40 days ago
by frank |
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Drupes and Drupaceous Nuts as Tung Oil
So lets cut to the center of the fruit….like cutting to the quick, and talk about China Wood Oil, wood nut oil or just plain ‘tung oil’. And since we’re talking in the language of botany, maybe it would be best too first say that tung oil is not a true nut, but is a fruit that comes to us as a drupe or what is also called ‘stone fruit’. Definition of a drupe….stone fruit is: ’’a one-seeded indehisc...
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96 days ago
by Mark |
10 comments »
1965 – 2003
I’ve been a casual, beginner-level woodworker since learning some basics in high school shop class, but now I find myself living on a farm with a small orchard of about 3 dozen walnut trees. A tree expert (easy to find those here in Oregon) told me they’re English walnut grafted onto Black walnut rootstock and were probably planted in the 1930’s.
So, Lumberjock buddies, can any of you tell me whether the trunks of these trees are Black walnut or ...
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251 days ago
by frank |
5 comments »
Beauties of Wood
....i am the breeze that carouses through your veins of wood, where in the distance my imaging gives freely to any who taste, taste and see that ‘just as’ i am likened with life at dusk, so ‘just is’ the assurance also that come my dawn i will be therein….
—-how many ways can i speak of the beauties of wood, where out of the classroom of my workshop i bear forward to an engagement, i am enabled to continue this romance that so cap...
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14 days ago
by weirdwolf |
4 comments »
Robin and Kathy Tucker of woodmosaics stopped working in town back in 1986. After Robin’s intricate wood-inlayed work was featured in The Best of Missouri Hands catalog and commissioned by Ralston Purina, they were on their way to full time crafting. Influenced by Amish quilt patterns, Robin’s excellent woodworking uses exotic natural woods that range from Satinwood from Sri Lanka to Purpleheart from Central and South America. All of the wood is completely natural, with only a cle...
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33 days ago
by frank |
7 comments »
Go Ask The Lac-Bug About Finishing WoodIn one of my previous comments on Finishing Recipes and Tricks by SteveKorz and the corresponding forum, I offered these last words; ”I mean when we start thinking about shellac, maybe we should also consult with the lac bug.”
I know that one can get technical when it comes to talking about finishing along with all those books and DVDs out there, along with all the recipes we get so hung up in and about….so I have decided to offer a ...
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35 days ago
by Timbo |
6 comments »
I have been working on this project for a couple of years, at times I try to forget it. Today is one of those days!!! While having a cup of coffee and watching the morning news, I noticed a major (and I mean MAJOR) screwup, more about that later, and yes I have pictures.
Quite sure this will be my last project of this magnatude….....................ok, at least until retirement.
I will start off with the Living area 95% complete, still have some doors to make on the entertainment ...
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40 days ago
by frank |
4 comments »
In Search of Imaginations Greatest Dream
....i am impressed with the beauty of this day,and so i tell a tale of create-create-create,were it not for dreamers such as those who engender,would not the world re-main in the shadows of darker past….
....creation awaits the dawning of new day suns,just as each moment breathes in the aroma of a fresh breath,expelling all those traditions that keeps one’s mind in chains,and so i live with the awakening dawn of imaginations greatest ...
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65 days ago
by drgoodharp |
2 comments »
I love woodworking and I love Nature. Therefore, I have dedicated myself to making rustic furniture and twig crafts. Besides, it’s a tradition in my family; even though I didn’t formally recognize it for my first fifty years.I grew up around rustic furniture but I didn’t really see it in my youth. My Grandfather, Great Uncles, and their friends made it and used it, neither because they had to nor because they wanted to, but because it was a thrifty and natural thing to do. Need a simple t...
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82 days ago
by frank |
4 comments »
Glamdring and The Chainsaw Milling of Pine
....and so twas on one of my visits into the deep woods, that i heard the tales of this sword beater called glamdring,for in the presence of trees and all that speaks of wood,i first was made aware of the weaponsmith’s of gondolin….
—-these were//are they who first learned the lineage of steel,and how to work the metals needed to hold an edge in wood,were as the times of woodworking continue in the landscape here, i sought...
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88 days ago
by frank |
2 comments »
Wooden Throne’s of Power
—-it takes two, to make as one....
....his and hers to sit side be-side, hers and his to share their moments of bliss, hers to confide the years they’ve shared, his to remember her beauty of now,
——and as the years roll on—-their shared forest thrones of to-getherness....
—by flp
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