Lot's of potential there Barb; can't wait! And you're going to need more Miller Light 
What free wood did you find today?
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Great snag. Looking forward to seeing what you make from it.
Oak burl is really interesting.
Alan
Alan
Ohhhh, - skabetti grain!!!!!
Congrats! Can't wait to see you active in your workshop again! Chuck
I can’t wait to be active in there again. It’s been well over a year since I’ve been able to make anything. :)
Were is that jealous button. Nice score.
Woke up today to find out it was Christmas in June!
Got this box from VA (that is somewhere up near the Right Coast area me thinks) - yes you Eric. Contained some beautimous hickory (and other goodies). Pic does not capture the curl very well. I can get to really liking hickory if it all looked like this! Technically, I didn't "find" it - well I did find it on my desk coming back from a jobsite visit - so that qualifies. Thank you friend!
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I just got this flash image of Eric ( @Eric Rorabaugh ) in a bright green fuzzy jumpsuit and a pointy hat, carrying a big sack over his shoulder and sneaking into people's houses.
Great, now I see it too.....however, think it was the PA Eric....
Cool. Looks a lot like Serviceberry...you said hickory....think I'd be able to see the ring porous details, but I can't.
Picked up some Catalpa that has been stashed at Bud’s yard, very interesting grain patterns.
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Nice haul. Be interesting to see, once you clean it up, whether the end grain has hexagonal pith
No was in the open, tree split at the crotch and this is what fell last summer and was transported to Bud’s wood yard, never got back to it til today.
Will fine sand and check the pith when I break it down, don’t see a hex now.
Will fine sand and check the pith when I break it down, don’t see a hex now.
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Nice haul! Have turned some Catalpa. I also think it has interesting grain patterns. Turned this medium size bowl last fall. Catalpa is a deceivingly light weight wood.
Congrats! Those are really decent size chunks of Catalpa! You'll have them processed in no time! Chuck
That chunk with the off center pith would make a great hollow form! I have heard that carvers like catalpa, never worked with it myself....
That’s what I was thinking when cutting into one this morn. Cut a test blank each 1/4 sawn flat sawn to track movement while drying before getting into the rest of it… like butternut but softer, cuts clean and easy.
Used a card scraper and got some closeups, seeing a few maybes.
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Woodturning student was over last Wed turning his third Norfolk Island Pine (NIP) piece remarking how much he liked the wood. I only had 5 pieces left to make lamp shades & vases with so I wasn't parting with any.
There has been only one NIP tree down this year so far, it's been scarce.
I told him we need more & that the universe provides so I ordered some saying, "Universe, we need a bunch of NIP 6" to 13" diameter! Order placed."
4 hours later my lady & I were picking up a friend & across the street from his house was a fresh cut pile of NIP!!! Score!!!
Trailer loaded, dumped in yard to trim it down. Logs will be cut to size. Left over sack of knots!
There has been only one NIP tree down this year so far, it's been scarce.
I told him we need more & that the universe provides so I ordered some saying, "Universe, we need a bunch of NIP 6" to 13" diameter! Order placed."
4 hours later my lady & I were picking up a friend & across the street from his house was a fresh cut pile of NIP!!! Score!!!
Trailer loaded, dumped in yard to trim it down. Logs will be cut to size. Left over sack of knots!
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Congrats! Talk about timing!!! ChuckWoodturning student was over last Wed turning his third Norfolk Island Pine (NIP) piece remarking how much he liked the wood. I only had 5 pieces left to make lamp shades & vases with so I wasn't parting with any.
There has only one NIP tree down this year so far, been scarce>
I told him we need more & that the universe provides so I ordered some saying, "Universe, we need a bunch of NIP 6" to 13" diameter! Order placed."
4 hours later my lady & I were picking up a friend & across the street from his house was a fresh cut pile of NIP!!! Score!!!
Trailer loaded, dumped in yard to trim it down. Logs will be cut to size. Left over sack of knots!
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