A week or so after moving into an acreage, we’ve had a fairly decent
sized wild cherry blow down in a storm… trunk length is about 10′,
dbh about 5″, trunk is really fairly straight. My husband (who’s the
woodworker; I’m just a botanist) was talking about building himself
a laminated wooden chair, probably using veneers from one of the local
plywood mills. I suggested that the cherry tree might be more interesting, but neither of us knows much about drying wood, or preparing freshly downed wood for lamination.
Any experiences with this? I suspect we can find a local mill to
turn the tree carcass into veneers, but will this work? Alternatively, I suppose we could air dry it and have it sawn (or
is it sawn, then dried?) for lumber. Advice appreciated… I’d
hate to just use it for firewood.
Kay Lancaster [email protected]
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5" dia is a small tree. It makes nice firewood.
I don't think you can find someone to cut a tree this size into veneer. You could bandsaw it into .120" veneer. That is a bit thick to bend for chairs. A bit of thickness sanding might get it down to .090". That might be thin enough for bending.
That tree is too small to cut into veneer.
You could bandaw it into .120" slices and drum sand it to .090". THat might be thin enough for chairs.
Why not leave it round and use the pieces for chair or table legs? A bit rustic, but nice for a porch and a little souvenir as well.
Jeff
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