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    Parafin

    Here in the Amazon the Chinese seal the wood with parafin from melted candles. It must work as they have been exporting this way by container loads for years. Once it is melted they mix it with...
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    Lunch

    Here you can have them fried or raw. These are worms from the Black Palm tree.
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    I would smooth it out with a fine tooth rasp and...

    I would smooth it out with a fine tooth rasp and sandpaper.
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    My favorites

    These I quess would be my favorites . The Champange cooler is a segmented inside out turned peice made of several hundred peices of Pink Flame wood. The Beer Cooler is another segmented peice and...
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    Writing

    Probably another subject would be why many people that can write well cannot write anything intelligent.
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    Having lived in several countries and using...

    Having lived in several countries and using several languages non of which I mastered to the point that they could be considered first language level I see this a bit different. Our fore fathers...
  7. I have seen dozens of people "cured" I donīt know...

    I have seen dozens of people "cured" I donīt know but certainly put in remission for years from type II diabetes. They have done nothing but go on a low starch diet and drink a tea made of the root...
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    The biggest problem with gluing any tropical oily...

    The biggest problem with gluing any tropical oily turning blank is that it has not been kiln dried. "no matter what the seller says".

    Put the peice in front of a fan in a warm dry place for a...
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    My first one several years ago cost $2,000 and...

    My first one several years ago cost $2,000 and weighed about 10 pounds. I now have 11 at the mill , the last one cost $49 and they all read the same ŋŋ
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    If you are looking for a once in a life time...

    If you are looking for a once in a life time project that you will not need to replace and costs less than Ipe look for Masaranduba or some times marketed as Brazilian Red Wood. It will last as long...
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    Check for diabetes also. We have had the problem...

    Check for diabetes also. We have had the problem with two diabetic German Shepards and one cat.
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    Use of the wood

    We have a similar wood type here in the Amazon. I cut slices and put them in a plastic tub and then filled the voids with a mix of fiberglass resin and sawdust and then turned them. This is the...
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    Animals traveling

    My wife and I have traveled to several countries with cats and dogs. We did give tranquilizers to one high strung pointer on his way from the Amazon to Wisconsin but the rest no. They all did well....
  14. Turning lesson

    Start them out with a segmented insideout turning. Good way to learn a lot.
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    Hard drive

    When I gave the computers to the employees when I closed my company I replaced the hard drives and kept the old ones with all the information. That was easy, I dont know about the other ways.
  16. Thread: Viva Chile!

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    Chile

    That was the very best in reality TV. I agree in that the President, His wife, the Miining Minister and other top dogs went non stop without sleep to greet everyone coming out. I dont think that...
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    Spanish Cedar

    I used to work a lot with Spanish Cedar and you are correct is is light weight and a bit porus. I would use a sealer.

    Here it is still the wood of choice as is Mahogany for furniture. The...
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    Skew

    No toy stores here for turners so I made mine out of a large wood rasp.
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    Frames

    I have made several frames for a local artist and as his work sells for big $$ I laminated three species in several cases to be sure of no future problems with twist or warp in the larger frames up...
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    Medical care in the Jungle

    For the most part people here work very hard to maintain our third world status but every once in a while you can be surprised. I will copy a letter posted by a friend from Grantsburg, WI about our...
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    Wood waste

    This is a little off topic but this shows my waste in producing perfect boards for export.
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    Weight of cants

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    The cants weigh more than the little guys carrying them. Most of our woods wont float. To make it worse they come out laughing and joking and run back for the next one. I have a hard time...
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    Ripping chain

    For ripping hardwood cants to manageble size peices I simply file down the guide between the teeth to allow more depth per cut. Works great. I have at least 20 teams in the jungle and they cut...
  24. Woodworkers source

    I have known Keith the owner for 20 years and sell wood to them. They do what they say.

    If you look on thier web page under wood blog you will find a story I did for them in Dec 2009 about...
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    Mahogany Mpre info

    I just noticed that a customer of mine recently posted some info on his blog trying to explain the Mahogany naming mess . This bit of info may help also.

    Mahogany: Which one is the real thing?...
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