Yeah, I saved a few hundred euros for someone to come and grind it down

Sometimes stubbornness pays of.

But that wood looks kinda cool. Are you going to throw it out/ burn it or do something else with it? I am not sure what you could make out of it maybe a flowerpot or a lamp? But I think that after already spending so much time and effort getting this thing it would be a bit of shame to throw it out. But then again these are just random ideas. Turning them into reality would probably be harder than saying them.😛