[Woodcarver] White Birch

[Merrilee Johnson]

Dick,
   I took a peek at your picture trails!  How cool your cut offs (?) were!  
I especially liked the nose one and the eyes one!  But they were all 
terrific!
Merrilee


>From: "dick carter" <rhc511 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] White Birch
>Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:48:41 -0500
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>FWIW
>In my 'neck of the woods' there are contractors that specialize in clearing 
>land for development.
>They sell the softwoods (& some hardwood) to sawmills or pulpmills. Larger 
>sized hardwoods go to
>speciality mills that deal with these sizes. The remainding hardwoods are 
>bought by those who specialize in the cutting/splitting of firewood. The 
>firewood is "mixed hardwoods" which usually
>consists of Beech, Birch, Cherry, Red Oak, Hickory. The firewood buyer 
>determines the length & the quarters range up to 10 inches across. 
>Depending upon your imagination, that's a lot of carving
>space. I get about 4 cords per year & can usually cull-out enough 
>acceptable carving stock to last
>the year. I have some of it shown on my PT album.
>(Locally no one wants Basswood for burning (firewood) & the sawmills don't 
>want it for milling.
>It is usually bulldozed into the ground at the site)
>
>Over the years I have interupted the above sequence & got some larger 
>pieces at little (or no)
>cost... BUT you have to be there at the right time & with the right 
>equipment.
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>Dick Carter
>>From the Manadnock area of NH
>rhc511 at hotmail.com
>Please check-out my stuff at:
>http://www.picturetrail.com/cartersstuff
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