When I saw the title "sentimental cypress" I thought "Hmm, never heard of that variant before, I've heard of "pecky cypress". Maybe it's like "weeping willow" "
Pictures wood help, stihl by those dimensions you'll not be concerned about making 36" wide table slabs.
This site:
http://www.floridacypress.com/About Cypress.htm
has more about cypress.
It seems you've got enough to make a few doors.
Be careful when you cut it open in case it's pecky cypress, that's much more valuable.
Which brings up a true story.
A close relative in northeast Mississippi, Dr. Johnson, had a new house built back in the 1970's, with the living room being large, about 30' x 30' with a cathedral ceiling, 10' walls. He decided he wanted the room paneled in pecky cypress. So he bought and had delivered enough to panel the entire 4 walls in random width, T&G, pecky cypress. Not 4' x 8' (or 10') panels of veneer, but true solid wood, 10' by random width (about 500 or so boards). This was to finish the room right after all the other tradesman had finished the house.
And he hired one of the best local carpenters to do the paneling, an older, very experienced craftsman, past retirement age. So Dr. J finally gets the carpenter out to the house, shows him the piles of cut random width wood, tells him in general what he wants him to do, and leaves him alone to get er' done, while Dr. J goes to the office. Now remember, this was before cell phones, and there was no phone on site.
So Dr. J returns after a long day at the office to see how the work had progressed only to find a very frustrated carpenter with only a few boards put up. So Dr. J asks the carpenter what the problem is. The carpenter replies "Doc - I went thru those entire stacks of wood, one at a time, at least twice, and those were the only boards I could find without holes in them. You've got to return the entire lot of wood"
The carpenter had never worked with anyone that could afford pecky cypress before.
