Box Elder Logs With Nice Knots And Burls

[W.Y.]

I took a pleasant three hour drive each way today to where Bruce had brought some of his fall harvest of wood all the way from Edmonton Alberta to Invermere BC to where he had brought some of that wood for me..
I sure got a pleasant surprise when I saw what he had brought .
Seven heavy box elder logs between 26" and 42" long.
Lots of nice nice knots on some pieces and burl on other pieces. Some nice red streaking showing when looking in at the end grain.
Can't wait to carefully dissect it with my chain saw and find what nice surprises lay in store. .

Don't know how many times I thanked you when we were there Bruce but thanks again.
It took both Bruce and his brother to load those heavy pieces. I could not lift one of them by myself but was able to drag them out of the van when I got home .

Bruce sure named his topic right as "Fall Harvest" when he started the thread on my own Woodworking Friends site a week or so ago because I shared some of my own fall harvest with him as well in the form of tomatoes and cucumbers and carrots and a BIG bag of beets from my veggie garden's 'fall harvest' . I also gave him one of my segmented vessels which I thought might give him some incentive to try one along with the other beautiful turnings he already does .

OH . . did I mention Thanks Bruce ?
Thanks again.

 

[Fred]

Sure is some mighty good looking and interesting wood you have there. Life is good for both of you dudes!

Be sure to post a couple of pictures of that narley burl when you cut into it!

 

[rjwolfe3]

Grats on the great haul!

 

[Bellsy]

I've already turned mine down rough. Great looking stuff for sure.

Dave

 

[W.Y.]

Looking Good Dave.
Gotta love turning green wood that produces long curly shavings . ..



I know most of what I got is also green because there are small branches with green leaves on some of the pieces. The logs are also very heavy as in green wood.
After I get around to dissecting some of mine I will try a few pieces and of course leave a tenon on like you showed in a picture in another site and will probably treat it the way I always do green turnings with DNA so it will go from green to dry within a couple weeks and ready for final turning.

 

[robutacion]

Oh, you are so lucky William...!!! if I was closer I would claim some of that and lots of other stuff but, our mutual friend Bruce sure is generous...!:wink: or maybe his wife told him to get rid-of-all that, quick smart...!:beat-up:

Actually, thinking better about this, I'm not sure who would benefit the most if Bruce and I were at arms reach, as I know that he has his eyes on a lot of my stuff too and there are not a lot of people I know that have the courage to order 20kg boxes of wood from Aussie land...!:wink::biggrin: imagine how much bigger those boxes would be if he was near...!!!:tongue: I created a "monster"...!

I wouldn't mind some veggies either, since the local Chinese vegetable farm stop producing, my/our greens intake have reduce to the buggery...!

Now, who really want to make enemies, with friends like that...???:wink:

Good luck with it...!

Cheers
George

 

[W.Y.]

Oh, you are so lucky William...!!! if I was closer I would claim some of that and lots of other stuff but, our mutual friend Bruce sure is generous...!:wink: or maybe his wife told him to get rid-of-all that, quick smart...!:beat-up:

Actually, thing better about this, I'm not sure who would benefit the most if Bruce and I were at arms reach, as I know that he has his eyes on a lot of my stuff too and there are not a lot of people I know that have the courage to order 20kg boxes of wood from Aussie land...!:wink::biggrin: imagine how much bigger those boxes would be he he was near...!!!:tongue: I created a "monster:...!

I wouldn't mind some veggies either, since the local Chinese vegetable farm stop producing, my/our greens intake have reduce to the buggery...!

Now, who really want to make enemies, with friends like that...???:wink:

Good luck with it...!

Cheers
George

Yes George , Bruce must be going to ship some pieces to other areas and countries as well because on the phone last week he asked me if I could get some of those heavy duty flat rate priority mail boxes from across the border for him so I got a bunch and took a variety of different sizes to him today . They don't cost a penny at the US post offices and they will give you practically all you want . . They only charge flat rate postage at the time of mailing them and at very reasonable rates with fast service.

 

[TellicoTurning]

I took a pleasant three hour drive each way today to where Bruce had brought some of his fall harvest of wood all the way from Edmonton Alberta to Invermere BC to where he had brought some of that wood for me..
I sure got a pleasant surprise when I saw what he had brought .
Seven heavy box elder logs between 26" and 42" long.
Lots of nice nice knots on some pieces and burl on other pieces. Some nice red streaking showing when looking in at the end grain.
Can't wait to carefully dissect it with my chain saw and find what nice surprises lay in store. .

