How bigs yours

[Baldone]

Howdy
came across this photo

A Giant Sitka Spruce
Copy of Ektachrome Photo by Phil Vecqueray
This giant Sitka Spruce tree measured 17 ft. 7 inches (5.4 m) across the butt. The first 24 ft. (7.3 m) log contained sufficient lumber to build a two bedroom home - a small hotel could be constructed from the entire tree. Estimated age of this spruce is 463 years. The tree was felled over 40 years ago at Juskatla Camp on the Queeen<st1> Charlotte</st1><st1> Islands</st1><st1:state w:st="on"><st1> British Columbia</st1></st1:state>. The saw used was a Homelite 9-26.
Not a small tree! :U

[Sebastiaan56]

Thats a lot of guitar tops....

[Manuka Jock]

Thats a lot of guitar tops....

You could play The Stairway to Heaven on them :2tsup:

Kauri staircase in shop . Far Northland NZ :U

[Baldone]

Now thats a great idea! take some shifting around though :oo:

[Manuka Jock]

Now thats a great idea! take some shifting around though :oo:

Yep, it would eh ,
good thing they give the instructions here (http://www.ancientkauri.co.nz/index.php/extract_raw_logs/kauri_log_staircase) :)

[Baldone]

Manuka Jock
hey thats some interesting reading and one helluva a big stick!

[Manuka Jock]

This is what it would have looked like a long time ago .

I have visited this tree . It was like looking at a cliff face :U

[weisyboy]

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=57796&d=1192256645