"mac davis" showed us some pictures of some old, ugly stumps...

Hate to tell you this Mac, but those old, dirty stumps look rilly, rilly
ugly.

Think you can do something to improve their appearance?? G

mac davis wrote:

Headed for the dump, eh? Our won't take anything over 5 inches
diameter (it won't go through their shredder).

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Weird enough for all practical purposes.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:35:00 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
wrote:


"mac davis" showed us some pictures of some old, ugly stumps...

Hate to tell you this Mac, but those old, dirty stumps look rilly, rilly
ugly.

Think you can do something to improve their appearance?? G


I'm gonna try, Lee...
Probably about 400 pounds of wood, but lot of worm holes and cracks, like all
the ironwood around here..
OTOH, the price was right and it will last through the summer and give me a nice
inventory when the snow birds are back..


mac

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OH! How cool is THAT!!??
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

K.


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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:21:41 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

mac davis wrote:

Headed for the dump, eh? Our won't take anything over 5 inches
diameter (it won't go through their shredder).

Right....

Except that IF there was a local place to buy this stuff, I'd be looking at at
least $300 for this load.. lol
Maybe $500 if you figure in the big burl stump?


mac

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:07 -0500, "Kate" wrote:

OH! How cool is THAT!!??
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

K.

Me too, Kate..

So's my wife (who loaded most of it) but mostly she'll be glad when it's all
done, since the shop is IN the house and ironwood is really messy..


mac

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Hey, that ironwood should burn nice and slow... Keep you warm for hours.

mac davis wrote:

Doesn't have a lot to recommend it in the raw, does it! Sure polishes up
nicely though. Nice score...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller, Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Registered Linux User No: 307357

mac davis wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:07 -0500, "Kate" wrote:

OH! How cool is THAT!!??
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

K.

Me too, Kate..

So's my wife (who loaded most of it) but mostly she'll be glad when it's
all done, since the shop is IN the house and ironwood is really messy..

Mac, you just explained it to her wrong. The shop isn't in the house. You
two live in the shop. It's all a matter of proper perspective...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller, Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Registered Linux User No: 307357

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:49:21 -0800, Kevin Miller wrote:

mac davis wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:07 -0500, "Kate" wrote:

OH! How cool is THAT!!??
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

K.

Me too, Kate..

So's my wife (who loaded most of it) but mostly she'll be glad when it's
all done, since the shop is IN the house and ironwood is really messy..

Mac, you just explained it to her wrong. The shop isn't in the house. You
two live in the shop. It's all a matter of proper perspective...

...Kevin

Well, the shop being in the house was her idea...
She only seems to mind when ironwood is involved, though..

Besides the dust, she hates the smell of it being sawed or sanded..
(It is sort of a foul smell)


mac

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:15:28 GMT, Woodie wrote:

Hey, that ironwood should burn nice and slow... Keep you warm for hours.

You ever smell this stuff burning? YUK...

I put a few chips in a roaring fire this winter and my wife refused to cook over
it.. lol


mac

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:47:24 -0800, Kevin Miller wrote:

mac davis wrote:

Doesn't have a lot to recommend it in the raw, does it! Sure polishes up
nicely though. Nice score...

...Kevin

Thanks...
Really different looking than the stuff he gave me before.. I'll have to cut a
few chunks off and see if it's the same dark brown inside..

Might even be enough wood there to make back what the Nova cost...


mac

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mac davis wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:21:41 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

mac davis wrote:

Headed for the dump, eh? Our won't take anything over 5 inches
diameter (it won't go through their shredder).

Right....

Except that IF there was a local place to buy this stuff, I'd be looking at at
least $300 for this load.. lol
Maybe $500 if you figure in the big burl stump?


mac

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And think of all the fun time you will have playing with it. Life is
grand, ain't it.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

What if the purpose of intelligent
life is only to get all that carbon
back into the ecosystem?

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:08:16 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:


And think of all the fun time you will have playing with it. Life is
grand, ain't it.


Yeah, we turners being pretty masochistic, and all.. lol

Spent a couple of hours with the chain saw and splitting maul and separated a
sort of bowl blank today.. It was only 97 in and I wanted to take advantage of
the cool morning..

Spent another 3 or 4 hours chasing the Nova around the shop with this big
honkin' piece of wood on it.. Major off balance thing, but I wanted to highlight
a broken branch stub..
I'd estimate the weight when I put it on the lathe to be about 25 or 30 pounds
Another few hours and it MIGHT start having a bowl shape..

BTW, that spalted dogwood bowl is on our kitchen island.. What a pretty piece of
wood!


mac

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I just love the smell of cocobolo mmmmmm and that pretty yellow sawdust.
I think it's my favorite wood.


"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:49:21 -0800, Kevin Miller wrote:

mac davis wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:48:07 -0500, "Kate" wrote:

OH! How cool is THAT!!??
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

K.

Me too, Kate..

So's my wife (who loaded most of it) but mostly she'll be glad when it's
all done, since the shop is IN the house and ironwood is really messy..

Mac, you just explained it to her wrong. The shop isn't in the house. You
two live in the shop. It's all a matter of proper perspective...

...Kevin

Well, the shop being in the house was her idea...
She only seems to mind when ironwood is involved, though..

Besides the dust, she hates the smell of it being sawed or sanded..
(It is sort of a foul smell)


mac

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