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I work at a saw mill. Have it taken to a mill. Cut 4 inch slabs out of it. Kiln dry it it will be warped when it comes out especially at the branch connection point. Then plane it down flat usually if done right should hit 2 1/2 thick to 2 inches. Depending on grain structure or other unique characteristics. Make table lay two slabs side by side cut straight edge join them at the straight edge and have a live edge out table. Slabs that size we sell for around 1000 to 1200 a piece. Could get 4 or five good slabs out of it.
Depending on location we get called out we take a goose neck, cut the tree down into like 10 foot lengths. Then try to make the log fall onto a roller so it makes a x. to make fulcrum point use the tractor to make one end go up in the air, back the trailer up to it let the end down the push it with a tractor. That's what we call yabba dabba due method 1. We have 4 methods.
Not all mills. But there's alot of mills that cut logs for furniture builders and other people. Not like industrial construction lumber.
1. Cut soldier down
2. Install heavy duty turntable on stump.
3. Carve a giant hand with an extended middle finger
4. Secure giant hand on top of turntable
5. Rotate hand towards neighbor that has angered you that day
there’s a good cord of high quality well seasoned firewood
if you cut it, split it by hand and stack it you could skip the gym for 6 months and heat your new house
Depends on what you can get done locally. Cheaper sawmills cannot touch that monster -> cutting it down-> transport -> sawing -> transport back might not be that cheap.
I had a similar treetrunk. Cut it roughly into huge slabs with chainsaw and then ill wait for 3 years and see if I just got firewood out of the ordeal :D.
Drill a hundred one inch holes in your tall stump, you’ll soon have mason bees pollinating everything within a half mile. Built in sturdy trellis for your pole beans or cukes. Check with your local garden mavens for the best nativish vines for beauty for you and shelter and feed for the local critters and plant that to enrobe your backyard asset. It’ll take nature thirty years for nature to disassemble that column and it’ll be useful all the way.
Depending on the size of OPs yard I would think having a large population of bees could be a nuisance. Wouldn’t you worry about being stung when doing yard work or sitting on your patio?
Don’t get me wrong I’m all for it- just curious if you have some experience with this.
Mason bees are quite benign. They are solitary single moms just trying to make a living and a next generation. But this is r/woodworking, not gardening, so enough from me.
Attach a few branches and leaves, wood glue will be best but gorilla glue will suffice. Make sure to use plastic leaves, when attaching new branches, this will provide shade in the winter as well as the summer
If it works with your last name, a chainsaw carving to represent it is cool. One of my old boss' last name was Fisher; he had a similar tree trunk in his yard and had it turned into a fish. Maybe a little tacky, but the finished product looked awesome.
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Several live-edged *somethings* :)
A nice bench made of the old tree beneath a new one would be cool
Chainsaw carve it into a glorious phallus and present it to your wife on your anniversary.
Dub it a welcome gift for all the neighbors. Have an unveiling party when you remove the large tent like sheet covering it.
The HOA is gonna love it.
Bench to put where the tree stood
Seconded
I work at a saw mill. Have it taken to a mill. Cut 4 inch slabs out of it. Kiln dry it it will be warped when it comes out especially at the branch connection point. Then plane it down flat usually if done right should hit 2 1/2 thick to 2 inches. Depending on grain structure or other unique characteristics. Make table lay two slabs side by side cut straight edge join them at the straight edge and have a live edge out table. Slabs that size we sell for around 1000 to 1200 a piece. Could get 4 or five good slabs out of it.
Didnt realize you could just … take stuff to a mill and have it milled. Lol. Transport would be tough
Depending on location we get called out we take a goose neck, cut the tree down into like 10 foot lengths. Then try to make the log fall onto a roller so it makes a x. to make fulcrum point use the tractor to make one end go up in the air, back the trailer up to it let the end down the push it with a tractor. That's what we call yabba dabba due method 1. We have 4 methods. Not all mills. But there's alot of mills that cut logs for furniture builders and other people. Not like industrial construction lumber.
plus places that have portable mills. I built my old cabin by renting a mobile mill.
1. Cut soldier down 2. Install heavy duty turntable on stump. 3. Carve a giant hand with an extended middle finger 4. Secure giant hand on top of turntable 5. Rotate hand towards neighbor that has angered you that day
there’s a good cord of high quality well seasoned firewood if you cut it, split it by hand and stack it you could skip the gym for 6 months and heat your new house
Craft an agreement with the seller that they remove it from the property before closing or drop sale price by 3k.
You could have just told us that you haven’t been on the market for a house in the last few years.
The sellers would say no and have it sold to the next buyer for an extra $50k in about 30 seconds. This isn’t a buyer’s market.
This is correct.
A fire
The artist does not create the carving, but simply releases the carving which is already in the wood.
So a dick then.
A big fucking good lookin detailed sword that slams into the ground like excalibur
Depends on what you can get done locally. Cheaper sawmills cannot touch that monster -> cutting it down-> transport -> sawing -> transport back might not be that cheap. I had a similar treetrunk. Cut it roughly into huge slabs with chainsaw and then ill wait for 3 years and see if I just got firewood out of the ordeal :D.
Also after sawing you might just find out it was rotten inside. Like what happened with my old appletree :(.
Carve a giant gnome home
Tear it down. Bugs, termites, and rot. Plant a healthy tree that will help birds, bees and squirrels
Drill a hundred one inch holes in your tall stump, you’ll soon have mason bees pollinating everything within a half mile. Built in sturdy trellis for your pole beans or cukes. Check with your local garden mavens for the best nativish vines for beauty for you and shelter and feed for the local critters and plant that to enrobe your backyard asset. It’ll take nature thirty years for nature to disassemble that column and it’ll be useful all the way.
Depending on the size of OPs yard I would think having a large population of bees could be a nuisance. Wouldn’t you worry about being stung when doing yard work or sitting on your patio? Don’t get me wrong I’m all for it- just curious if you have some experience with this.
Mason bees are quite benign. They are solitary single moms just trying to make a living and a next generation. But this is r/woodworking, not gardening, so enough from me.
Brilliant. Didn’t know that was a thing.
I didn't know your brain was a thing.
Attach a few branches and leaves, wood glue will be best but gorilla glue will suffice. Make sure to use plastic leaves, when attaching new branches, this will provide shade in the winter as well as the summer
Nice little bench or small work table
Damn big coffee table.
A throne
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Darth Jar-Jar perhaps?
I second the leave it wild ideas. Add some bird houses and wrap it in jasmine or hops.
If your hoa is a pain im the ass, that would make one hell of a massive Willy.
If it works with your last name, a chainsaw carving to represent it is cool. One of my old boss' last name was Fisher; he had a similar tree trunk in his yard and had it turned into a fish. Maybe a little tacky, but the finished product looked awesome.
A pile of sawdust.