All I have for trade is Mesquite, and Pecan. What size samples are you looking for?
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That's why I asked if you was in the burbs, suburbs. My samples finish at 3" wide x 6" long x 1/2 thick, like little tiny boards. I posted several pictures of samples in the "in the shop forum" and "wood ID" forum. Being reference samples, it is very important to me to have specifics on the wood, as in ID to the species level, versus group name and location grown / harvested or purchased. I have several species of Mesquite, still waiting on Dr, Dave for Mesquite root. I just added another Pecan. I'm looking for the lesser used Texan woods, even wood from large shrubs or vines. Give it a few days or weeks to think about. Jerry picked 1, so you OK with 2? If so I'll box. Remind me of your likes (pens, handles etc.), so I might be able to peanut pack with stuff you can use.
Yea, I wouldn't even call it a suburb, I live in the city. I am also new to the art having only started in June of last year so most of what I have, I have bought. I did score some free Pecan, Mesquite, and Red Oak. No. 2 is fine, and thank you. I also turn bottle stoppers, and have a friend who turns pens so any pen blanks I get as part of "packing" go to him. But I have nothing to trade so if that deal is off then no worries. I understand, you want to trade for samples.
I'll need some time to think on this one. I got Blue Palo Verde , Cercidium floridum, from you and Roger. Mesquite, have a few from you and the guys:
Prosopis juliflora Mesquite Kuehndorf, Jim Zoellner
Prosopis nigra Black mesquite Africa, Wood Craft
Prosopis pallida Kiawe, 2 part laminate (S. America) USA,HI,John Nicholas
Prosopis pallida Kiawe (S. America) USA,HI,Aloha Woods
Prosopis velutina Velvet mesquite USA,AZ,Gary Green
Prosopis velutina Velvet mesquite, onion burl USA,AZ,Tucson,Sonoran Desert,J. Marcantel
Prosopis velutina Velvet mesquite, 1/4 sawn USA,AZ,Glendale,Barry Richardson
Prosopis velutina Velvet mesquite, flat sawn USA,AZ,Glendale,Barry Richardson
What are your import mesquites? What species and style of mesquite burl is it?
You just sent a box of acacia Gregii. Waiting on brother as it it too big for my band-saw.
What species of oak and walnut?
Jerry, you sent a piece of Freemont cottonwood burl, I lack a common flatsawn and 1/4 sawn sample for that species, so that would be great.
Which ash species? I lack several.
You mentioned Brasil tree before, was that Condalia hookeri or Brazil tree, Pernambuco , Caesalpina echinata? Or was it Brazil nut....yet another.
You keep the 'Pecan', you deserve having it. I hope to get there some day.
Not a "deal", an exchange. I can still send you the blank, you look it over. If you are pleased, cover shipping and if you like, add something for the wood(s). Give it to the end of the week, need to get some more USPS boxes.
Thank you Moon.
Jerry,
I found 1 USPS box, it fits just right, no cutting needed. Hey, got about 1.5" of room on top of the blank, what would you like? Got a 6" wide by 1" thick 1/4 sawn piece of teak or some 1.25" and 1.5" egg / stopper stock.?.
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I'll take the Teak. Don't know why, but will take it as filler. ............ Jerry (in Tucson)
Mark, I don't know the Ash species. Someone said Arizona Ash. We do have them wild around Arizona somewhere, but this was a yard tree planted in the early 80's.
I said Basil tree, but if that's not correct and your spellings are, I have no answers for you. I do know it was also planted in the same property as the Ash at the same time. It grew into a pain to duck under as you passed it, so the owners had it removed the same day as they had the Ash removed. How bout that, planted and killed on the same dates.
As far as the Mesquite imports, I only know that most in Tucson are South American groups of Peruvian, Equadorian?sp., and other South American varieties. they grow fast and huge unlike our Velvet Mesquite. I can get pictures later when the trees start blooming and producing seed pods. That will be better than me trying to guess.
The Walnut I have came from French Joe Canyon next door to Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson, Arizona. Native Arizona Black Walnut. I have some nuts I gathered in Walnut Grove, Arizona, last Thanksgiving. I can send you a few of those if you want. ........
The Oak I have is mostly the root burls from scrub oak. I also have several larger pieces from a real tree from the Walnut Grove area. Don't know the species.
Fremont Cottonwood. I can do that. Came from Walnut Grove along the Hassayampa River.
Are you wanting sample size pieces, or blank sized? I was going to work today on that project I mentioned in another thread, but the drywall mud is still wet today, so I got a reprieve. Can do this stuff today.
Did I miss anything? I'm using my Mac Mouse, and it's giving me grief. It won't let me copy and paste. It won't let me spell check, and sometimes when I touch it, it sends me to another page, and I have to start hunting again. Boy, this is fun.......................... Jerry
So I'd say no on the ash being there are a few possibilities: By the way, I lack them all...
