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pepperj said:
Great to hear that wood piece is coming along well, and the family is back safe and sound.
Looking forward in seeing the finished piece.
Nice going getting the motor reassembled-nothing like having something fall off the radar in the repair department
(Like-meaning somebody forgets to do their thing)

I was commenting about how busy it gets here on Sunday's, the mornings are quiet and the PM of the day gets busier on the water and in the water with folks.
54F out right now looking at a high of 75F hardly no humidity so it's a perfect tree downing.
Probably Monday/Tuesday I'll close the road for most of the day taking down 3 big pines on the water side of the house.
There's a tall Maple tree (75') at the gate that is starting to get weak looking at the top, fungi is growing out of the trunk where a limb broke off during the ice storm in /98.
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Sometimes the fungi can make a beautiful spalting pattern in the wood....especially maple !! The piece I'm working now has spalted live edge, with beetle grub holes. The mahogany is so dense, that the beetle grubs bore in, and then have to turn around when they hit the heart wood.....its as solid as marble !! I would love to show the progress, but im sworn to secrecy by Sotheby's !! I was told no posting before the debut !! This is probably one of the luckiest opportunities of my life, and we will skip the struggling artist scene and debut at the top of the art world.....my struggling took place over years of boat building.....now I'm taking the lessons learned from those times and applying the wood working techniques learned from the masters of boat building. I apprenticed under some greats.....Chris morejohn, Bill Lee, willy Robert's, and my father Franco michelini....the greatest pirate boat builder of the 90s !! The techniques in finishing were learned one at a time until mastered over many years. Trying to build a retirement type activity that can still bring big numbers at the galleries.....I might sell the gutiar.....price tag would be 7-12 thousand, and art directors are urging us to put it on the auction block.
 

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Blak bart said:
Be careful with those trees....you know all the danger. I stopped cutting, and started having the tree cutters just drop off there nice fat pieces here on there way by !!
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Saw logs are mainly kept by the landowners to offset the high costs of tree cutting.
Each tree works out to be $750-2000 dollars in cost (cutting down, bucking it up, chipping limbs)
Just trimming a few branches runs between $250-750 per tree.
Taking a tree down from the crown toward isn't too challenging if one gets above the crown.
Though it gets a tad tricky when I reach the max height of the lift 60ft+8ft and the crown still is 15-20ft above me.
Had to cut half a 20 ft birch crown off 8 inch diameter, one way was the hydro line along the road, the other was the basket/me/machine below.
The crown landed 30 ft away in a safe zone area. (undercut/back cut/wind gust/ducking into basket)
Still have 9 full days of rental left-thought at one point I was going to have lots of time left over now it's a case of what is priority.
The time it takes to set up(fuel, sharpening) machine placement proper levelling as anything over 3% grade the alarms go off and it restricts lift capabilities.
Over all it's a huge summer project and the clean up will be lengthy. We do notice the overall openness that has been created so far-more star viewing to come.
 

pepperj said:
Saw logs are mainly kept by the landowners to offset the high costs of tree cutting.
Each tree works out to be $750-2000 dollars in cost (cutting down, bucking it up, chipping limbs)
Just trimming a few branches runs between $250-750 per tree.
Taking a tree down from the crown toward isn't too challenging if one gets above the crown.
Though it gets a tad tricky when I reach the max height of the lift 60ft+8ft and the crown still is 15-20ft above me.
Had to cut half a 20 ft birch crown off 8 inch diameter, one way was the hydro line along the road, the other was the basket/me/machine below.
The crown landed 30 ft away in a safe zone area. (undercut/back cut/wind gust/ducking into basket)
Still have 9 full days of rental left-thought at one point I was going to have lots of time left over now it's a case of what is priority.
The time it takes to set up(fuel, sharpening) machine placement proper levelling as anything over 3% grade the alarms go off and it restricts lift capabilities.
Over all it's a huge summer project and the clean up will be lengthy. We do notice the overall openness that has been created so far-more star viewing to come.
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Healthier for other trees also. Over the years I've done some serious cutting, in some way tuff scenarios !! The hurricanes are tough, and I've sat looking at trees for a few days playing chess not checkers with them before I make the first cut. The additional knowledge gained by taking a tree all the way to furniture has been an incredible journey.....that why were going to Sotheby's.....nobody else doing what we're doing. At least not to the degree we are.....the gutiar we built grew from a rare and endangered west indies mahogany that grew for at least 100 years in my neighborhood !! The guitar 🎸 has only left the neighborhood a handful of times, and hangs on a rack that's less than 50 yards from where the tree grew !! This kind of craftsmanship, along with the green history behind its sourcing and construction, makes for an incredible piece.....not to mention being an absolute premium tone wood for musical instruments !!
 

I can't belive I never made a video of it being jammed on by the local musicians!! It turned out immaculate. No face plate telecaster....100% custom. Only mild shaping for our first.
 

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pepperj said:
Saw logs are mainly kept by the landowners to offset the high costs of tree cutting.
Each tree works out to be $750-2000 dollars in cost (cutting down, bucking it up, chipping limbs)
Just trimming a few branches runs between $250-750 per tree.
Taking a tree down from the crown toward isn't too challenging if one gets above the crown.
Though it gets a tad tricky when I reach the max height of the lift 60ft+8ft and the crown still is 15-20ft above me.
Had to cut half a 20 ft birch crown off 8 inch diameter, one way was the hydro line along the road, the other was the basket/me/machine below.
The crown landed 30 ft away in a safe zone area. (undercut/back cut/wind gust/ducking into basket)
Still have 9 full days of rental left-thought at one point I was going to have lots of time left over now it's a case of what is priority.
The time it takes to set up(fuel, sharpening) machine placement proper levelling as anything over 3% grade the alarms go off and it restricts lift capabilities.
Over all it's a huge summer project and the clean up will be lengthy. We do notice the overall openness that has been created so far-more star viewing to come.
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Got the rest of your life to make a fall.
Helps not rushing.
Never mind the equipment use time limitations... Do what you can.

Had a poplar go naughty and barely lean on a wire one day.
Surprised me. Maybe I was getting complacent; and willing a tree instead of felling it...
 

3 and a half hours at a school and another failure of a search. Tons of can pieces and pull tabs. A few nickels. Then all this junk jewelry.
 

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