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#1 ·
Can't wait to mill this.. This guy called me asking me if want this tree and I explained to him about the Dutch elm disease but then he said that he's already started to cut it down and i was like tell him to stop! And I rushed over there and salvaged what I could.. Pretty pumped to mill it
 

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Does Dutch Elm disease attach all elms?
No it does not. Of course the pictures are in the dark so this may be wrong...but that tree doesn't look like a dutch elm kill to me. Agian, in the dark, that looks like Siberian elm to me. A resistant species. And IMO one of the prettiest for lumber. Not super hard like some other elms, but I like the grain and stability.



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#6 ·
From what I have read all American and European species are susceptible to the disease. The Asiatic species are resistant or at least tolerant. I'm with Daren on Elm. It's a great wood and I especially like quartersawn elm. It can be a little difficult to dry flat but if you cut it just a little plump you can plane it out. Good luck!
 
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The plan is...? No idea yet lol I have many logs from it. I plan on doing a little of everything (quarter saw, rift, plain) but elm is very hard to come by around these parts of the nj so I want to do something special with it.. Not sure what yet. But I'm pretty excited to mill the crotch! That's my fav part of every tree little but of everything on those
 
#16 ·
I'm not positive, but since it came from a rough sawn supplier, I'd assume it was kiln dried. I found that it stabilizes pretty well if I let it acclimate a couple of weeks, then milled it slightly overized, and came back and sized it to final dimensions a day or two later. Of course the experiences with my particular boards might not indicate that all elm will act that way....
 
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