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  1. 02-16-2010, 7:30 PM #16
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    I think we should all pitch in and get a collection up for it. Send pieces out to the contributors and let everyone make something and post pics. I think I should get about 50 board feet of it just because I came up with the idea
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  2. 02-16-2010, 10:10 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by John A. Callaway View Post
    I want to see the "cart" .... more like

    " add to flat bed trailer "
    Or add to train car. Would you like insurance on that?
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  3. 02-17-2010, 12:02 AM #18
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    Talk about major wood!

    Don't know what I'd make out of it, but I want one!
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  4. 02-17-2010, 4:19 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aaron Berk View Post
    Talk about major wood!

    Don't know what I'd make out of it, but I want one!
    I don't know...maybe a house???
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  5. 02-17-2010, 4:53 PM #20
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    Apparently they had just under 1M of them in stock. Or at least that's all they'd let me buy at once.

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    Anyone got $99.9999B they can loan me?

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  6. 02-20-2010, 4:00 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Glenn View Post
    Free shipping?
    I was all ready to pull the trigger on this one until I realized it is probablu FOB, just put it out of my budget.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terry Hatfield View Post
    Or add to train car. Would you like insurance on that?
    Sparks from train wheels catch $100,000 piece of wood on fire..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamie Buxton View Post
    The title of the post isn't quite accurate. The largest piece of solid wood in the world is probably the Sequoia called General Sherman. It is 275 feet tall and 102 feet in circumference at the ground. It is calculated to contain 630,000 board feet.
    Ya just saw it down, it would make a great table for the annual Spotted Owl feast...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Montgomery Scott View Post
    One of our local retailers had a big slab of kauri. As far as color and grain it has very little character to it. I'd prefer to have a nice slab of quilted bubinga for a table.
    Ancient kauri looks real plain until it's sanded and finished. Then it has chatoyance and depth like you wouldn't believe. I'e turned a few kauri pens, and it looks and turns like basswood, real soft and real plain looking. But then when the finish hits it, it really comes to life.
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  10. 02-22-2010, 10:50 AM #25
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    OK I keep thinking I want to see the saw that milled this stick. My Fiance said the same thing when I showed it to her.

    I would buy it, but I don't think it will fit in my shop to acclimate. I guess I would have to buy 2 so I can build a shop big enough out of one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harlan Coverdale View Post
    Ancient kauri looks real plain until it's sanded and finished. Then it has chatoyance and depth like you wouldn't believe. I'e turned a few kauri pens, and it looks and turns like basswood, real soft and real plain looking. But then when the finish hits it, it really comes to life.
    Nice word! I'm fairly well read but looked this up, and it's a keeper.

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  12. 02-23-2010, 8:06 AM #27
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    Time for a bigger jointer.

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    I kinda wonder what Mark Singer would do with a slab like that...
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    I used to have one of those.

    I made it into toothpicks. Lots of em. Really nice toothpicks.

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  15. 04-05-2010, 9:22 AM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Mages View Post
    I kinda wonder what Mark Singer would do with a slab like that...
    My back hurts just thinking about it ....
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