- Types Of Arizona Ash Trees:
- Chihuahua ash (fraxinus papilosa)
- Fragrant ash (fraxinus cuspidata)
- Goodding ash (fraxinus gooddingii)
- Singleleaf ash (fraxinus anomala)
- Arizona Ash (fraxinus veluntina) – Known as modesto or velvet ash
- Littleleaf ash (fraxinus greggii)
- Fantex ash (fraxinus velutina) – known as Rio Grande Ash
- Shamel ash (fraxinus uhedi) – known as tropical ash
South American Mesquites, interested, but need to know species...
Walnut, so assume Juglans major, Arizona walnut. I don't have any, would love a flat sawn and 1/4 sample. Do you have any with sapwood?
Same with oak, without species, need to pass.
If the wood is dry, I'd prefer samples, just a bit big so I could work the wood. If wet, a bit bigger to safely season. Samples finish at 3" x 6" x 1/2".
Around here (ok, my front yard) Arizona Ash is known as "Trash Ash". Not sure if that is the genus, or species. But that's all the tree guys tell me when they trim it.
Mark, this is what I have that was told to me is Basil Tree, the same basil as in the spice or leaves. Here are picktures. If you don't want the cookies, you can give them to Paul, and if he doesn't want them, I won't send them. The top slab will barely meet your 3" size specs and is long enough. The next one is more than you need. These pieces are from a branch about 6' from the ground. By most tree standards, this was a small tree. The trunk barely made 8" round, and branched at about 6 feet. Grew to maybe 10 feet tall. I believe the winter shade had a lot to do with it being stunted if it was a tree that grows larger. It was fully leafed both summer and winter. I'm trying to upload a piture of the leaves and flarers, but something is wrong with my program.
Well, this is the best I could do. Notice the leaf between my feet. It's the top side of the leaf, and the other leaves in the piture show the bottom side of the leaves. No flarers to show in this piture. Also notice I'm wearing work boots instead of sandals or flip flops. Where's @Lou and @rocky1 ? ...........
............ Jerry (in Tucson)
The spiceBrasil tree, Condalia hookeri, also called 'Bluewood'. I have a flat sawn piece, looking for a 1/4 sawn sample.
Well, this is the best I could do. Notice the leaf between my feet. It's the top side of the leaf, and the other leaves in the piture show the bottom side of the leaves. No flarers to show in this piture. Also notice I'm wearing work boots instead of sandals or flip flops. Where's @Lou and @rocky1 ? ...........
............ Jerry (in Tucson)
The spiceBrasil tree, Condalia hookeri, also called 'Bluewood'. I have a flat sawn piece, looking for a 1/4 sawn sample.
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Those look like Bay Leaves.
@phinds
Paul would likely on want one sound end-grain cookie, but will have to say himself. As for the herb basil, Ocimum is the genus, and none are woody in the way of your wood or do they attain that size as far as I have seen and read.
Condalia hookeri below a Texas plant, evergreen with spines
Could yours be Condalia globosa?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condalia_globosa
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Jerry, click to expand the above. For some reason my reply is a separate post but is embedded in your last post body ...
Sounds like this tree. Wiki states it grows here in Arizona, but the map they show doesn't show it in Tucson. I suppose they are talking about wild trees, instead of trees from a nursery. I've never seen berries on it, and I have been working for these people since 2001 when they purchased this house. I even tore up all the brick in the back yard that bordered this tree in the summer one time, but again, never saw any fruit.
I wish I could have posted pitures of the flowers. Most of them are hi-lighted, but the ones with the flowers are not and will not respond when clicking on them. All taken with a phone camera, all downloaded on the same day, but these particular ones don't respond. .............. Jerry (in Tucson)
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I fixed it. Next time Mark, just cut the last [ /QUOTE ] text out and paste it after the last word in the persons post you are quoting.
I simply hit reply and typed as usual. After hitting the "Post Reply" button, it was posted embedded as a continuation of Jerry's post. I wondered about cut and paste, but that was all...
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I got a big gulp today. I found out its exactly the same size as the hood on my lathe dust collector.
It's for a future project to take care of the sawdust under my craftsman contractor style saw.
This is the first shop I ever had dust collection in and I'm slowly getting everything hooked up. What a difference it makes.
It's for a future project to take care of the sawdust under my craftsman contractor style saw.
This is the first shop I ever had dust collection in and I'm slowly getting everything hooked up. What a difference it makes.
I saw that first picture and thought it was another dumb cough guard at a checkout!
Amazing how the situation we are all dealing with affects our collective psyche!
Amazing how the situation we are all dealing with affects our collective psyche!
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I know what happened. it takes a millisecond or 2 for the reply post to appear, when it did, you had already started typing, so the cursor was "stuck" inside the reply post. That's happened to me before....
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What's the big gulp going to do?