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What to do with Dogwood
I got two big blocks of Dogwood over the weekend. Both are bout 24" by 16"
by 3". Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? -- Bob Darrah West Linn, Oregon |
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"Bob Darrah" wrote:
I got two big blocks of Dogwood over the weekend. Both are bout 24" by 16" by 3". Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? -- Bob Darrah West Linn, Oregon It's just horrible. I'll drive right over from Beaverton and get rid of it for you. |
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Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood?
In my limited experience with dogwood, it is fairly hard, close grained, cuts and sands well.I had trouble with cracking. BTW, I never realized that it got that large-most trees that I've seen rarly exceed 8 inches or so in diameter: is "dogwood" in the east and south different from that found on the west coast?? Kip Powers Rogers, AR |
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"Kip055" wrote in message ... Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? In my limited experience with dogwood, it is fairly hard, close grained, cuts and sands well.I had trouble with cracking. BTW, I never realized that it got that large-most trees that I've seen rarly exceed 8 inches or so in diameter: is "dogwood" in the east and south different from that found on the west coast?? Kip Powers Rogers, AR ========================= Kip, I second that opinion. My Dad's place in N. Alabama has an dogwood that is over 50 years old (it was grown when we built the house in '47. I think it is the largest I've ever seen (canopy about 35 ft), and there is no way I could get a blank the size he's talking about. Max diameter is probably around 10-11 in. Of course they do have some BIG trees west of the Rockies! Maybe dogwood gets bigge there. Ken Moon Webberville, TX |
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Hi Bob,
That's some good sized dogwood. Does it have some crotch wood? The dogwoods that grow around here in PA get that big at the base but branch out only a couple of feet from the ground. Dogwood is a very hard smooth grained wood. It turns nicely, sands well and finishes well. I've sanded to 2000 grit and gotten a beautiful shine from it. I love the pinkish color of the wood. Nice find! Tony Manella ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at") http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/ Lehigh Valley Woodturners http://www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com/ "Bob Darrah" wrote in message news I got two big blocks of Dogwood over the weekend. Both are bout 24" by 16" by 3". Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? -- Bob Darrah West Linn, Oregon |
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Check out these 2 dogwood bowls over at Sawmill Creek Woodturning Forum
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=13205 |
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Very nice! Thanks for directing me to it.
Bob "Ghodges2" wrote in message ... Check out these 2 dogwood bowls over at Sawmill Creek Woodturning Forum http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=13205 |
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:39:56 -0700, "Bob Darrah"
wrote: I got two big blocks of Dogwood over the weekend. Both are bout 24" by 16" by 3". Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? |
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Dogwood is one of the most prized woods here in North Carolina. For years it
was the only wood that could be used to make spindles for textile machinery. "Anonymous" wrote in message newsan.2004.10.31.23.06.37.151812@notarealserver .com... On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:39:56 -0700, Bob Darrah wrote: I got two big blocks of Dogwood over the weekend. Both are bout 24" by 16" by 3". Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? Yes, my street address. ;-) Bill -- http://cannaday.us (genealogy) http://organic-earth.com (organic gardening) Uptimes below for the machines that created / host these sites. 18:06:00 up 17 days, 49 min, 3 users, load average: 0.41, 0.27, 0.15 17:50:00 up 179 days, 2:51, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 |
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Pretty plain wood usually, turns very well, very shock resistant and therefore a good use would be mallet heads and anything else that get struck or hit upon like chisel handles, and yes used to be, weaving machine shuttles. I've got some old textile shuttles, I don't think they get used much anymore. Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo James R. Shields wrote: Dogwood is one of the most prized woods here in North Carolina. For years it was the only wood that could be used to make spindles for textile machinery. "Anonymous" wrote in message newsan.2004.10.31.23.06.37.151812@notarealserver .com... On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:39:56 -0700, Bob Darrah wrote: I got two big blocks of Dogwood over the weekend. Both are bout 24" by 16" by 3". Is there anything special that I should know about Dogwood? Yes, my street address. ;-) Bill -- http://cannaday.us (genealogy) http://organic-earth.com (organic gardening) Uptimes below for the machines that created / host these sites. 18:06:00 up 17 days, 49 min, 3 users, load average: 0.41, 0.27, 0.15 17:50:00 up 179 days, 2:51, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 |
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