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David Smith Redwood Products and Portable Sawmill

Review by Johnson Boothby

December 11, 2017

I first met David in the early 2000s when we bought our house in Felton. He came to my flat driveway in front of our house and helped slab some madrone from a fairly magnificent tree that the previous owner of our house had limbed. By the time we acquired the house the tree was old and the previous owner had left it as a large madrone relic. In the process of moving into the house and burning the madrone he had cut I realized how special madrone wood is. My helper and I split the madrone trunk sections and David helped me mill them into quarter sawn sections.
It was an awesome madrone. David helped me again when a western maple fell across Graham Hill Rd. I was lucky enough to be there when the county came with their 4 way bucket and I talked them into leaving the log with me. David helped me with the milling on that one too.
One of the best slices is now a display table at Henry Cowell Park.

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