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I have a hobby farm with about 60 acres of timber. Among the timber is a bit of Basswood. I've purchased a bit of it in the past and carved a bit in Basswood and frankly, it's expensive to purchase blanks of the stuff. I've considered cutting a log for years and having it milled, but have never gotten around to it. I'm interested in learning to carve (I've done a few things, but believe me, I have a long way to go), but I also have tons of other time consuming hobbies, so I don't really see the need to stockpile dozens upon dozens of carving blocks.
Purely hypothetically speaking, if I were to cut a decent sized log and to get it milled (I have a friend with a bandsaw mill), would there be someone that might be interested in picking up a large amount of the milled lumber for sale or trade? I live in extreme northcentral Pennsylvania. I occasionally travel, so western PA, southcentral PA or western/central NY might be possible for me to meet someone under the right circumstance.
My buddy has talked about building a kiln, but for the time being, if I do this, the wood will have to air dry. I'll sticker and store it until I find someone interested in purchasing or trading for most of the wood. Again, IF I do this, I'd accept a reasonable cash offer for a fairly large supply of wood or I'd be willing to trade for something interesting, notably tools that I could use in my shop. If someone were nearby and really interested in doing this, I'd even allow that person to come look at a couple of logs on the stump and decide what would work best for them. Given that Basswood isn't really a mast tree or valuable hardwood lumber, I don't pay a ton of attention to it, but I'm pretty sure I can find several logs that are in the 15-25" DBH (diameter at breast height) range, which would obviously provide a lot of carving wood if it was reasonably clear and free of rot, etc..
Like I said, this is purely hypothetical at this point in time and I'm just throwing it out there and basically thinking out loud.
Purely hypothetically speaking, if I were to cut a decent sized log and to get it milled (I have a friend with a bandsaw mill), would there be someone that might be interested in picking up a large amount of the milled lumber for sale or trade? I live in extreme northcentral Pennsylvania. I occasionally travel, so western PA, southcentral PA or western/central NY might be possible for me to meet someone under the right circumstance.
My buddy has talked about building a kiln, but for the time being, if I do this, the wood will have to air dry. I'll sticker and store it until I find someone interested in purchasing or trading for most of the wood. Again, IF I do this, I'd accept a reasonable cash offer for a fairly large supply of wood or I'd be willing to trade for something interesting, notably tools that I could use in my shop. If someone were nearby and really interested in doing this, I'd even allow that person to come look at a couple of logs on the stump and decide what would work best for them. Given that Basswood isn't really a mast tree or valuable hardwood lumber, I don't pay a ton of attention to it, but I'm pretty sure I can find several logs that are in the 15-25" DBH (diameter at breast height) range, which would obviously provide a lot of carving wood if it was reasonably clear and free of rot, etc..
Like I said, this is purely hypothetical at this point in time and I'm just throwing it out there and basically thinking out loud.
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