Will look for the tylosis. Am about to go grab load number 2. I wont cry if its black locust for sure! That seems a pretty easy check up. He has a few chunks of "firewood". I may bring one back with me to dissect.
What free wood did you find today?
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Understood. I merely quoted my supplier. Next time I guess I will try that with quotation marks. That will upgrade the accuracy of the name thang. Will update after the tylosis check, but I am not stuck on this being a honey locust stash. I prefer black anyway.
Load 2. Apparently 2 misses in one day. Not a record for me , folks. The "ash" turned out to be ash leaf maple. See the pink in the butt cut?
And tylosis seems to indicate black ash.
Razor blade for size
Bout a 1/2 to 3/4 inch patch cleaned up with a sharp blade rather than sanding. Sanding makes it a pitas to confirm tylosis with my 'cellphone microscope'.
Also another section of the flower bush
Leaves
Bark
End grain
about a half inch square
This is just for me to play with, as I told him I would take anything except poison ivy if it came with a root base so I can try to get workable wood out of it.
And tylosis seems to indicate black ash.
Razor blade for size
Bout a 1/2 to 3/4 inch patch cleaned up with a sharp blade rather than sanding. Sanding makes it a pitas to confirm tylosis with my 'cellphone microscope'.
Also another section of the flower bush
Leaves
Bark
End grain
about a half inch squareThis is just for me to play with, as I told him I would take anything except poison ivy if it came with a root base so I can try to get workable wood out of it.
That is a nice load of 'Black locust'. Lots of folks call it honey because of the great honey the bees produce from its flowers. That 'Ash-leaf maple' looks to have some compression wood, might make some cool warped bowls. Might want to stabilize that 'Honey suckle' before you work it to final use.
So a few weeks ago we split some "firewood" for a customer, flame and curly 'black cherry'.
That is some pretty firewood! Did you charge him a piece of firewood for the work in the final price? I have seen some mighty cool firewood piles... have threatened to stop several places but didnt see anyone home...
Is that a prerequisite?? Hehehe............. Jerry (in Tucson)
Wife kept an eye on me the whole time, so no, let it go. However, found a piece in the truck the other day on the floor in the back. Daughter thought it was nice. Don't have pictures of it but is was flame or cathedral flame.
I think this feller jest calls it all honey locust because his folks talk about honey locust. Hardly anyone who isnt a woodnut knows there are 'types' of locusts hereabouts
Yes. Seems to have a 'muscle' running up the trunk. That will be investigated
and further reports may follow.Yeah. It is looking like it loves to crack and pop open in random positions. I like to think I may be able to salvage it to make 'something', 'someday'
Not sure how good your nose is, the shavings from that 'honey suckle' can make a nice potpourri. I've had pieces several years old that I shaved and threw in the water pot on the wood stove mid winter. Mild, but nice.I think this feller jest calls it all honey locust because his folks talk about honey locust. Hardly anyone who isnt a woodnut knows there are 'types' of locusts hereabouts
Yes. Seems to have a 'muscle' running up the trunk. That will be investigated
Yeah. It is looking like it loves to crack and pop open in random positions. I like to think I may be able to salvage it to make 'something', 'someday'
Well I guess this counts.....
had a sweet gum up and die in my yard. I guess I'll probably process a few blanks out of this and try out my newly built kiln I am about to finish making from an old freezer.
This gum looks to have some pretty heart wood.
had a sweet gum up and die in my yard. I guess I'll probably process a few blanks out of this and try out my newly built kiln I am about to finish making from an old freezer.
This gum looks to have some pretty heart wood.
That is sold as red gum. It's fairly expensive.
So I need to offer up some for sale haha.
Sweet Gum heartwood (red gum) is also known poor man’s walnut, but I think it can be just as pretty as walnut. Turns and finishes nicely.
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Over the last couple days I've been able to salvage some pallets with nice 5/8" exterior grade plywood on them.
I'll take them apart and use the plywood for the front soffit on the garage. It was breadboard but it doesn't need to be.
I'll take them apart and use the plywood for the front soffit on the garage. It was breadboard but it doesn't need to be.
You're a scroungers scrounger! Stuff like that doesn't hit the ground around here before somebody gets it. Back in the day, companies would give you all the packing crates you could haul off. Now, either they or their employees break it down and divie it up.
All I managed to get lately was 8 or ten Sweetgum chunks about 14"x 24". I've never worked any sweet gum before (I've never worked a lot of other woods before either)... so maybe next week sometime if I get a break...
Alan
All I managed to get lately was 8 or ten Sweetgum chunks about 14"x 24". I've never worked any sweet gum before (I've never worked a lot of other woods before either)... so maybe next week sometime if I get a break...
Alan
If the beadboard comes off nicely, it makes awesome backing board for an antique style cabinet. Corner cabinet or hutch look great with that inside them
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Should turn nicely and older trees like that often have beautiful colors inside.
Traded a 4 foot section of of a 16 foot Ambrosia Maple log to a friend for some Cocobolo in photos below. I got the Maple for free so I guess this Coco is free also 
Very dry with voids and drying cracks. I did cut 5 1/2” piece to see how bad it might be cracked inside. Should be able to make a few things…..
Very dry with voids and drying cracks. I did cut 5 1/2” piece to see how bad it might be cracked inside. Should be able to make a few things…..
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