Turning 8/4 stock into half inch. Resting a bit before I tackle the next
piece. (OK, so I'm an old fat guy who spends too much time in front of
the TV)

Stuff weighs a ton.

Makes dust. Ran one piece through the jointer and grabbed a respirator.
Huge cloud of dust, so finely divided that it looks like smoke. Thought
I'd set something on fire for a minute. Doesn't smell particularly
pleasant either. If I'm going to do much work with this stuff I may want
to rig real dust collection on the jointer.

Makes splinters on cut ends. Not great big ones, just little annoying
ones.

Careful on the feed, going through the bandsaw I burned it a little bit.
Never managed that before. Other than the burning though it saws nicely.
Makes dust.

Has a good luster, even coming fresh out of the planer it's shiny enough
to see reflections.

Did I say it makes dust?

Interesting color, light, reddish, almost salmon-pink. Think it might
turn out to be pretty. Have to see what it looks like in an assembled
piece though.

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