
Girth -
1) The distance around something; the circumference
2) To measure the circumference of
6' girth at the base, 5' girth 44' up in oak equals about 18" diameter.
Take 60" (5') girth / 3.2 (no tree is perfectly round) subtract at least 2 inches for bark that makes for around a 18 ~ 19" diameter log. A we little bit to small for quartering but would make for good flat sawn boards assuming it's a good clean tree, not many limbs and no trash like nails and wire and stuff like that...
Yeah ceramic insulators and anything glass like bottles are the worst - blade don't just throw teeth like it does when it hits metal - the blade explodes into many tiny pieces - (Lost in Space Voice On) Danger Will Robertson Danger. (Lost in Space Voice Off)
Bring me the logs I'll saw em up for you...
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07-02-2008, 10:29 PM
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Name: Mark Fogleman City: Concord State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.93 over 95 days | Re: Fallen oak tree
Hey Matt!
I am glad to see you posting here. We met in Hickory at the Klingspor Maloof chair demo. Great website by the way. Thanks for keeping it up. | |
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