Beach combing in Oregon
I took the fam to the beach. They play while I work. The beach is a great place to find burls and good figured wood.I got about 30 BF of this tigar striped Maple. Nice stuff. I cut it up into 2” think boards.
How to find great figure wood other than Burl
This is in addition to the burl blog I put on a week ago. Thank you for all the reads.This is to the best of my knowledge and I am still learning.I have found crazy figure in tree crotches. A tree crotch is where two branches come together. It is usually the piece that fire wood people don’t want because it doesn’t slit. That is because the crotch is the hardest part of the tree and the grain in going in different directions. It’s where you get what is called “feather”. “Haring bone, r...
Wood Gloat #8: A little more of the Western Queensland Timbers.
Keith tuned up yesterday with some more timber…From the left standing up.. Malee….false Sandalwood….Hairy Oak…..Dead Finish…Beef wood…..Emu Apple..MalleeFalse SandalwoodHairy OakClose up of the Hairy Oak.. looks like a YAKSmall leaf Beefwood… not to be confused with large leaf Beefwood… LOLEmu Apple woodDead FinishA banana finger of Queensland Red Cedar. Scheduled to be a sign.This is for Lisa… Squigggly Pine… I think… Athol Pi...
website
christy has been working very hard on the website and made quite a few changes (including pricing) it really looks great and thanks for the advice on the pricing – we are rookies so any thing you can add is very helpful http://www.weborgent.com/ —-oops – told you i was a rookie!!!
WoodWriting Haiku Thursday's --by RusticWoodArt #58: KuroKongouseki
KuroKongouseki ….silkened oak wood grain,shadows of a black diamond,concept of wood dream….—-by flp —————————————————————————————————————————————————————...
Going to local shows. #3: Melbourne at last
Hi guys Just got back from Melbourne.. went down courtesy of the boys from Torque Work Centres..What a blast… 3 days of talking to woodies about timber, tools, techniques and just shooting the breeze with a great bunch of people..Some timber for you all to drool over… I know I did...The venue was at the Flemington Markets… just down the road from Flemington Race course.. the home of the Melbourne Cup… the Horse race that stops a Nation. Very large place… long wal...
WoodWriting Haiku Thursday's --by RusticWoodArt #57: Living in a WoodDream of Color
Living in a WoodDream of Color ….living in a wood dream,against back-drops of color,mt. washington sings….—-by flp ———————————————————————————————————————————————————….h...
How to find and harvest legal burls!
Hey everyone, It was suggested that I start a discussion on how to find and harvest burls. Please give your input also. I don’t deal with straight grain that often. I cut and sell burls for a living so here is what I know. It is illegal to harvest a burl without permission. of course if it is on your own property you can give yourself permission. What I do is put an ad on Craig’s list saying I want your burls. Most people don’t know what burls are. So you don’t get that many calls....
website
just posted website as we are ready to roll – so many great woodworkers on this site – we have been afraid to do so – but – printing is dead – let the wood slaying begin – much better than fish wrap
"Hobbit Holes in MyWorld" --by RusticWoodArt #60: Sitting With Some Old Friends
Sitting With Some Old Friends ….sitting with some old friends,and what is this need that shakes my be-ing,till from the shards of my distant past,comes the dust storm of ever present wood-chips…. ….these friends have sat patiently now,as the years pass and seasons come and go,their numbers all-ways on the increase-decrease,but with patience and expectancy they abide…. ….my friends have with-stood the ages of change,knowing that in these times-these too shall p...
