Have you any idea what kind of cane it is? Speaking as an instrument maker, some kinds are wonderful for reeds. Perhaps send an image to the list, I might be...
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Mike Wilson
kitefella...
Feb 25, 2013 4:01 am
There are wind whistles, and "harps" called hummers, put onto kites throughout the far east. Archer Barony of Small Gray Bear Gleann Abhann To:...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 25, 2013 6:49 am
Not really, but I don't think it's bamboo although I really don't know the difference between cane, bamboo, and reeds. Attached are some pictures from the...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 25, 2013 6:52 am
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 25, 2013 7:29 am
By the way the DSCoo958 pic was of the haystack method of charcoal making project I did this summer. That's still working with wood, right? Its documented in...
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Stu
darsnordham
Feb 25, 2013 6:26 pm
Hi, given the cane came from California and what it looks like, I'd say it was Arundo donax. You can wiki its characteristics, the height depends on the soil...
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Wolf
sancoeur
Feb 25, 2013 7:00 pm
Personally, I don't see any reason why it "shouldn't" be considered as still working with wood. And given the... ah... shall we say, "climate" nowadays, maybe...
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Mike Wilson
kitefella...
Feb 25, 2013 9:04 pm
Lee, I've been studying, researching and making period kites - eastern and western - for about 15 years. In my kingdom, Gleann Abhann, they call me the kite...
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baron_devin
Feb 26, 2013 5:57 am
I have golden bamboo growing in my yard, myself. Last year Master Philippe de Lyon asked for a couple of stalks to make late period fishing poles. One was...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 26, 2013 9:53 am
I have about 2 years of posting I never got around to reading when I first joined this list. On occasion I find myself playing a little catch up and way back...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 26, 2013 6:56 pm
Why dry it? A lot of furniture was made green.... Fine Armour and Historical Reproductions Custom Commissions Welcome....! www.partsandtechnical.com (Well...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 26, 2013 7:05 pm
I am thinking of using some Sycamore on a project. I have several trees along the creek that could be used. Is Sycamore easy enough to split and does it dry...
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bsrlee
Feb 26, 2013 7:46 pm
Being a city dweller I find it hard to get near green wood, by the time I see something cut down it is usually in small chunks which is then immediately wood...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 26, 2013 8:02 pm
... That is what I use for firewood, the leaners and the very crooked trees. http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/images/firewood.jpg ... A friend...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 27, 2013 6:05 am
Most of what I make is machinery. For example I can barely lift the ends of the base for the grinder / lathe / saw / barrel tumbler. The tread wheel fully...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 27, 2013 6:08 am
I don't know it specificly...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 27, 2013 7:01 am
... AND MY THOUGHT WAS "ONLY MOST?!"...
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Antonia di Lorenzo
antonia_di_l...
Feb 27, 2013 7:55 am
I'd reckon so. For a project that had to use the wood provided, I've gone as far as burning the wood to ash to make lye, because the wood was so full of...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 27, 2013 11:56 am
Several people have question why even dry wood and green woodworking. Certainly green woodworking has its advantages like not having to wait for the wood to...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 27, 2013 11:58 am
What did you use the lye for?...
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SCA
antonia_di_l...
Feb 27, 2013 12:06 pm
Paper making, plus altering the pH of turmeric dye to change the colour from orange to red....
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 6:29 pm
Depends....the only truely easy woods to split are poplars and oaks. And of course...sans knots! Makes sure to replant if you take down! Fine Armour and...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 6:38 pm
Most furniture of quality was made from quartered wood. I own an extensive collection of 15th - 18th century pieces *original* and most utilize quartered wood...
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leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
Feb 27, 2013 7:00 pm
Also, the composition of heartwood and outerwood is different, and they dry at different rates under the same conditions, and also shrink differently....
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 7:55 pm
... Some of the firewood I had trouble with was a wind blown Oak that had been down foe several years. It was too wet to burn but after splitting and let sit...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 7:58 pm
... I am clearing out the leaning or crooked trees to clear areas to allow other trees to grow better. The idea is to improve the forest while harvesting. -- ...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 8:19 pm
Good to hear Don. I work with live wood daily. Over the last 20 years Ive seen such heavy urban and suburban deforestation (and appalling ignorance about...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 8:33 pm
One point I wanted to make about green vs dry wood. I dont believe that all furniture was built green as a sort of means to an end. I believe it was split up...
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Sean Powell
sean14powell
Feb 27, 2013 9:30 pm
The rule my father taught me for firewood was: Fell one year, cut to 16" lengths and roll to the shed 2nd year, split 3rd year burn 4th year... but we had...
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Lynda Fjellman
lyndafjellman
Feb 27, 2013 9:50 pm
My goodness!! How do you create a tree. From little acorns mighty oaks grow. I go around collecting in the fall in hopes that I can get that coppice I am...
