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So that storm where I unclogged the sewer drains? Thought I got off fine (the dust on the basement floor was undisturbed, so not even any leaks that dried) but then I looked out the window and a walnut tree was listing like 30 degrees.\n

\nWasn\u2019t split but roots levering up, an arborist diagnosed as unsalvageable so I had him chop it down and leave me the wood.\n

\nMaybe should\u2019ve specified for crafting, cause I think he gave me firewood cuts, about 21-27 inches long and 5-7 in diameter (milk for scale), but tree was probably too curved and thin to get much long lumber anyway. Still got a bunch of branches in the yard waiting to be leaf-stripped might be good for staves or even bedposts though.\n

\nHave a pinball friend who works with wood (that\u2019s not that uncommon around here, next step up the value ladder for a forestry economy) so might put it to use with him. The base piece is big but twisted like a woman turning at the waist, might be enough volume to get a nice chessboard and carve pieces from the others, maybe use (bark on or off) as rustic-looking bases for coffee or end tables

Apparently I need to dry it for like, a year per inch of thickness though.

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