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Turning Spruce
Just came into some green spruce sections. Any tips on what works well
and what doesn't. It sure smells good when sawn. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA In youth we learn; in age we understand. |
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On 12/17/2010 03:15 AM, Gerald Ross wrote:
Just came into some green spruce sections. Any tips on what works well and what doesn't. It sure smells good when sawn. I find with spruce the fireplace works best... -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb In a recent poll, seven out of ten hard drives preferred Linux. |
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On 12/17/2010 7:15 AM, Gerald Ross wrote:
Just came into some green spruce sections. Any tips on what works well and what doesn't. It sure smells good when sawn. This is Douglas Fir... anyone have an idea on how this was turned? http://www.billluce.com/strata_1.html more... http://www.billluce.com/about_my_work.html |
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Turning Spruce
Search Google for "The Wood Explorer" tool - great research.
Doug Fir - used to have half a dozen with over a hundred coastal Redwoods. I left them there and hope they still are growing. Moderate blunting effect. Farly easy to bore Fair to good results in carving. Easy to to saw. 'spruce' - only 1 of 35 or so evergreen trees - vague name usage but common in general talk. Norway spruce is a species. It is one of the 35. They are all different... Martin On 12/17/2010 8:01 PM, sbnjhfty wrote: On 12/17/2010 7:15 AM, Gerald Ross wrote: Just came into some green spruce sections. Any tips on what works well and what doesn't. It sure smells good when sawn. This is Douglas Fir... anyone have an idea on how this was turned? http://www.billluce.com/strata_1.html more... http://www.billluce.com/about_my_work.html |
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Turning Spruce
On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:15:21 -0500, Gerald Ross
wrote: Just came into some green spruce sections. Any tips on what works well and what doesn't. It sure smells good when sawn. Never tried it, Gerald, but it doesn't appear to be a common turning wood.. Let me know how ya do on it! |
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