Thread: Black Locust not just for fence posts anymore

Looks good Jeff nice work but the question I have is how was it to work with? Did it do a number on your blades?

Originally Posted by johnjf0622

Looks good Jeff nice work but the question I have is how was it to work with? Did it do a number on your blades?

Well John it's heavy and HARD I think it would make a great hammer head light passes on the jointer and planer are required and sand till your elbow hurts. I actually thought my ROS was broken, nope it's just really HARD wood... Black Locust is supposed to last 80 years in the ground, I believe it, it's some tough stuff... The wood about whopped me, I finally had to show it who was boss Did I mention it's HARD? I think I did but wanted to drive the point home.

... what a beautiful, simple and elegant design, I love the grain matching around the drawer as well, a greenie on its way...
fletty
PS, apparently it's hard

Originally Posted by fletty

... what a beautiful, simple and elegant design, I love the grain matching around the drawer as well, a greenie on its way...
fletty
PS, apparently it's hard

Well I may be a tree hugger, but I ain't no environmentalist. You may see me hug a tree to see how big around it is right before I holler T I M B E R .

The grain match around the drawer took me a little time to figure out, once I did, it was a lot easier than it looks.

Originally Posted by Jeff Mills

Well I may be a tree hugger, but I ain't no environmentalist. You may see me hug a tree to see how big around it is right before I holler T I M B E R .

The grain match around the drawer took me a little time to figure out, once I did, it was a lot easier than it looks.

I think you might have misunderstood "greenie"?
A greenie is a commendation that is sent to a member of the forum when they have done something very good, clever, big, small, innovative ... etc,
If you look at the top right hand corner of your thread you will notice a little set of scales. If you click on that you will see if you have received any commendations for your work.
fletty

Originally Posted by fletty

I think you might have misunderstood "greenie"?
A greenie is a commendation that is sent to a member of the forum when they have done something very good, clever, big, small, innovative ... etc,
If you look at the top right hand corner of your thread you will notice a little set of scales. If you click on that you will see if you have received any commendations for your work.
fletty

You are correct - I misunderstood, and thank you for the kind words.

Now about that little black dot under my post count what is that?

Jeff,
A good honest little table. Simple is good in this instance. The wood looks a bit like our Tasmanian oak. Fenceposts are often made of good timber. I have only worked black locust the one time when I made a bow from a stave from the US. I was quite taken with it and found it good to work with hand tools. The bow worked very well too. I have been wanting to get my hands on some boards as I think it is a good timber and overlooked. It is grown here as a garden tree but so far I have not seen any milled.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by Jeff Mills

You are correct - I misunderstood, and thank you for the kind words.

Now about that little black dot under my post count what is that?

we are now deeply into the blind leading the blind here but my guess is that if you click on USER CP and then EDIT OPTIONS you might find that you have set up so that your reputation has been disabled (= little black box) rather than made visible (= little green boxes)
fletty

Originally Posted by fletty

we are now deeply into the blind leading the blind here but my guess is that if you click on USER CP and then EDIT OPTIONS you might find that you have set up so that your reputation has been disabled (= little black box) rather than made visible (= little green boxes)
fletty

Thanks fletty - I found my reputation

Originally Posted by orraloon

Jeff,
A good honest little table. Simple is good in this instance. The wood looks a bit like our Tasmanian oak. Fenceposts are often made of good timber. I have only worked black locust the one time when I made a bow from a stave from the US. I was quite taken with it and found it good to work with hand tools. The bow worked very well too. I have been wanting to get my hands on some boards as I think it is a good timber and overlooked. It is grown here as a garden tree but so far I have not seen any milled.
Regards
John

G'day John, Personally I think it's right good wood also and about as hard as a rock. Pity you can't get any lumber from local grown timber, I'm sure someone will put a blade to some timber sooner or later.

We have two kinds of locust around here Honey Locust and Black Locust. Honey Locust is yellow in color, doesn't have much rot resistance and is quite soft compared to Black Locust which is orange in color, highly rot resistant and hard as a rock.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Jeff Mills

Well John it's heavy and HARD I think it would make a great hammer head light passes on the jointer and planer are required and sand till your elbow hurts. I actually thought my ROS was broken, nope it's just really HARD wood... Black Locust is supposed to last 80 years in the ground, I believe it, it's some tough stuff... The wood about whopped me, I finally had to show it who was boss Did I mention it's HARD? I think I did but wanted to drive the point home.

So I guess It was a little hard to work with huh?