Don't know how many times I thanked you when we were there Bruce but thanks again.
It took both Bruce and his brother to load those heavy pieces. I could not lift one of them by myself but was able to drag them out of the van when I got home .

Bruce sure named his topic right as "Fall Harvest" when he started the thread on my own Woodworking Friends site a week or so ago because I shared some of my own fall harvest with him as well in the form of tomatoes and cucumbers and carrots and a BIG bag of beets from my veggie garden's 'fall harvest' . I also gave him one of my segmented vessels which I thought might give him some incentive to try one along with the other beautiful turnings he already does .

OH . . did I mention Thanks Bruce ?
Thanks again.

Wow William,
That's a nice haul... very generous of you Bruce... I'm not so sure I would have given up the burls had I had them... :biggrin:

Last year or year before I "found" a Box Elder log in a brush pile that some one had just pushed to the side of the road.... they were getting ready to replace a bridge on one of the back roads between my house and the main highway... I saw the end of the log in the brush pile and stopped on the way home to look at it.... immediately went back to town and bought a new chain saw since I had ruined mine earlier... turned out the log was nearly 14 feet long, about 20+/- inches diameter and the first cut when I started cutting into 3' lengths so I could haul it, showed a red mark in the center that looked like a phoenix rising... all red and yellow with shades of pink... I've had tons of fun turning that... still have at least 1/3 or more of the log to turn, but box elder is soft and some of it's getting a little punky now.... still working on it though.

You'll enjoy the wood William... it's a joy to turn... lots of water in it when it's green, so wear a slicker or something.. :biggrin:

 

[W.Y.]

I took a pleasant three hour drive each way today to where Bruce had brought some of his fall harvest of wood all the way from Edmonton Alberta to Invermere BC to where he had brought some of that wood for me..
I sure got a pleasant surprise when I saw what he had brought .
Seven heavy box elder logs between 26" and 42" long.
Lots of nice nice knots on some pieces and burl on other pieces. Some nice red streaking showing when looking in at the end grain.
Can't wait to carefully dissect it with my chain saw and find what nice surprises lay in store. .

Don't know how many times I thanked you when we were there Bruce but thanks again.
It took both Bruce and his brother to load those heavy pieces. I could not lift one of them by myself but was able to drag them out of the van when I got home .

Bruce sure named his topic right as "Fall Harvest" when he started the thread on my own Woodworking Friends site a week or so ago because I shared some of my own fall harvest with him as well in the form of tomatoes and cucumbers and carrots and a BIG bag of beets from my veggie garden's 'fall harvest' . I also gave him one of my segmented vessels which I thought might give him some incentive to try one along with the other beautiful turnings he already does .

OH . . did I mention Thanks Bruce ?
Thanks again.

Wow William,
That's a nice haul... very generous of you Bruce... I'm not so sure I would have given up the burls had I had them... :biggrin:

Last year or year before I "found" a Box Elder log in a brush pile that some one had just pushed to the side of the road.... they were getting ready to replace a bridge on one of the back roads between my house and the main highway... I saw the end of the log in the brush pile and stopped on the way home to look at it.... immediately went back to town and bought a new chain saw since I had ruined mine earlier... turned out the log was nearly 14 feet long, about 20+/- inches diameter and the first cut when I started cutting into 3' lengths so I could haul it, showed a red mark in the center that looked like a phoenix rising... all red and yellow with shades of pink... I've had tons of fun turning that... still have at least 1/3 or more of the log to turn, but box elder is soft and some of it's getting a little punky now.... still working on it though.

You'll enjoy the wood William... it's a joy to turn... lots of water in it when it's green, so wear a slicker or something.. :biggrin:

Yes Chuck, lots of water in green wood but isn't it a blast to turn with those long ribbons of shavings. :wink:.
Sounds like you got a great find there . Haven't cut into mine yet. Too busy with a few other things but hope to get at it soon.

 

[Gofer]

Gotta love free wood (I count the gas, oil and sweat as part of the fun) when you can get a huge load of it. I also believe in sharing it with my fellow turners, I get all sorts of new ideas when I see what they come up with. So far I have given wood to eight other turners from this years harvest, but I am sure that number will increase as I still have a few more trees left available to me.

Dave and Bill, great work on the bowls so far, it will be interesting to see them when they are finished.

George, if we lived a little closer together I am sure Louisa would really be tired of the amount of wood I drag home :biggrin: but it sure would be fun

Bruce