March 2003 number 772
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March 2003 number 772
Thanks Sid, the wood is maple.
I've been wanting to make a mallet for awhile. A friend gave me a piece of brass and I thought I'd have a go at making a mallet with it. Here's the finished results.
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Here's some spalted/figured maple I've been cutting into turning blanks over the last few weeks on and off. I've found that the better spalt figure tends to be toward the outside of the log. Like...
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That's a great prize.
That's a great prize. I'm in.
I have one, but another would be a great addition!
Will do. I'm planning on getting to it in the next couple of weeks.
They are flat on the ground. I didn't do anything to the logs. I just let the good Lord work his magic.:) The log in this picture is about 28" diameter and 9 ft. long.
No, I just rolled them over in the woods where they are in the shade about 90% of the day.
I checked on my spalting pile today. I've had some sugar and red maple spalting for a little over a year. This is what I found when I cut the end off of one of the sugar maples. I think it's ready....
Oh, that's no problem Roger. I wasn't asking for any. I just thought it would be neat to have a piece. I read about that tree somewhere and thought then it would be neat having some to turn. The...
Those look great Roger! I'd love to get my little grubby wood hording hands of some of that Prayer Tree wood.
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I really like that.
I started cutting this sugar maple crotch a couple of days ago. It's right at 4' long and 38" at it's widest. It had three limbs growing out of the side so I decided to cut them off so I could get a...
I made this as a gift for a lady at work who is expecting her first. It's a boy, so I thought a horse would be fitting.
It makes good honey!
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just checked, mine's on its way. Should be here Monday.