114 days ago
by lethentymill |
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In some ways I would be proud to have “Bodger” on my CV. The gentlemen who made chair spindles in the beech woods in and around Buckinghamshire when Charles Dickens was writing were called Bodgers. It’s hard to see where the connection with “botching a job” comes from but there probably isn’t one, apart from the fact that they come from the same, older, root. Bodgers were not “botchers” or “butchers” or “cowboys” even, they were skilled woodsmen who cleaved beech wood and then turned the...
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154 days ago
by Brian Havens |
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I am finding that turning green wood is an ineffable joy. But, there was a bit of an unexpected investment required to take advantage of this (usually) free source of wood. Kind of like those credit card commercials:
McCulloch 16” electric chain saw: $100
Wagner Shopline pinless moisture meter: $186
2 Spur Drive: $26
5 Gallons Denatured Alcohol: $64
Field guide to North American Trees: $14
Anchorseal Green Wood Sealer Gallon: $21
Rapport...
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421 days ago
by DAN |
11 comments »
Thought it might be fun to share photos of my tiles drying.
Then again it might be boring.
Well anyways !!
Tiles are sitting on the fiber ceiling tiles you buy from Lowes. Bought the damaged ones real real cheap.
Ceiling tiles are the best for this. Draws the wetness out of the clay and speeds the drying cycle time.
Also have an industrial size box fan blowing 24-7 on them. They’re getting dry extra-quick.
Will start a kiln load sooner then estimated.
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441 days ago
by Dorje |
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Well, just some text at this point – but I can’t slow my heart rate down at the thought of what’s happening next door. A major maple – which looks like it may have some serious figure – is coming down. I’ve been offered the bole (the main trunk from the base to the crotch), which is about 10-12 feet long, and a couple sections of major limbs from the crotch up a ways. The arborist says he’ll need to cut the bole in two…I’d like it left ...
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562 days ago
by Dorje |
19 comments »
I’m posting these pictures as a means to get bloggin’…and, because I’m interested in milling and drying lumber (on a scale that I can accommodate – in the backyard). I’m also brand new at it, so it’s just fun to share! I would have liked to have photos or video of this ‘small time’ sawing in the backyard, but wasn’t quite there yet!
Inspired by Bob’s forum topic post the other day on the craigslist cherry crotchwood, I took some pics of some crotchwood I cut in April…
A couple p...
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