... 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...
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...
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...
Just remember: Different times, different places, different products, different materials,--->different techniques.--->different results. One thing my master...
... 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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I wish you good luck with drying pear in the log. I've dried pear before. The problem you probably will have is that the core (pith) dries at a different rate...
I got a request to make an axe handle simple enough. After recently watching an older Woodwrights show I decided my old axe needed a new edge and I'd give it a...
listen up please!! no one has ever in all of the history of wood has successfully dried whole logs without severe splitting! if you are going to saw them...
... get a band saw it would be much quicker :-) ... one step closer to making a stool from a tree that will be this summers project. ... Yeah, I've been...
woodworking tends to be wasteful. splitting or sawing while the wood is green/wet helps minimize the waste. By minimizing the random splitting. Wasteful is...
... every bit of the "wasted" wood from woodworking is useful on a farm. ... stalls, and small pieces go in the fire. When you heat/cook with wood you need a...
 ... every bit of the "wasted" wood from woodworking is useful on a farm. ... animals stalls, and small pieces go in the fire. When you heat/cook with wood...
I am not drying large diameter logs from big trees. I will just continue with my pearwood drying project without resawing first. I am taking the advice of a...
Taking it even further 2/3 part of glass was made up of ashes. Conversely better glass was made from lye crystals which were leached from ashes, the liquid...
By happenstance, my wife and I have been cleaning the shop and storage area. So I took some photos of the wood, these do not include the dimensional lumber,...
