Bark Trug

Nice.
If you ever feel like doing a blog on the tung oil curing(sp?) process, I’d certainly be interested. The whole cleaning and timing of all seems like something I may want to look into, especially if it can be used for more then just bark.
Thanks for sharing.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

This is beautiful! I love it!

Curious though, how do you remove the bark so well?

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To RobS: “Oil cure” simply means to soak the bark, either on or off the wood, with a diluted hardening oil.
Old timers used linseed oil and turp, I prefer tung oil and minerals spirits. Not all bark is useable. I prefer the bark from the following regional woods (Kentucky):
Hickory ,Poplar, Buckeye, Slippery Elm, Maple.

To TedM: Yellow poplar bark can be carefully peeled off a felled tree only in the late Spring or early Summer.
That is the time of the year when the sap is rising and the bark is wet and can slip.
I slit the bark with a hooked knife, then slowly pry the bark off the wood using wedges and a thin pry bar.
If you soak the bark in water or steam it, it is possible to flatten the bark in to panels.
Then I dry it under weights to retain the shape.

In North Carolina, they sell kiln dried poplar bark in panels as large as 4’ by 8’.
Poplar bark shake shingles are also available.

-- Randy (P), rustic wood crafts, Morning View, Kentucky

Randall,

I had you on my mind this morning when I ran across my genealogy of Daniel Boone, and found Flanders Calloway on the list. Would you like me to mail you a copy? If so, send me your mailing address to:

charwatson@aol.com

What is the origin of the word trug? How is it used?

Is a basket a trug?

What portions of tung oil to mineral spirits do you use for curing?

Do you live anywhere near Hestand Ky? My family comes from the Hestands on my Mother’s side. I understand Daniel Boone’s Father is buried in Hestand. Do you know? I read somewhere that Jemina Boone was captured by the Indians as a young girl and resuced when Boone and six or seven other men stormed the clan and brought her home. Do you know if this is true?

Keep up the good work and keep the news flowing. I enjoy seeing your work.

Almost kissing kin lol

Charlotte

-- Charlotte, Tennessee. A toothpick or a forest...I see a project in each.

Charlotte:

I have various genealogies on my family’s history.

“Trug” is an English style garden basket.
It’s a corruption of the word trog, which was either a small boat or a boat-like carrying container such as long and narrow basket.

My oil cure mixture is one part tung oil and two parts mineral spirits.
I use it to soak bark and vines to help preserve them.
Old timers used linseed oil and turpentine.
Note: It takes up to a week to dry.

Hestand, KY is several hours south of me.
It’s near the Tennessee border.
I live in Northern Kentucky about 30 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio.
I live at an old hunting and fishing club near the Licking River.
That’s the river where Jemima Boone was rescued from the Shawnees by the Boones and the Calloways (also spelled Callaway).
Perhaps having a descent aunt named Jemima accounts for my fondness of pancakes. <grin>

May peace bless us all.

In the words of our common ancestor:

“What thanks, what ardent and ceaseless thanks are due to that all-superintending Providence which has turned a cruel war into peace, brought order out of confusion, made the fierce savages placid, and turned away their hostile weapons from our country! May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition. Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand.”

- Col. Daniel Boone

-- Randy (P), rustic wood crafts, Morning View, Kentucky

That’s a really nice piece. I keep meaning to use found materials in my projects but it never seems to work out.

-- Stanley generally struggling

This one will go in my favorites. Thanks for sharing.

-- Bruce from Central New York

amazing process and fantastic, beautiful finished project!!!

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

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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