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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
 

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#2 ·
Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
Interesting, and looking forward to the next blog.
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
Sweet score.
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
nice
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
I pick-up cut-up trees all the time. Some I can use in the shop others I can use in the fireplace. One question though - are you thinking that the leaves in the picture are from a black walnut tree? They just don't look like any black walnut leaves I have ever seen.
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
I matched it to a black walnut on the Texas Agriculture website and once I cut into it just confirmed it even more.
Plus I had a few people look at it and back me up..

We could all be wrong I suppose, (stranger things have happened) but everything i found in my research led me to believe it was Black Walnut.
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
Thanks for the response. I definitely learned something. I did a little research and it appears that the leaves look more like English Walnut (Juglans Regia) rather than American Walnut (Juglans *************************). I took an interest because I really like using American Black Walnut and look for Walnut trees when I am out and about. Thanks again for posting.
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
I live in North Texas, not sure if English Walnut is a migratory species (lol)

It could also be a Texas native species I suppose, I'm going to look into it some more..

It does have the distinctive brown center new growth ring and the blonde colored wood close to the outer bark.
However on the smaller branches like the ones I have the dark ring is much smaller than you find from the trunk.
Dark/blond wood ratio is about 50/50
 

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Free wood is good wood part 1

The other day I was driving home and noticed a neighbor had cut back a tree and had some limbs at the curb. I see this fairy often and very rarely stop to grab anything in it's raw state. I have a very limited space and have no means to resaw limbs into planks/boards.

For some strange reason I stopped immediately, that tree looks different, I thought to myself, It didn't
Look like the other trees in my area… Hmmm

I loaded up as much as I could fit into the back and headed home..

A few days later I realised I had completely forgotten about the tree limbs.

Luckily I had grabbed some leaves from the tree as well to help ID it.

Plant Twig Terrestrial plant Tree Flowering plant


Hmmm what is this strange tree doing in my neighborhood?

Plant Wood Terrestrial plant Twig Trunk


Black Walnut!

Having only a small hatchet to work these logs I called in the calvary. I had remembered my brother recently talking about his new chainsaw!

I called him up and explained what I found and told him about the very first episode of the woodwrights shop I had just recently watched

Maul and Glut

To be continued…...
One of these I think
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=JUMA
Or this one
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=JUNI

I think this one is a more common Texas Black Walnut but it's leaflets are much different. The bark is also much lighter in color with this species.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=JUMI
 

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Taking Shape.

When i mentioned to my brother that i needed him to cut stuff with his chainsaw he came right over..

Keep in mind this wood is very very green. I sealed the endgrain to prevent checking.
I used a draw knife to strip the bark off two thirds of the log before we started on the next step.

He was so intrigued with the project he wanted one of is own as well, so I set him aside a log as well.

Plant Hat Shorts Gas Cooking


I clamped the log down to some gluelam slabs I had outfront.

Plant Wood Shorts Grass Gas


We cut across the grain approximately 1"deep spaced 1-3" down the length of the log on 4 sides..
Plant Automotive tire Road surface Wood Grass


Once the cuts are in place the wood can be chipped away with a chisel and mallet.

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Plank


I used a Spoke shave and draw knife to get the hadle back to a "Roundish" shape

Natural material Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


Wood Hand tool Tool Hardwood Engineering


More to come later.
 

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Taking Shape.

When i mentioned to my brother that i needed him to cut stuff with his chainsaw he came right over..

Keep in mind this wood is very very green. I sealed the endgrain to prevent checking.
I used a draw knife to strip the bark off two thirds of the log before we started on the next step.

He was so intrigued with the project he wanted one of is own as well, so I set him aside a log as well.

Plant Hat Shorts Gas Cooking


I clamped the log down to some gluelam slabs I had outfront.

Plant Wood Shorts Grass Gas


We cut across the grain approximately 1"deep spaced 1-3" down the length of the log on 4 sides..
Plant Automotive tire Road surface Wood Grass


Once the cuts are in place the wood can be chipped away with a chisel and mallet.

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Plank


I used a Spoke shave and draw knife to get the hadle back to a "Roundish" shape

Natural material Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


Wood Hand tool Tool Hardwood Engineering


More to come later.
Wow, that's rustic woodwork! Love the "small" mallet you have there. Is that one of your own creations?
Nice one,
Garry
 

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cleaning it up

Short entry here. I scraped the majority of the bark off with a draw knife and let it continue to dry some more.

Now I've moved on to the spoke shave and smoothed it all out..

Wood Rotary tool Hardwood Hand tool Tool


I also used my belt sander to smooth the edges around the top and bottom of the head of the maul..
I also gave the end grain a second coat of paint to further prevent checking.

Wood Gas Hardwood Wood stain Pipe


Next up wrapping the handle with leather!
 

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#18 ·
cleaning it up

Short entry here. I scraped the majority of the bark off with a draw knife and let it continue to dry some more.

Now I've moved on to the spoke shave and smoothed it all out..

Wood Rotary tool Hardwood Hand tool Tool


I also used my belt sander to smooth the edges around the top and bottom of the head of the maul..
I also gave the end grain a second coat of paint to further prevent checking.

Wood Gas Hardwood Wood stain Pipe


Next up wrapping the handle with leather!
There is a name for this type of mallet, for driving froes, but I can't think of it.
 

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