On Jul 26, 9:44*pm, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Bob
wrote the following:

I read a while back about a company in Houston that specializes in
harvesting large unusual local trees for furnitures (tabletops, etc).
We have a Black Jack Oak that is over 100 years old that has died.
The trunk is about 13 feet in circumference.

Unfortunately, odds are 50:1 that it's rotted inside.

Good luck, though. *Cross _all_ your appendages, Bob.

--
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness;
poverty and wealth have both failed.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- Kin Hubbard

You might want to contact the Woodworkers Club of Houston. www.wwch.org
they can direct you to several mills in Houston one is located on
Antonine