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    Exclamation Turning blanks exchange!

    The following is actually the brainchild of Christopher Hartley. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=36941 I'm merely playing the "middle man" in this endeavor.

    So, here's how we're going to play the game. If you have a blank or blanks, which you wish to trade with the general populace on the forum, submit a post on this thread. We prefer to have a pretty accurate description (flavor, size, wet/dry, etc.), hopefully a picture and, if you can, maybe even an approximate weight, so that folks can determine if shipping won't be too great an expense.

    Once posted, other folks can see what there is to offer and, if they like what you have, can then PM you with their "counter-offer", that being, blanks which they may have available to you. If all is agreeable, make arrangements to complete the swap via PM's. Once complete, the particular blank (or blanks) is now unavailable, so you need to determine how you'll make that known.

    My preference in this would be for you to simply go back out to your original post, use the "edit" button and just "delete" the post. This would help prevent clutter down the road. If you have more than one item listed on your post, go to "edit" and make it known that "item A, B or C" is no longer available. Once they're all gone, delete the post.

    Some notes:
    I am making this a "sticky" just on the Turner's Forum however, I will post a message on the other forums to notify folks from all walks of SMC that this exchange is available to all members.

    For those who weren't following Christopher's original idea thread, pretty much anything goes in terms of blanks, just as long as both parties are agreeable. Green blanks, dry ones, roughed out & dry, pen blanks and laminated ones are good. Heck, we even have folks on lasers who also turn and may want to trade some type of plastic materials for pen blanks with someone else who can send them more substantial wooden bowl blanks! If you have a green blank and someone else has a bunch of neat pen blanks, that can work as a trade, too. Don't necessarily restrict yourselves to a direct one-for-one. The most important thing here is to provide a way for folks to expand their horizons some and, even more so, to have fun with it! Let the trading begin!!!
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    sounds good to me.

    John, I most certainly won't be the first to offer any blanks, I've got to leave for work now, *#@&%^. However, when I figure out how to resize the digital photo file size so I can post some pics, why, I have all sizes of blanks. Mostly red stain boxelder and maybe some figured maples. I also happen to know where there is an 8' maple log that's nearly 1/2 burl. Looks rather grotesque. I might be able to negotiate for some pieces. But maybe I won't want to trade them away........................

  3. The Game is a foot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan
    The Game is a foot
    No-o-o-o-o-o...This is a foot:
    KyotoFoot.jpg

    What we have here, is a wood blank exchange. Come on, Stu. Get it right!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Miliunas
    No-o-o-o-o-o...This is a foot:
    KyotoFoot.jpg

    What we have here, is a wood blank exchange. Come on, Stu. Get it right!!!
    I sure hope the blanks you have to trade are better looking than that foot...sheesh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Miliunas
    The following is actually the brainchild of Christopher Hartley. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=36941 I'm merely playing the "middle man" in this endeavor.
    WHAT? Give yourself some credit here, John, "you da man"!!! and so is Dennis! You guys with the help of the whole team took what I submitted and made it even better. Thank you for that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Miliunas
    No-o-o-o-o-o...This is a foot:
    KyotoFoot.jpg

    What we have here, is a wood blank exchange. Come on, Stu. Get it right!!!
    Come on guys who's gona want to turn a foot?
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    THANKS CHRIS, JOHN (is that toe jam?), AND DENNIS!!!!!!

    Great idea!

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    Stu and I have a swap that has already been agreed upon....


    However......I'm still IN..for this swap game. Sure glad I don't have to turn a "foot" like the one pic'd earlier in the thread.
    Thanks & Happy Wood Chips,
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    Kurt Rosenzwieg and I have a swap going but I'll post a few more in a day or two.

    I'm just glad I don't have to turn the other cheek..

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    I have a bunch of sassafras ,holley and bradford pear. I'm willing to trade and plan to get cutting over the weekend! I'm looking for anything southern or western since I live in NJ. I'll post some pictures as soon as I get some stock cut up!

  12. Kurt,
    In a few weeks I'll be expanding my supply ... I live in Texas hill country (Johnson City - 50 miles north of San Antonio and 50 miles weat of Austin) In my work I travel all over south Texas and frequestly stop and pick up pieces of tree trunks that the State Hwy dept discards for burning at the hwys edge ... I get Oak, Cedar, Mesquite, etc. plus I live on a farm that is heavy with trees.
    Let me know if your interested.
    George

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    How about some hard maple. I'll post pics later. I'd have to cut a blank from a chunk of log and it would be round not square. (no band saw)
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  14. OK, an update from me.

    Today I shipped one bowl blank and three sets of pen blanks....

    Attachment 39790

    four each of the Blue Keyaki, Red Keyaki and Sakura.

    The bowl blank went to Dennis, and the three sets of pen blanks went to Steve Ash, Barry Strantton, and Scott Gibbons.

    Today, I got a nice little package from Steve Ash.....

    Attachment 39791

    I've got one set of pen blanks ready to go, so if anyone is interested......

    Cheers!
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    Thought I'd toss these on......in between "duties" at the youngests 7th b-day party...

    Here's what Stu will get, when the boat docks:

    HPIM0066 (600 x 450).jpg

    And Mr. Ash is already posting pics from this box load....

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