The local Country Club is adding on to their club house which involved taking out several large cottonwood trees. The only things left are the stumps sitting next to the construction site. These are maybe 3-5 ft diameter and 5-8 feet long. They look like they were just hooked up to something big and pulled right out of the ground. Assuming I can find out who to ask and get permission to cut off some pieces with a chainsaw that I can lift and fit into my truck, can I get anything worth using from cottonwood stumps? I'm not expecting to get useable boards out of it and I don't have a lathe, but I was thinking maybe a few solid large peices that may be useful for bandsaw boxes? Someone told be that you can get some nice grain patterns or burl from the stumps.
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A google search says that it is a 'soft' hardwood so light cuts with sharp tools when turning to avoid tearout. Cottonwood shrinks considerably so checking issues but it makes some beautiful bowls so the effort may be worth it.
My way of looking at it is it is free wood so you aren't loosing anything but time that would probably be spent doing something a lot more disagreeable.
David
The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
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