I took a piece of black cherry wood after our neighbors took down a tree

Posted on August 28, 2026 at 07:15:58 PM by ny1995

About 38” long, 12”’ in diameter. Weighed maybe 120. I needed to cut it in half. With a janky saw from our garage that is probably 40+ years old, an iron wedge that is probably older than that, and a sledge.

That took about 2 hours and I am sore.

Drying it out for my wife to turn on the lathe.

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I took a piece of black cherry wood after our neighbors took down a tree - By ny1995 August 28, 2026 at 07:15:58 PM
- Cool. - By BigLake August 28, 2026 at 07:46:53 PM
  - What was your handle on the old board?* - By Rich August 28, 2026 at 07:54:40 PM
    - Beautiful Loser* - By Alpo August 28, 2026 at 08:43:29 PM
    - Bum Licker * - By crumbs August 28, 2026 at 08:35:48 PM
    - Butt lick* - By tem August 28, 2026 at 08:16:48 PM
    - BigLake. Duh.* - By Alpo August 28, 2026 at 08:16:00 PM
      - Seriously? Why not go with Big Lake?* - By Rich August 29, 2026 at 12:23:33 AM
        
        Seriously. It was BL on card site so I used that. If you can switch it to BigLake, Rich, that's fine with me.* - By BigLake August 29, 2026 at 12:03:08 PM
- Needs to season first, it'll probably check a lot.* - By Falco August 28, 2026 at 07:37:55 PM
  - Yeah, going to have to form a plan - By ny1995 August 28, 2026 at 09:22:23 PM
  - Some people rough turn it green, box it up for 6-12 months and then do the final turning. - By BlueMoose1 August 28, 2026 at 07:48:00 PM
- Good prose, a mix of cormac and ernest* - By Daytripper August 28, 2026 at 07:16:57 PM
  - P. Worrell?* - By tem August 28, 2026 at 07:19:00 PM

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I took a piece of black cherry wood after our neighbors took down a tree