This cherry survived some serious lead poisoning.

[Delawhere Jack]

My longest road trip for a milling job started off bad, but things got real interesting once the milling began.

Someone tried to kill this black cherry with lead poisoning, but it lasted another 15 or so years and fell victim a week ago to soggy ground and heavy winds. The war wounds...



 

That will make someone a very interesting tabletop conversation piece.

Then we noticed the curl in the grain.......lots of it......edge to edge and end to end in at least half of the logs... ;D



 

It sure made up for what started out to be a lousy day with vehicle issues..

[mobile demensia]

That sure is purrdy wood!

[hackberry jake]

Do not do anything with those boards. Lead is known to cause all sorts of health problems! You must sent those boards to me ASAP for disposal. Its a risk I am willing to take.

[5quarter]

very admirable Jake...but you're not qualified. I on the other hand am a liscensed hazardous and defective lumber disposal specialist. Send it to me Jack.  ;)

[cutterboy]

WOW! That is some beautiful lumber.

[rooster 58]

    Wow! Beautiful board 8)  A friend of mine made me a cedar chest made from cherry. On the lid is a .22 cal. slug embedded in it ;)

[manoverboard]

Wow, that wood puts my cherry boards to shame, just don't like the lead...you'll be fine...lol

[petefrom bearswamp]

Have sawed lots of single bullets but never a bunch like that.
Lead no problem the mill doesn't eve know its there.
Arrowheads a different story.
Hit one that was about 20 up in a red pine tree once must have been somebody hunting squirrels.

[Woodsrover]

Not bad grouping!

[tffhtf]

    Wow! Beautiful board 8)  A friend of mine made me a cedar chest made from cherry. On the lid is a .22 cal. slug embedded in it ;)

A 'cedar chest' made from cherry.  How cool is that!  Reminds me of a radio report I heard last time I was in California.  A guy was arrested for 'resisting arrest'.

Really pretty wood.  I have a lot of wild cherry growing at my place.  They drop like flies before getting very big by the standards of the area, and seem to harbor the most interesting fungi when they die.  Or maybe shortly before?  I always wanted to hack at one if I get a band mill to augment my swing blade.

[Sawdust Lover]

That's where the target must of hung. Good looking stuff.

[Magicman]

I have one in a piece of wall paneling that the router uncovered while making the tongue.


 
It is now hidden by the groove on the adjoining board.  No one knows where it is except me.   ;D