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.

Are any of the Houston residents on this conference familiar with the
company I am talking about? I cannot find them with Google search.

Thanks,
Bob

On Jul 26, 11:28*am, Bob wrote:
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.

Are any of the Houston residents on this conference familiar with the
company I am talking about? *I cannot find them with Google search.

Thanks,
Bob

I remember the service you are talking about but I also cannot recall
the name of the company. I do however have an idea for you. You can
google "portable saw mills". You will come up with entries like Hud-
son Forest Equipment and Wood Mizer Sawmills. You can call these
manufacturers and find out who they have sold units to in Houston.
These local owners will probably offer the service you need.

Joe G

I looked under Services, on Craislist, but didn't see anything with my
limited search. You might try a more extensive search, there.

Call a few local tree cutting/trimming services.... they should know
who, in the area, saws logs. Or one of these services may have a saw,
as one service, here, does.

Other than above, you may have to look toward Cleveland, Livingston,
*Woodville or *Jasper for a mill, as best I know.

Sonny

On 7/26/2010 10:28 AM, Bob wrote:
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.

Are any of the Houston residents on this conference familiar with the
company I am talking about? I cannot find them with Google search.

Give these guys a call and see if they can help you:

http://www.bcwoodwork.com/

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KarlC@ (the obvious)

Bob wrote:
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.

Are any of the Houston residents on this conference familiar with the
company I am talking about? I cannot find them with Google search.


If you can't find a sawmill (don't forget you have to GET the tree TO the
sawmill), you can build your own saw.

Here's some videos of homemade sawmill bandsaws.
http://www.sawmillplans.com/versawmilltv.html

There are even guides for a chainsaw that will help make lumber out of a
tree trunk.

You might also try millwork shops. I visited one to get some molding and
they had a warehouse full of raw lumber, um, "planks" about 18x18 inches by
20 feet long (teak, mahogany, walnut... all manner of exotic woods) waiting
to be turned into something pretty.

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Bob spewed forth:
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.

Are any of the Houston residents on this conference familiar with the
company I am talking about? I cannot find them with Google search.

Thanks,
Bob

Give my buddy a call listed below
He'll come and get and put to good use.

His name is Jerry
http://www.saltcreekcreations.com/contact.html

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Bob wrote:

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.

Are any of the Houston residents on this conference familiar with the
company I am talking about? I cannot find them with Google search.


These folks are in Huntsville, but depending on what part of town you r're
in.....

They can kiln dry also.

http://www.mgsawmill.com/

Regards,
Roy

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

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