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[shadowform]

A dwarven caravan just brought me 65 tower cap logs.  I don't know why they brought so many.  My stocks are already full from human caravans, in fact, they're already overfull.  I have more beds than I do dwarves - twice as many.  At least twice as many.  I even have beds in all 40 of my jail cells - which again, I have far too many of.  My marksdwarves are all legendary already, and the map is already covered in more giant cave spider silk than I could hope to use as trading goods.  I have magma, so there's no need for charcoal.

I bought the logs, of course.  Now I just need something to do with them.

[Update] The Tower of Fu is complete!  Mostly.  I think I'm gonna make the middle finger a bit taller.

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[Keita]

giant wood elf.

channel magma to base.

watch result.

[Crowbar]

If you don't have a magma forge, you can just systematically burn each and every one for fuel for smelting.

You could build a big tower, use it as a silo and store a bunch of food and crap in it.  Or just build the tower.  Everything's better with phallic symbols!

OR do what Metal Militia suggested.  That sounds like the coolest wicker man burning ever.

[Dwarf]

giant wood elf.

channel magma to base.

watch result.

Unfortunately, constructions do not burn AFAIK.

[Dorf3000]

Axles and water wheels use a lot of wood.  Set up magma pumping stations all over the map that can be activated to burn goblins wherever they might appear.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Do you have sand?

If so, Clear Glass Fortress

[Astramancer]

Do you have enough bins and barrels?

If you answered yes, then you, Sir, are a liar.

[Satarus]

Do you have enough wooden training bolts? 
If you answered yes, then you, sir, are a liar.

[The Architect]

Do you have enough wooden training bolts? 
If you answered yes, then you, sir, are a liar.

Umm... bins/barrels yes. Wooden bolts? I have to conscientiously ask why would you ever need wooden bolts if you have a wealthy fortress producing masses of goblin bone from sieges? My last obscenely wealthy fortress had over 2000 conveniently stockpiled unused bone bolts, with 10 off-duty marksmen trying to use them all the time, and the stock continued to grow.

[Foxbyte]

Sounds like it is time to train up Urist McSlingshot's catapult making skills.

[Ubiq]

Do you have a water source handy?

If so: http://www.mmdtkw.org/03-04BarbegalMill.jpg

If you don't have a hill, then build one out of blocks (green glass if you have sand) and use a series of pumps to recycle the water.

[darkflagrance]

If you don't use the logs at all, the next time a caravan arrives, they'll notice you have a ton of logs, and as a result won't bring as many, if at all.

Whether or not this leaves room for other, more desirable goods, I cannot answer.

[assimilateur]

I have magma, so there's no need for charcoal.

You can use charcoal for steel, right? (I honestly don't remember, as I haven't made steel in a while)

If yes, that's your answer, assuming you have iron as well. Other than that, someone here suggested making clear glass, which is also a neat idea.

[bluea]

Pearlash or soap road and trade depot for elven delight.

[Jake]

You can use charcoal for steel, right? (I honestly don't remember, as I haven't made steel in a while)

Charcoal and coke are both treated as identical, generic 'fuel' in-game, which is probably true to life; steel made from charcoal would be utter crap compared to what you'd get with coke from a modern blast-furnace, but in the period DF is said to represent the difference would be pretty minimal.

If I were you I'd use about half the wood for charcoal and the rest for bins and barrels, none of which you can ever have too many of, and maybe knock out a few extra ballista arrows if you use them.