Carrying in some firewood I ran across a nice straight grained chunk of black walnut, split into almost a perfect square. Unfortunately it was just over a foot long. First time I ever tried any natural wood on the BS. Jointed one side of the "log" flat then ripped 5 pieces at 3/4". Then jointed one side flat then planed it to thickness, and ripped off the rough edges. Wishing I had done it a week ago, it killed me to buy a small piece for $11 to make contrasting wedges for my pinned tenons for my pool table base. So now I have five little pieces of contrasting wood for a future project, biggest is 3/4 x 4 x 12. Satisfying little project. I stickered it to let it dry. Just for grins I checked the moisture, it was only 7-10 percent.