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    What are you building with your milled wood? merged

    Thanks, you guys. Your right, there is some serious talent on this forum. I am constantly impressed with the ingenuity, creativity, and talent shown here. Stony... a master of the Country Form, even expresses it in his guitars, BobL a milling Monster and a maker of heirloom tools, Woodshop...
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    What are you building with your milled wood? merged

    Here's a few Walnut planks I threw together. I don''t post much, I just stuck this on as a reply to the last post in the thread. Hope that's OK. Gene
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    Location, location, location

    Bala Cynwyd Pa. Did you export the map from an mxd. ? Hey WRS, I used to do a lot of backpacking around Slate Run and the Black Forrest. "Gods Country" for sure !
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    Look what I found hiding in the woods!

    Chef, Other than the added stability of quarter sawn, no reason to quarter it.The grain of the wood itself is rather subtle,no visible radial rays like oak that would produce fleck. The colored spalting appears to be more dramatic when flat sawn (through and through). The face of quarter or...
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    Look what I found hiding in the woods!

    As Wood Shop said, we get a lot of that red streaked Box Elder here in pa. It is my understanding that the red is caused by a beetle that only affects the Ash Leaf Maple (Box Elder). If you keep it out of direct sun light the red will last quite a long time. I have some in my shed in boards...
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    What are you building with your milled wood?

    Thanks guys,Yes Woodshop, Ifrequwnt a couple of woodworking forums but I always come here for my milling fix. Irish, after air drying to about 15.% I store my wood in my woodshed. That gets it down to about 8. or 9.% Then I bring project wood into my basement shop for a month or so, that...
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    What are you building with your milled wood?

    speaking of Walnut (my favorite wood), here is a Queen Ann Style Hall Table. Drawer bottoms are Spanish Cedar in Walnut slips. The Walnut is Home milled with an alaskan and air dried. The finish is shellac (french polish).
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    Speaking of Black Walnut

    Here's my latest interpretation of another Chippendale piece. The original is a Boston Style Chest on Chest. The Walnut is air dried and seasoned for about 5 yrs. This tree was a Township tree that came down in a storm. I milled it with one of those "Haddon Lumber Maker" things and a...
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    My Milling Project

    You should consider a couple slabs of each species in 12-16 quarter for Bed posts, ball & claw legs, large turnings, goose neck mouldings,chair legs, etc. They'll take a while to air dry but when you need thick stock to match a future project you wont have to settle for a glue up. Besides...
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    Going thin

    I would Mill @ 1", stack,sticker, weight then wait a few weeks and resaw on the band saw. With cedar, this time of year a few weeks should get rid of most of the free water. a typical 14" bandsaw with a riser block should have no trouble slicing 10-11" veneers @ 1/8th ". If indeed...
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    Walnut Logs

    Shame ya didn't post these bout 4-5 yrs ago when they were fresh. Still likely to be a few board feet good timber in the heart wood given the size of the trunks. The log on the far side is almost sure to be figured nicely.ie tiger striped and deep chatoyance.
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    What are you building with your milled wood? merged

    What are you building with your milled wood Nice work Stony ! I do primarily Period Style and Reproduction pieces (as an amateur). I hope to do more commission work when I retire from my day job in about 10 Yrs. I have 32 yrs in but cant get a full pension till I'm 60. Guess that gives me...
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    First Post

    Greetings and Salutations ! Thank you ALL for the Knowledge and experience represented on this forum. I am a woodworker and occasional miller. I started out with a homemade attachment for an electric chainsaw. After burning out 3 I upgraded to an 18" gasser. I picked up a "Haddon Lumbermaker"...
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