Woo Hoo, Part Deux #2: There's gold in them thar logs!

Never pass on free wood. I mean you can always give it away, if its no good. But who ever heard of no good wood. Not a LumberJock.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

If I’m ever to get a stash on par with your golden horde, Karson, I’ll never turn my nose up again.
I may have to plank some out and try a spalting experiment. After all you don’t need 2”x8”x8’ers for the jewelry box trade. Woo Hoo!

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

Hooray for Science! I like this, Doug. I don’t know if it’s the shape or the lighting popping the grain or both. Seems like about the right size for a cool coffee cup sans the handle.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Have to admit the music in my head while turning was…

“Way down South they gave a jubilee
The Georgia folks they had a jamboree
They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup
The folks dancin’ got all shook up

And started playin’ that that
rock and roll music.”

Lyric credits: Chuck Berry and The Beatles

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

Nice! You’ll have to give one of them to your neighbor!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

You sure are one for doing it the hard way Doug. Nice bowl, it looks like Aussie silky oak. you could pretend that you turned it oval, that would be a good party conversation.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Looks great Douglas! It shimmers!

Is the wood all gone at this point or can you go back with your saw to make the quarters more manageable??? I know, I know…be happy with what you got, be happy with what you got, be happy with what you got…

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

I tried to go back about a week after I picked up the haul and it was gone. I thought about bringing the saw over to this fellow’s house but to tell you the truth, I’m so new to using a chainsaw and it makes me so nervous, I couldn’t entertain the notion of going over there and accidentally severing an extremity in this gent’s front yard.

I cut these when Pam wasn’t around, and truth be told I got my cellphone out of my bookbag, turned it on and had it on the truck tailgate while I was cutting in case there was trouble. Even had a bungie handy in case a ligature was needed.

So, Debbie if I have ever give you static about how evil routers are to you, I deeply apologize. That’s how I feel about chainsaws. It’s gut-check every time I fire mine up, but there is no other expedient way to get where I want to go with logs, so it’s a necessary evil.

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

I’m pretty comfortable with my 20” saw…but, I started up and cut some wood with the borrowed 32” this weekend to get a feel for it… Now, that was quite a different experience! I felt like I should have had a helmet on; I kept on imagining the result of a kick back. Quite frightening…it’ll feel safer with the milling attachment bolted securely on it.

And now for your fortune: More wood is sure to come your way!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Very pretty bowl Doug, nice grain pattern. Nice color too, love that gold. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

after all the stories here about “take the wood”, you’d think NO LumberJock would ever pass on free wood..

I think Karson gets ribbed now and again about his stash – but we all know that it is pure jealousy!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Who’s selling the free wood?

Let me know

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

That’s some really uni-que wood, Douglas. Too bad you didn’t get it all. But …...someone else will cut down a tree. Don’t worry about the chain saw, after you’ve cut yourself once or twice you’ll catch on.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Looks great Doug. I’ve always have been afraid of the chainsaw, I’ve used them, but still don’t like them. I have, however, been known to use a good old fashioned axe with good results. (It’s better exercise also.)

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Yeah, Doug, like old Three-finger Tom says, there’s nothing to using a chain saw. :-)

Good find on the wood, and great job on the bowl!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

i have an electric chain saw . . . poulan??? Its slime green anyway.

The gas powered ones give me the shivers. My ‘lectric does me just fine.

Nice bowl . . . Im gonna keep an eye out in the old part of town after the next big wind storm.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

Free wood, great stuff and your bowl looks great.

-- Andy Stark

I keep my saw in the back of my truck all the time, I think you have to.

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Sweet Douglas!

That’s one of the reasons woodturning is so addictive… You never know what’s inside the log! Sorta like the Forrest Gump movie where FG says “Life (insert woodturning) is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.”

Congrats… You can shoot some dilute lacquer on the piece before you apply your coloured oil (let your lacquer dry first) and this will eliminate the over absorption of the darker oil into the endgrain fibers. You can also utilise a “tone-spray” of lacquer and skip the oil entirely. Note: Lacquer tone sprays are clear lacquer with a colour added to enhance the grain. Take care and turn a piece or two for this red-headed Texan!

Steve Russell
EWW, WVP, EWWFS
The Woodlands, Texas

-- Better Woodturning and Finishing Through Chemistry... http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com

Thanks, Steve. I believe I’ll have no trouble with the turning more pieces from the stash. On this bowl at least staining was truly in the interest of science. The behavior of green wood and the round vs slabbed aspects of grain are just too new to take in easily without a visual aid. Take care, Tex, er, Red, uh, Steve!

Thanks to everyone for the kindness and advice.

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

To bad about you not taking it all, but you might get tired of the wood from the same tree. With your free-eye you’ll get a lot of chances for more wood.

By the way, that’s a pretty nice turning, keep up the good work.

Isn’t it nice how you get long ribbons of shavings from green wood.

You have to make sure you don’t leave them laying on your lathe , or you’ll have a rust problem.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Thanks, Dick (Hi, Barb). I took 10 gallons of shavings out to the composite heap after turning. The stuff is pretty fun as it spins off the turning. I’m pretty careful to keep things off the ways, as I got rust on my bandsaw from leaving dry offcuts on the table overnight in the unheated garage. Can’t imagine what would happen with sopping wet shavings.

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

nice looking turnings ! very clean design. Put a top on it and you have a candy dish

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

Beautiful!

-- Peggy

Doug, I don’t know how I missed this before!

The shimmering grain is awesome.

I have a neighbor who turns. In fact, he has some stuff in a nationwide tour right now.
http://www.raifordgallery.com/index.php?cat=Image+Gallery&gallery%5Bview%5D=10
BTW Raiford was a judge at Woodowrkers Guild of Georgia’s display at the last Wood Show. Nekghbor is Norman LaVoie.
He puts his rough turned stuff in brown bags and has taken an aquarium aerator(?) that has about 6 outlets and he runs a plastic tube from the manifold to each of the bags so that he has constantly circulating air going into the bag. Cuts the drying time way down.

It would be a long time before I got tired of looking at that wood.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.