how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Jetmd]

Nice!

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.

 

[Workshop]

Picked this up yesterday. Mainly got it for the wood lathe.

 

[Sawdust Man]

That’s some strange stuff.

I’d say elm, but that bark is not saying that..

Agreed, the bark doesn't look like normal Elm.

All I can tell is that i don't think elm at all. Do you guys have any thornless locust down there?

It had pretty Elm-ish looking leaves, so probably not any type of locust.

For the most part our pigs only eat elm bark, so there's that as well.

 

[Only the Tony]

So I've been looking at where my grandfathers vise sat on his bench and trying to figure out what it was based on bolt pattern and memory(what's left of it). Not many vises had 4 hold downs and fewer had rounded tabs. Looks like it was a Reed 204 or 204R swivel base. Frustrates me more when local people are posting about the meth heads are now stealing car starters, I am assuming for the copper in them to scrap. I guess everyone knows who it is as well as the police who basically ignore it anymore. One woman posted about her parents Christmas inflatables being stolen and found a block away hidden in the usual scumbags back yard. Catch, release, repeat is the modus operandi.

Side note taking a day for some fishing on the 14th on Stockton. Anybody want a boat ride let me know.

 

[Hinerman]

What have I got here?
The pigs ate the bark off it, and thereby killed it.....
I thought either sassafras or some kinda elm, a couple years ago (before it died) I was out there with a tree book ID-ing trees around the place.
Seems real dense.
Pretty heavy.
Smells kinda poopish like cottonwood.

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Japanese elm maybe. Or maybe cedar elm

 

[Sawdust Man]

Japanese elm maybe. Or maybe cedar elm

Cedar elm seems possible.
I don't remember knowing that variety existed, but after quick look on Google it looks like maybe a decent match.

 

[Hedgerow]

Pine.

Bingo…

The wife and I like to have a stash of pine for fall burning..
got 3 “pine knots” out of that log.
Lisa didn’t know why I was setting them aside, so I tossed one in the fire pit last night..
Nature’s fire starter. It’s like they’re soaked in turpentine..

 

[Sawdust Man]

Bingo…

The wife and I like to have a stash of pine for fall burning..
got 3 “pine knots” out of that log.
Lisa didn’t know why I was setting them aside, so I tossed one in the fire pit last night..
Nature’s fire starter. It’s like they’re soaked in turpentine..

Yup, nothing like that pitch.

I cut a spruce in the back yard in the PNW that produced over a cord of limb wood ( for real), talk about a hot fire! we used it in the kiln stove for drying lumber in a hurry.

 

[Jetmd]

Interesting,

Self build kiln stove? What was it built out off?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Interesting,

Self build kiln stove? What was it built out off?

Just an older air-tight woodstove......on the biggish side.
Had it in the 8x20 "kiln" room with the lumber that was being dried, we could dry 2k bf of 3" thick Alder from green down to 6% mc in about a week.
A smallish room, a wood stove, dehumidifier, and a half dozen box fans, and you've got a kiln.
Oh yeah, we'd burn a cord of wood for every kiln load of lumber......just runnin the stove wide open 24/7.

 

[Hinerman]

Sam’s friend was driving his Dad’s late model Dodge diesel and noticed smoke coming out from under the hood.

 

[Hinerman]

I wanted to let you all know my Dad passed away this morning around 11:00. He suffered for a long time and he was a Christian, so I am happy for him.

 

[WoodAbuser]

I wanted to let you all know my Dad passed away this morning around 11:00. He suffered for a long time and he was a Christian, so I am happy for him.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Sawdust Man]

I wanted to let you all know my Dad passed away this morning around 11:00. He suffered for a long time and he was a Christian, so I am happy for him.

I'm sorry for you, brother.
Glad he knew the Lord!

Lost my dad almost 5 years ago, some days I really wish I could still talk to him about stuff where I lack wisdom.....so pretty much everything.

 

[Hedgerow]

I wanted to let you all know my Dad passed away this morning around 11:00. He suffered for a long time and he was a Christian, so I am happy for him.

That’s the best kind of perspective..

 

[Only the Tony]

I wanted to let you all know my Dad passed away this morning around 11:00. He suffered for a long time and he was a Christian, so I am happy for him.

Sorry to hear this Thomas. I remember us talking back in October when you had to go for a party for him.

 

[Jetmd]

My Father passed on 10JAN26

He was 92 and had a good life.

To be absent from the body and present with the Lord is a blessing.

May your faith give you strength during your time of loss!

 

[Hedgerow]

Question on moisture meters..

Are they generally accurate?

I took a pecan split and split it again, then tested the raw face.. got 15.5%..

Seems a little soon to be that low.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Question on moisture meters..

Are they generally accurate?

I took a pecan split and split it again, then tested the raw face.. got 15.5%..

Seems a little soon to be that low.

My only experience is with a $400 pinless Wagner....it was always pretty accurate.