raltenhofen
28th August 2003, 08:40 AM
You say g'day, I say hi y'all! Greeting from Wood Hell, aka Phoenix, AZ. The place where it only takes a few days to get down to 6% moisture in your wood cuz that's the humidity here. 'Course the wood's full of cracks by then, but that's what CA glue is for, right?
But seriously, glad to find your forum. I skimmed through a few posts and decided this would be a good place to land.
A bit about myself. Been living in AZ for about 25 years, originally from Oregon. I love the sunshine.
Been doin wood for nearly my whole life, but picked up woodturning a few years ago when I started making pens. Then started making boxes and bowls. Then I had to buy another lathe. And I'll prbably have to buy another, bigger lathe before this is all over. Why didn't someone warn me?
I have recently come into some Taz blackwood. Beautiful stuff. The I read soeone recommending it for kitchware. I thought the stuff had some measure of toxicity?
I also got some Taz pink myrtle. My first experience was not very good. The stuff cracked really bad. Guess I'll have to be more careful about drying it out.
Well I look forward to learning a lot from y'all. Who know? You might even learn something from me!
Richard in AZ
But seriously, glad to find your forum. I skimmed through a few posts and decided this would be a good place to land.
A bit about myself. Been living in AZ for about 25 years, originally from Oregon. I love the sunshine.
Been doin wood for nearly my whole life, but picked up woodturning a few years ago when I started making pens. Then started making boxes and bowls. Then I had to buy another lathe. And I'll prbably have to buy another, bigger lathe before this is all over. Why didn't someone warn me?
I have recently come into some Taz blackwood. Beautiful stuff. The I read soeone recommending it for kitchware. I thought the stuff had some measure of toxicity?
I also got some Taz pink myrtle. My first experience was not very good. The stuff cracked really bad. Guess I'll have to be more careful about drying it out.
Well I look forward to learning a lot from y'all. Who know? You might even learn something from me!
Richard in AZ