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Stickley-style coffee table
May 20th, 2010
Recently a high wind blew most of the top out of a tall oak tree in the back yard of a property in Wyoming, OH. The damage was fatal and the fallen branches and remaining trunk were a hazard so the tree was removed. Read the rest of this entry »
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500 year old bur oak
September 4th, 2009
In 1849, John Newton “Black John” Gatch, a former riverboat captain, purchased about 100 acres of farm land in southwest Ohio near what is today Milford, OH.
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Tables, bench, and paneling made from urban bur oak
September 3rd, 2009
The lumber for these four projects was sawed from a bur oak well over a century old that grew on private property in Cincinnati, OH. Read the rest of this entry »
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Desk and table made from urban walnut
September 1st, 2009
A large walnut tree was blown over in the summer of 2008 on the property of the Busken family of Indian Hill, OH. Read the rest of this entry »
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Oak and Walnut Workbench
August 19th, 2009
In 1999 Norm Abram visited Cincinnati, at the request of Sam, to film a New Yankee Workshop segment on reclaiming urban trees. The Cincinnati Park Service arranged to cut down a street tree for the filming. The felled oak tree was then sawn into lumber by the WoodMizer demonstration team. The WoodMizer guys even put it in their big ol’ pickup and hauled it to my garage in one trip. It took Sam and me three trips in his Ford Ranger to get the wood to his house. Read the rest of this entry »
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