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Del the cat:
Nice haul :)
Del
burtonridr:
Pat: I'm very excited for the piece of apple, I've been eyeing this piece for years. Its to bad they have such a high shrinkage rate and must dry slowly to avoid checking.... I'd like to start on it now, I'm going to have a tough time keeping my hand off and leaving it alone lol.
burtonridr:
Well I couldnt keep my hands off... in flipping the tip I caused a splinter to lift on the belly about 6" in from the tip. Its a huge splinter, probably 3/8 wide and 1-1/4" long, going at least 1/8" into the belly. (--)
I made a big mistake.... I used my bench vise(which is metal) to apply pressure on the tip while tying it off to the form. When I did this I crushed the wood on the belly. Then released the vise, moved it toward the tip more, applied pressure again and it split right at the crushed wood.
Before I released the pressure from the vise I put some super glue into the splinter, then released the vise and put a clamp on the splinter hoping to glue it back together. This might have worked ok on dry wood, but I fear that I didnt get enough glue into the crack and it might crack further as the wood dries. I'm worried it will separate inside as it dries and it will be invisible from the outside.... Ugh... I guess time will tell.
burtonridr:
Well over the weekend I started roughing out a piece of mountain maple, but unfortunately it turned out to have rot from a wound that appears to extend up one of the limbs at the edge of the heart wood.
Also, tossed the rose shoots into the oven after my wife got done baking bread. They sure do shrink a lot.
Russ:
I marched in a parade in grand island. It was a cool experiance but the freshman (me) didnt play too good.
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