Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

It was an uprooted tree that fell onto the farmers field. It fell last year, so some of it is already dry. My biggest issue at the moment is where to put it all. The biggest one is crawling with bugs.

My plan is to power was them all and stick them in the basement. Some are very punky. Most have not only the burl grain, but also amazing spalting lines as well as the red staining typically found in Box Elder. I really did get quite lucky with this.

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Bugs,,,, I'd cut a chunk out & seal their little arses in. I think it would be cool to have a handle with little bugs frozen in time.

Here you go. All of them with a basketball in there for scale.



And here's the spalting.



I may go back and take every morsel of burl. Still quite a few more, I got pooped after a bit with the Shindaiwa. I figure Mike needs some caps to pour resin on, and Mcbladescar just got a lathe so he'll need some too.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Bugs,,,, I'd cut a chunk out & seal their little arses in. I think it would be cool to have a handle with little bugs frozen in time.

Kind of like this 100 million old bug in amber?

Andrew you might want to toss a little sealer on there to reduce the chances of checking. You know what grandma used to always say, "better safe than pregnant!".

Originally Posted by RezDog

Andrew you might want to toss a little sealer on there to reduce the chances of checking. You know what grandma used to always say, "better safe than pregnant!".

Your close, she always said "keep your pecker in your pants!"

Ya I may grab some of the old paint from work tomorrow and slather them up. There's only one I'm really concerned with, and that's the big one. It has a pith on the backside cut. That's screams crack.

Sweet score Andrew! SeriouslY sweet score sir!
Couldn't go to a better turner for some radical radial results.

And sure I'd be appreciative of a few knarly bits to bond.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Here you go. All of them with a basketball in there for scale.



And here's the spalting.



I may go back and take every morsel of burl. Still quite a few more, I got pooped after a bit with the Shindaiwa. I figure Mike needs some caps to pour resin on, and Mcbladescar just got a lathe so he'll need some too.

That's going to make some beautiful pieces Andrew.

Hope you got the respirator going! Obviously, you may have pressure-washed them.
Those spores don't always go away!

What a nice pile. I say get it while you can!

So no razor work today. After I got all my adult out door stuff done I finally installed my Geissel 2 stage trigger in my Sig Sauer 516. First stage is a 2lb pull then 2.5 second. This fun is already a tack driver now it's gonna be, whatever is better than a tack driver.
Great work from all you fellas lately I'll join the ranks again I'm missing my poorly razors.

Andrew, I don't think I have to say anything. At this point. Just damn it, Andrew, you are going to cause a financial meltdown here cause I know I will want something from all that wooden gold you have harvested.