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...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 9:50 pm
I am looking for a decent Froe. I cannot find mine and my wrist is no longer up to hammering. -- Don Bowen AD0BR "A man must keep a little back...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 9:51 pm
I burn green wood all the time. I just set on the walls of the fireplace and/or atop the wood stove. By the time I need to put em in, they are very dry. ...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 9:52 pm
check ebay Don. I just bought a great 14 inch blade for 40 bucks. Fine Armour and Historical Reproductions Custom Commissions Welcome....! ...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Feb 27, 2013 9:54 pm
Ilaria North American white oaks are nearly indistinguishable from European white oaks. I own many pieces of furniture from 1450 onward. And I build it too....
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 10:06 pm
... We have an airtight and green wood plugs the screen at the top of the chimney. I just had to get someone to climb up there this week to clean the screen....
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 10:07 pm
... Thanks, I usually check there but had not. I want to experiment with splitting some Sycamore to use in triangle back stool. -- Don Bowen AD0BR ...
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Michael Scherrer
lordthomas65202
Feb 27, 2013 10:11 pm
Check your conservation Department, see if they have a tree program. I had planted over 500 trees when I had the farm. The trees were small seedlings, but...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 10:13 pm
... One of the projects on my ever growing list is the Mastermyr chest. I have a stack of rough cut Oak and a couple are well more than thick enough for the...
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appelgarthe
Feb 27, 2013 10:21 pm
Highland woodworking has them. They can also be made out of and old truck leaf spring. Nigel In a message dated 2/27/2013 4:52:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 10:26 pm
... I had thought of welding a piece of pipe to the end of a piece of truck spring then grinding an edge on the spring. THe more I think about it the better I...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 27, 2013 10:30 pm
... I would like that also but this 40 acres of forest was logged about 15 years ago and is a mess. No one has done anything with it and I would like to look...
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bsrlee
Feb 28, 2013 2:42 am
If you have a bung wrist, give the pipe a miss. Just get a leaf out of a leaf spring set - the biggest one with an eye at each end and usually a hole in the...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 28, 2013 7:01 am
A good point. And quarter sawn oak is used for barrel staves which puts the "legium or ligumen", a special component of oak, (which I know I have misspelled...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Feb 28, 2013 7:23 am
Just remember: Different times, different places, different products, different materials,--->different techniques.--->different results. One thing my master...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Feb 28, 2013 12:33 pm
... I collect steel when I find it. I checked my pile last night and I have two spring sets that may work well. I do live in the country on my own 44 acres...
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Gary Link
haldoor
Feb 28, 2013 4:58 pm
All wood has Lignum(noun:woody tissue) Barrels are made with White Oak only not Red for two reasons, tannin(give flavor and color) and its rot resistance....
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Ralph
n7bsn
Mar 1, 2013 5:35 pm
Living in the Pacific North Wet (and here you thought that PNW stood for Pacific North West)... Growing wood is, well, easy. I have trees, I planted that are...
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bsrlee
Mar 1, 2013 6:00 pm
Microwaving rough, green wood turnings was a 'big discovery' about 10-15 years ago with turners in Australia. Just turn the bowl about 20% over/under sized,...
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karincorbin
Mar 5, 2013 12:13 am
If you have any micro scaled pieces of madrone burl give me a shout out. People who make miniature scaled furniture are wanting to buy it. Karin C...
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Vels inn Viggladi
velsthe1
Mar 5, 2013 5:41 pm
Bell Forest Products has English Brown Oak in their "Close Out" bin currently. The listing is for 'Select and Better' 4"+ widths, 6-8ft lengths, no thickness...
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K
kai_saerpren
Mar 6, 2013 12:10 am
ok, I was writing and the website blinked and my reply is gone. I was trying to say; for a better understanding of wood I advise reading /perusing...
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K
kai_saerpren
Mar 6, 2013 12:23 am
rays.... quarter sawn parts are more stable because of the rays. these are structures that run from the pith out to the bark. White oak is used for barrels not...
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karincorbin
Mar 6, 2013 11:10 pm
I am currently drying out some pear wood tree sections I bought from orchards in Eastern Washington state. (If you watch the Seattle craigslist they show up...
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K
kai_saerpren
Mar 7, 2013 2:40 pm
WHAT is that smell? let me know if any of you have ever experienced it. previously in my life I have opened tool boxes (not mine)that have not been opened or...
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leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
Mar 7, 2013 2:41 pm
i often run into a smell that is mildly like decaying meat, its from wax/oil breakdown....
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karincorbin
Mar 8, 2013 5:48 am
petrochemical off-gassing, from oil and plastics Karin C...
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gavinkilkenny
Mar 8, 2013 7:05 pm
color me mildly jealous ;) And Lehman's - the "Amish" catalogue company - has a froe for a reasonable price that seems to work adequately. Although I have to...
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gavinkilkenny
Mar 8, 2013 8:48 pm
Vels, very interesting information, thanks for sharing. My experience with hide glue on leather is that it is forever water soluble - but I never tried making...
