"Purty" Cherry.....Finished the job

[WDH]

(Note to self:  Seek counseling to deal with jealousy)  .

[Radar67]

Note to WDH, get some cherry of your own and you won't have to spend money on counseling. 

[WDH]

Easier said than done in these parts!  I am receptive, however  .

[Carpenter]

Hey, Magicman, have you considered sawing some of the larger cherry for gunstock blanks?  I make muzzel loaders from time to time, its been a while since I have had time to make one.  I have never worked with cherry, but it is used for gun stocks.  I have seen some very nice rifles stocked in cherry.  And figured wood is desirable for stocks.  From the sounds of it the 300 yr old trees that you have access to would be dense enough for stocks and certainly large enough if cut right.  I know very little about cutting the blank from the tree, I buy most of my blanks from a gunsmith that I have known for a long time and most of them are sugar maple.  It may be worth considering.

[Magicman]

Hey, Magicman, have you considered sawing some of the larger cherry for gunstock blanks?

I happen to have an old rollingblock stocked with cherry.  It's really pretty.

[Magicman]

MM,
What size chain are you using there and where should I look to get suitable tongs?  John

That's 3/8" chain.  The end tongs I made myself out of broken logging tongs.  Check out this link.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,38800.0.html

[Carpenter]

If you do want to cut some stock blanks, let me know.  My wife wants me to build her a rifle with a cherry stock.  Here is a picture of two guns I built last year.   


The picture didn't turn out very good but the guns did.  On top is of course a stock blank.  The top gun killed 3 deer last year and the one on the bottom was a Christmas present to my dad.  I would like to get pictures that do the guns justice but our current camera isn't up to it.  I think I bought a better camera for my wife for Christmas this year.  Have to wait untill she opens it though.

[Dodgy Loner]

Wow! Nice work, Carpenter! Looks like your name should be Gunsmith

And Radar, don't feel too bad for WDH- He's got the nicest stash of curly cherry this side of Pennsylvania. I know, I helped him stack it (took 6 months of counseling to conquer the envy )

[Magicman]

Are you saying that all of those tears.. .. were  for show and sympathy 

[Trax]

There's a logger operating in our area now!  It's on a neighbors property!
There are a few Cherry up in the back end of the property that are exceptional!
The loggers told me there isn't much of a market for cherry in this area!  We'll see!
I've already told the neighbor that I might be interested if the loggers don't take them!
One in particular is about 40-50 feet before the first limb and about 28"dbh!

no market for Cherry in upstate NY!!!! If the landowner swallows that there is a bridge in Brooklyn I like to sell him

I was thinking the same exact thing while reading that.

[stonebroke]

I think Harden might just take those cherry.

Stonebroke

[customsawyer]

Not only does WDH have the wood he also has the talent to know how to use it. Don't let his tears pull at your heart strings to hard.