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Wood identification
Hi everyone, I was recently gifted these two pieces of hard wood by a neighbor leaving town. He thought one of them was "Ironwood" but really couldn't remember. They are both extremely hard. The more...
View ArticleID marks on a Granberg chainsaw mill?
I am going to look at a chainsaw mill that is allegedly a Granberg. I've never seen any chainsaw mills before, but have looked at a lot of pictures. The saw I am going to look at has no markings on it;...
View ArticleCorrectly handling walnut slabs?
Hi all, I'm new at woodworking, so apologies in advance. Here is my situation. I got six walnut logs out of trees that were cut on my dad's property last year. The trees were cut about a year ago and...
View ArticleOak beetles
I have a bunch of rough oak boards sawn from a neighbors oak tree. I am seeing that there are beetles in it. There are small holes surrounded with fine dust. I tried solarizing but that didn’t work and...
View ArticleAir drying a two year old Northern Ash log that was just sawn
Hi - We had an ash tree taken down at our cabin two summers ago, and the arborist said he would rough saw it into two inch boards for me. We weren't able to communicate with him for over a year, but he...
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Hurricane Hickory
Been busy with Hickory from the Suwanee River post Hurricane Idalia. Much more to go plus oak and I need to get back up there for some more pine; Idalia came through on August 30 so the clock is ticking.
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bring back the purple
Hey all , anyone have any experience in returning the natural color to purpleheart ? I am at the finishing stage of this vase and as purpleheart does the color has oxidized to a less that purple brown,...
View ArticleShould Pressure treated Lumber be cut in Community Shop? i
A guy came into the shop in Arizona carrying 4 or 5 2x6 incised Pressure Treated boards. I was not the shop monitor that morning and the Monitor on duty that day is fairly new to woodworking. She asked...
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horizontal crack in wood - strongest bond
Hi I have a partial horizontal crack in a cylinder length of wood This was a structural piece of wood what would offer the strongest bond (it split due to tension in heavy wind) It cant be replaced 1....
View ArticleWhich Wood for Blanket Tower
Hello All! I am really new to wood working. My wife wants a blanket holder for Christmas and instead of spending over $100-200 dollars for a contemporary piece that she doesn't like, I was wanting to...
View ArticleWould you even say yes to --- making thin end grain boards?
Someone would like me to make thin (1/2, 5/8 & 3/4") end grain boards for them. I'm tempted to say no. I think they'd warp real easy and maybe even break apart with water exposure of the years. I'd...
View ArticlePreserving Driftwood
Several years ago I found some interesting sticks on a beach on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. My thought was to use them as ornamentation on projects. I'm sure they washed up from the...
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Wood Id. ( never thought I’d do this)
I believe this is Sycamore on the left. I’ve had it for a while and forgot. It’s too yellow for elm. Maple is also shown for comparison The grain is corse.
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Wood choice for handtool traveling tool chest
I'm likely going to be building a tool chest similar to this one that Christopher Schwartz details: Traveling Tool Chest | Popular Woodworking Since I started woodworking in about 1993, I’ve stored my...
View Articlewoodworking lumber trends in the UK
If anyone read my thread asking for lumber suggestions for a traveling handtool tool-chest, you'll have seen that I'll be moving to the UK in 2024 (Yorkshire area). I have two questions as I'm thinking...
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