It would be nice to find a band saw mill - less loss.

Can you quarter saw it ? - large enough to get grain ?

Mill will know - you will get narrower boards.

They should offer drying abilities - in an in-house kiln.

Martin

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On 10/6/2010 8:46 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
We took a dead Elm tree down (not sure what type, probably American) and
I've been wondering what I can do to use the wood for woodworking. I'd
like to have someone mill it so I can stack it and store it in the barn.
(If anyone knows of someone in the Peoria IL area that will do just the 1
tree, please let me know.) Is there any need for a rush getting the
material milled?

There were some massive limbs on the tree as well. Some of them are 8-10"
in diameter. Will they dry out to usable lumber?

I took a few samples off a wedge and jointed and planed one. Beautiful
stuff with nice close growth rings. It'll be hard to get better stuff.

Puckdropper