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[attachment=3882] this is my first post so bear with me. I have some white oak burl. very gnarly grain pattern. I can saw this wood to any size. pen blanks or bottle stoppers. this piece is 3 1/8 x 3 3 3/8 x 18 i have around 60 - 80 lbs left of this. has some worm holes in it, but very little. very little checking and from all the pieces i have turned with it, have had no bark inlay. very dense wood!!!! hand planed and just put an oil on it. right now the wood is at between 10 and 15 percent moisture content. 15$ a pound [attachment=3882] [attachment=3881]

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Mike1950 said:
How much does that one weigh-the 3" one? Trade?
not really interested in a trade right now i have more timber than i can deal with. i just harvested a red maple burl and have around 20 - 30 oak burls that have to be taken down due to the gypsy moths so i have to move some of my private stock

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Thanks but I think I will pass- Right now I am wood rich and room poor. Sure is pretty though............
 
Okay, you got my attention. That stuff looks nice.

You say you can resaw it into pen blanks. Twenty two 3/4" X 5" pen blanks will fit in a small flat rate box but I have no clue on the weight. Can you give me a rough idea what a small flat rate of 3/4" pen blanks will cost me?
 
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Mike1950 said:
Thanks but I think I will pass- Right now I am wood rich and room poor. Sure is pretty though............

not a problem i feel you and am in the same situation
 
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BassBlaster said:
Okay, you got my attention. That stuff looks nice.

You say you can resaw it into pen blanks. Twenty two 3/4" X 5" pen blanks will fit in a small flat rate box but I have no clue on the weight. Can you give me a rough idea what a small flat rate of 3/4" pen blanks will cost me?

can i give you a quote tomorrow, once i resaw them, i can give you an exact weight, plus the shipping cost! i will resaw them and than seal them with anchor seal if thats ok? send me a pm and we can go from there!
 
No no no no, dont cut those up yet!!!!!!

I'm just looking for a rough idea on the price. What your charging me will determine how interested I am. They look nice, but I'm poor with a house full of kids to feed, not to mention a pregnant wife, lol. I'm not sure I'm a buyer yet. Just a rough guestimate, like plus or minus five or ten bucks.


Based on the dimensions on the piece you posted and the weight for it, I calculate 1.8 pounds for twenty two 3/4" blanks. Dont ask how I came up with that because I probably couldnt do it again and I'm probably way off base. Can someone smarter than me please calculate. I just dont want to tell you to cut them up and then its twice what I thought. I cant afford 4 pounds of this today. I can probably swing 2 pounds though. Thats the kinda rough guusstimate I'd like.
 
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BassBlaster said:
No no no no, dont cut those up yet!!!!!!

I'm just looking for a rough idea on the price. What your charging me will determine how interested I am. They look nice, but I'm poor with a house full of kids to feed, not to mention a pregnant wife, lol. I'm not sure I'm a buyer yet. Just a rough guestimate, like plus or minus five or ten bucks.

it's late so tomorrow i will take one of my other smaller pieces and cut it to your specs and weigh it. than i will have an idea of what it will cost plus shipping , if you are going to order 20 plus of the pen blanks we can make something work. i will give you a deal
 
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BassBlaster said:
No no no no, dont cut those up yet!!!!!!

I'm just looking for a rough idea on the price. What your charging me will determine how interested I am. They look nice, but I'm poor with a house full of kids to feed, not to mention a pregnant wife, lol. I'm not sure I'm a buyer yet. Just a rough guestimate, like plus or minus five or ten bucks.

it's late so tomorrow i will take one of my other smaller pieces and cut it to your specs and weigh it. than i will have an idea of what it will cost plus shipping , if you are going to order 20 plus of the pen blanks we can make something work. i will give you a deal

No problem, I'll wait to hear from you tomorrow.
 
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brown down said:
BassBlaster said:
No no no no, dont cut those up yet!!!!!!

I'm just looking for a rough idea on the price. What your charging me will determine how interested I am. They look nice, but I'm poor with a house full of kids to feed, not to mention a pregnant wife, lol. I'm not sure I'm a buyer yet. Just a rough guestimate, like plus or minus five or ten bucks.

it's late so tomorrow i will take one of my other smaller pieces and cut it to your specs and weigh it. than i will have an idea of what it will cost plus shipping , if you are going to order 20 plus of the pen blanks we can make something work. i will give you a deal

No problem, I'll wait to hear from you tomorrow.

ok so i cut one from different piece and came out to 2 1/ 8 ounces, did the math came out to .125 lbs x22 came out to 2.75 lbs I would have to see what size flat rate box i can smash all of those into if you are still interested i will cut it down to 2.25 lbs at 14 a pound being you want so many of the pen blanks be about 38-43 with shipping
 
They will fit in a small flat rate box. At 3/4" X 3/4" X 5", the small box holds 22 and ships for 5 something.

See, I told ya my math would be all wrong, lol. I'll take em though. Send me a final price and a paypal address if thats how you want paid. Thanks.
 
BassBlaster said:
No no no no, dont cut those up yet!!!!!!

I'm just looking for a rough idea on the price. What your charging me will determine how interested I am. They look nice, but I'm poor with a house full of kids to feed, not to mention a pregnant wife, lol. I'm not sure I'm a buyer yet. Just a rough guestimate, like plus or minus five or ten bucks.


Based on the dimensions on the piece you posted and the weight for it, I calculate 1.8 pounds for twenty two 3/4" blanks. Dont ask how I came up with that because I probably couldnt do it again and I'm probably way off base. Can someone smarter than me please calculate. I just dont want to tell you to cut them up and then its twice what I thought. I cant afford 4 pounds of this today. I can probably swing 2 pounds though. Thats the kinda rough guusstimate I'd like.

Well, I don't claim to be smart, but I think your numbers are pretty close, since I figure it at 1.796 pounds.

3 1/8" x 3 3/8" x 18" = 189.84 in^3

5 lb 8 1/8 oz = 5.508 pounds

5.508 pounds / 189.84 in^3 = 0.02901 pounds / in^3

3/4" x 3/4" x 5" = 2.813 in^3 / blank

22 blanks x 2.813 in^3 / blank = 61.886 in^3

61.886 in^3 x 0.02901 pounds / in^3 = 1.796 pounds

1.796 pounds x $15 / pound = $26.94 + shipping

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That sure is some pretty stuff you're going to get!
 
Thats basically how I came up with that answer but I never could have written it down like you did or even explained how i did it, lol. The way you have it written it looks very complicated. Makes me feel smarter than I really am!!
 
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BassBlaster said:
They will fit in a small flat rate box. At 3/4" X 3/4" X 5", the small box holds 22 and ships for 5 something.

See, I told ya my math would be all wrong, lol. I'll take em though. Send me a final price and a paypal address if thats how you want paid. Thanks.

sent you an email on this site
 
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