Excellent saves Nathan. Being able to use some of the Redbud, and of course the chair. Wonderful pic post took me by the hand and showed me the process. Great post. 

I agree Redbud, while not seen much as lumber is always pretty, just too bad they don't get into 12" wide board size of trees. Most of them succumb to bugs, and disease rather than other issues, so finding a lot of decay is also going to be problematic. 

It was Dads favorite tree, growing up I can remember a few tries of him trying to get some lumber out of a dead one. So thanks for the memory of that. :-)