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Haggard3230 · 09-20-2009, 01:29 AM

Cut down three walnut trees today, will have friend come by and load them up for processing. He will cut and dry for some of the wood. This a pix of one of the limbs cross sections, strange pattern. It is a 8" across. The three trees are about 18" diameter and were dying.

KtownScroller · 09-20-2009, 02:21 AM

Am I the friend Merle?

knothead · 09-20-2009, 01:05 PM

You lucky dog you. I love walnut. Finishes beautiful and easy to work with. And if you want me to bring it to AZ. it will dry quicker.

Tom

ncsealeveler · 09-20-2009, 01:09 PM

Not so bad if the trees were dying.Got to be the best wood there is.The grain is so beautiful it makes my cuttins look better.Tony

Wood Dog · 09-20-2009, 03:33 PM

That tree slice looks like it has a saw blade already built right in it, just a few missing teeth. Great picture, thanks for posting it Merle.

Mick Walker · 09-20-2009, 05:19 PM

Merle, slices of those walnut logs make some beautiful clocks. Cut them about 1" thick, let them dry good. Sand them smooth, drill a hole in the center, add a battery powered works. Apply numbers and hands. Klockit has everything you need. The gold or brass numbers and hands show up well against the dark brown walnut.

JohnB · 09-20-2009, 11:56 PM

LOL WD, I was thinking the exact same thing.

Merle,
You're on a winner there mate.
It's one of the joys of being a wood worker, making use of everything.

Haggard3230 · 09-21-2009, 02:22 AM

Thanks all for the comments.

Jediscroller · 09-21-2009, 10:01 AM

Color me green Merle. Nice haul!

unixpro · 09-21-2009, 08:01 PM

Sweet haul, Merle! I'm jealous.

09-20-2009, 02:21 AM	#2
KtownScroller So much better :) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: PA Posts: 2,665	Am I the friend Merle? __________________ - Rick

09-20-2009, 01:05 PM	#3
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 720	You lucky dog you. I love walnut. Finishes beautiful and easy to work with. And if you want me to bring it to AZ. it will dry quicker. Tom __________________ Tom ___________________ America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

09-20-2009, 03:33 PM	#5
Wood Dog Senior member--Absolutely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,451	That tree slice looks like it has a saw blade already built right in it, just a few missing teeth. Great picture, thanks for posting it Merle. __________________ WD

09-20-2009, 05:19 PM	#6
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,338	Merle, slices of those walnut logs make some beautiful clocks. Cut them about 1" thick, let them dry good. Sand them smooth, drill a hole in the center, add a battery powered works. Apply numbers and hands. Klockit has everything you need. The gold or brass numbers and hands show up well against the dark brown walnut. __________________ Mick, - Delta P-20 The future ain't what it used to be.

09-20-2009, 11:56 PM	#7
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,859	LOL WD, I was thinking the exact same thing. Merle, You're on a winner there mate. It's one of the joys of being a wood worker, making use of everything. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" I got holes in both of my shoes Well I'm a walking case of the blues Saw a dollar yesterday But the wind blew it away Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

09-20-2009, 01:09 PM	#4
ncsealeveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sea Level NC Posts: 266	Not so bad if the trees were dying.Got to be the best wood there is.The grain is so beautiful it makes my cuttins look better.Tony

09-21-2009, 02:22 AM	#8
Haggard3230 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverton, KS on Route 66 Posts: 2,714	Thanks all for the comments. __________________ Merle SSG US Army Retired. merlehobbs@yahoo.com

09-21-2009, 10:01 AM	#9
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,174 Blog Entries: 5	Color me green Merle. Nice haul! __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

09-21-2009, 08:01 PM	#10
unixpro I need more weekend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Greater Seattle Area Posts: 615	Sweet haul, Merle! I'm jealous.

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