This week in urban logging #7: Still at it

lovely lines in that wood!

too bad the Awards Category wasn’t “nail holes” instead of “knots”

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks for the update to Urban Logging, or as I like to call it, Daren’s Drool Report.
Drool…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

That’s some pretty wood. I’d never seen the inside of Mulberry until I joined this place. The berries however, always were such a bother.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

Great big wood. And lots do do with it. Good luck.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks for the post, Daren. I really enjoy seeing these.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Thanks for sharing, Daren. I am always interested in your urban logging.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

That first photo looks psychedelic. Nice finds.

that is going to make someone som awesome looking projects.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

Never cut Mulberry before but it looks like real nice material, is it a soft wood? I’ll be looking for a finished product some time down the road.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

Ron. It is a hardwood, a relative to osage orange. It is not as hard as osage when it is dry…but just as decay resistant. It is/was used for making fence posts because of it longevity. To me it is way to pretty for fence posts. Like I said when it dries and most people cannot tell it from black cherry until I tell them what it is. I am not sure how commercially available the lumber is, I’m afraid it’s another one of those many overlooked species.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Beautiful wood! I am going to pick up some fairly large pieces of mulbery tomorrow in Chicago. I am excited for the FREE score.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL