Mystery Wood
 

Last weekend my son and I went to my parents house to gather up the last
of the fire wood that we were keeping in their back yard. This was wood
that the tree trimmers took out of their front yard trees. The wood has
been setting out in the elements for about 2 1/2 years. Upon getting it
home to our house a few pieces were too large for the fireplace so my son
and I cut to length and split some of the 8" diameter pieces on the band
saw. Attached are a couple of pictures of what we found after splitting a
piece on the band saw. I ended up with about 30 pieces of veneer from 3
different small logs that are about 1/8" thick, 4 to 8 inches wide, and 20
to 24 inches long.
Apparently the wood has a magical power that accentuates a persons
ability to "whip ass while playing Canasta", if the piece is pointed in the
correct direction while laying in front of you at the card table. ;~)

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door panels
and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Mystery Wood
 

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:23:14 GMT, "Leon" wrote:

Last weekend my son and I went to my parents house to gather up the last
of the fire wood that we were keeping in their back yard. This was wood
that the tree trimmers took out of their front yard trees. The wood has
been setting out in the elements for about 2 1/2 years. Upon getting it
home to our house a few pieces were too large for the fireplace so my son
and I cut to length and split some of the 8" diameter pieces on the band
saw. Attached are a couple of pictures of what we found after splitting a
piece on the band saw. I ended up with about 30 pieces of veneer from 3
different small logs that are about 1/8" thick, 4 to 8 inches wide, and 20
to 24 inches long.
Apparently the wood has a magical power that accentuates a persons
ability to "whip ass while playing Canasta", if the piece is pointed in the
correct direction while laying in front of you at the card table. ;~)

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door panels
and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Canasta wood?
(canary wood with an ass-whipping attitude)


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Mystery Wood
 

In article ,
mac davis wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:23:14 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:

Last weekend my son and I went to my parents house to gather up the last
of the fire wood that we were keeping in their back yard. This was wood
that the tree trimmers took out of their front yard trees. The wood has
been setting out in the elements for about 2 1/2 years. Upon getting it
home to our house a few pieces were too large for the fireplace so my son
and I cut to length and split some of the 8" diameter pieces on the band
saw. Attached are a couple of pictures of what we found after splitting a
piece on the band saw. I ended up with about 30 pieces of veneer from 3
different small logs that are about 1/8" thick, 4 to 8 inches wide, and 20
to 24 inches long.
Apparently the wood has a magical power that accentuates a persons
ability to "whip ass while playing Canasta", if the piece is pointed in the
correct direction while laying in front of you at the card table. ;~)

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door panels
and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Canasta wood?
(canary wood with an ass-whipping attitude)


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Looks like some spalted mulberry I once turned, or it also could be
hackberry.

Mystery Wood
 

In article ,
"Leon" wrote:

Can you name the wood?

Looks to be spalted Maple or spalted Birch.

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Mystery Wood
 

"Leon" wrote

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door
panels and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Be thankful that she is just asking for the chest and not to have you fill
it with jewelery.

The wood is obviously spalted. And it looks fabulous. I can't wait to see
what it looks like when it is all finished.

Mystery Wood
 

Leon wrote:
Last weekend my son and I went to my parents house to gather up the last
of the fire wood that we were keeping in their back yard. This was wood
that the tree trimmers took out of their front yard trees. The wood has
been setting out in the elements for about 2 1/2 years. Upon getting it
home to our house a few pieces were too large for the fireplace so my son
and I cut to length and split some of the 8" diameter pieces on the band
saw. Attached are a couple of pictures of what we found after splitting a
piece on the band saw. I ended up with about 30 pieces of veneer from 3
different small logs that are about 1/8" thick, 4 to 8 inches wide, and 20
to 24 inches long.
Apparently the wood has a magical power that accentuates a persons
ability to "whip ass while playing Canasta", if the piece is pointed in the
correct direction while laying in front of you at the card table. ;~)

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door panels
and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Looks just like the spalted Pecan from which I recently constructed a
rocking chair.

I presume your parents live in Texas too? That would increase the odds
of my guess being correct.

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Mystery Wood
 

And the answer is.......

It is from a Live Oak tree. If you look at the lower sections of the
pictures you may recognize the typical Oak grain. These pieces came out
quarter sawn.



"Leon" wrote in message
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Last weekend my son and I went to my parents house to gather up the
last of the fire wood that we were keeping in their back yard. This was
wood that the tree trimmers took out of their front yard trees. The wood
has been setting out in the elements for about 2 1/2 years. Upon getting
it home to our house a few pieces were too large for the fireplace so my
son and I cut to length and split some of the 8" diameter pieces on the
band saw. Attached are a couple of pictures of what we found after
splitting a piece on the band saw. I ended up with about 30 pieces of
veneer from 3 different small logs that are about 1/8" thick, 4 to 8
inches wide, and 20 to 24 inches long.
Apparently the wood has a magical power that accentuates a persons
ability to "whip ass while playing Canasta", if the piece is pointed in
the correct direction while laying in front of you at the card table. ;~)

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door
panels and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Mystery Wood
 

"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
...

"Leon" wrote

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door
panels and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Be thankful that she is just asking for the chest and not to have you fill
it with jewelery.

LOL, you think she wants an empty chest?



The wood is obviously spalted. And it looks fabulous. I can't wait to
see what it looks like when it is all finished.

Definitely spalted.

Mystery Wood
 

In article , "Leon" wrote:

"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
...

"Leon" wrote

My wife wants a new jewelry chest and this may look good on the door
panels and drawer fronts.

Can you name the wood?

Be thankful that she is just asking for the chest and not to have you fill
it with jewelery.

LOL, you think she wants an empty chest?

NO woman wants an empty chest.

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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Mystery Wood
 

Leon wrote:
And the answer is.......

It is from a Live Oak tree. If you look at the lower sections of the
pictures you may recognize the typical Oak grain. These pieces came out
quarter sawn.

So it is! Wow, I've never seen oak get all spalted like that before.

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To reply, eat the taco.

Mystery Wood
 

"Steve Turner" wrote in message
t...
Leon wrote:
And the answer is.......

It is from a Live Oak tree. If you look at the lower sections of the
pictures you may recognize the typical Oak grain. These pieces came out
quarter sawn.

So it is! Wow, I've never seen oak get all spalted like that before.


Nor have I Steve, when I saw it I knew that I had better hang on to it.