I'm a fan of various hardwoods. But I just don't have the place to
stack up anything right now (nor a sawmill to cut them up currently)

If you are in the Washington DC area and can't find anybody else,
please contact Hardwood Artisans. Their shop is down in Woodbridge,
and they love getting local trees (sycamore seems to be their current
favorite).

And for those of you who have never experience quality furniture
construction (I'm just a customer, and have no other ties to them),
you should check out Hardwood Artisans <http://
www.hardwoodartisans.com>. In their stores their favorite sales ploy
is to pull out a drawer from one of their dressers and climb into and
then stand in it.

Nothing cheap. And they'll custom build or stain stuff too (always
for a price.) I had some corner cabinets made of mahogany, custom
stained with a "cherry" color and shellaced (instead of oil like they
traditionally do.) Afterwards one of the owners made the comment that
they came out looking fantastic. I was trying to imitate the finish
on Petrof baby grand piano I have, and the result was extremely close
and certainly complimentary.

On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:30 PM, Nathaniel Poole wrote:

> The only Vanagon content here is that I park my bus under it.
> I believe in the 9 degrees of separation theory and I hope someone
> can use
> this. I have an old-growth beech tree that must come down. Well over a
> hundred feet high, 6" diameter and maybe 15 feet of clear grain
> wood. You
> could floor ten houses (maybe twenty) with this tree and I don't
> want to see
> it used as firewood, if at all possible. Are there any hardwood
> enthusiasts
> out there looking for some ( a lot?) beech?
>
> Nathaniel