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We use ploy resin on the swirlie end, inserts came from Echo in Beebe, AR.



Scott (still ducking) B

Duck calls pretty much covered all ducks.
The voicing is done by the user more so then the call itself.

Save some money, get the 'guts' for predator stuff from:...

I have a duck fetish......okay, that sounds really wierd. But I have been biten by the duck call 'bug' and have been having a blast making these during rainy day(s)(I am not milling in heavy, cold,...

Nicely done!

Just purchased a Dewalt 788 for the wife....she's having a blast! Gonna have to show her the 'fishing' one!

What's your preferred blade?

Report them to a 'mod'.....send the 'spam' to them to see.


Scot (bet it'll stop then) B

Luckily, during my last order from them we purchased 16 ounces bags of all the colors we really use a lot. They had the best prices on the market, and I'm figuring the prices on the rest of the...

Wouldn't really say they 'lost the camo look', but there is an abundance of the white to them.
Vertical pouring of blanks pretty much will yield awesome swirling every time you do it, and the 'camo...

Figured If I'm going to get folks to buy them, I need to turn a few of them? Or so I've been told...


This is a fun blank(PR#043), so I figured it should be the first one....

Having turned a hollowform this weekend with the D-way hollowing tool. The spring measuring the distance between cutter head seems the best(cheapest) route with absolutely perfect results(to be read...

Was cleaning up after a great day of turning stuff in the shop with some friends, and the "One-that-must-be-obeyed" walked into the shop carrying a parcel! Well, things don't get much better!!


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Sent 'mkypenturner' a parcel on the 6th of February. Just in case you haven't seen my PM's...wanted you to know.



Scott (like sending a 'kid' away) B

Stunning stuff, and a really big chunk too! Drooling on the keyboard isn't going to help any......what will these slabs you cut get used for?


Scott (course, you know I'll have to move there...

Count me in please!!!
SDB777 - forum name
OS please!


Scott (love doing this one) B

Have you had a chance to get it 'opened' yet? I'd like to see inside....






Scott (bark is cute, slabs are the money) B

Sometimes bent, or leaning trees will have some fiddle from the stress in the timber...


Scott (ERC shows under limbs) B

I've seen this timber used for everything from chests, pens, bottle stoppers, small boxes, mantles for fireplaces, if you can think of a use for timber in general....you can pretty much use ERC for...

Did it look like this inside? Nothing done to the photo, this is how this stuff here looks when you crack those logs open. The purple will fade some over time...but WOW!!!


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Eastern Red Cedar....I have plenty of that stuff!


Looks like bacon on a board sometimes!! Raw logs on the left, and milled stuff on the right....

My question(s) would stem from just never having seen this 'tree'.

Is this one tree with a thousand branches?
Will it fall apart once cut on a mill?





Scott (like milling egg noodles) B

Guess I'm in the skeptic club?
Always figured those 'free scan programs' put stuff into the computer, just to tell you it's in there and then say "but for 19.99 a month"....



CC cleaner does...

Yes, this is my backyard....as I'm set up as a 'hobby sawyer', I don't run into troubles that a business probably would. I certainly don't run the mill all the time, just when I need some logs...

Sounds like here....too much guberment involvement.
Hope the price is next to nothing then!






Scott (silly rules are just....silly) B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWuTw49fXd8



Sometimes, big timber is just not what the customer ordered. Had a few chunks of Southern Red Oak{Quercus falcata} that has some fairly nice...

Little confused....

These pieces are 'waste' from a sawmill.
And you pay for the 'waste' because they have to get rid of it.




Why?

A Black & White offering.....
This one is shot while waiting on a customer to arrive. A couple of chunks of Southern Red Oak, put on my LT-10 in an improvised 'jig'.


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After going to the south side of Cabot, and looking over some timber. Figured it was time to make some sawdust....yup, everything was right where I left it.
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A little chunk milling on the WM LT10....

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3844/14367809674_40e7434546_b.jpg


Southern Red Oak{Quercus falcate}, just a small chunk. The 'jig' holds well enough,...

Thought I'd share something a little different(at least for y'all), this was a paid milling I did on a piece of Green Ash{Fraxinus pennsylvanica}. The tree was standing dead for an unknown length of...

Keeping with the spirit of the swap, Bob and I did do our swap here. I gave mine to him while at the Februaury IAP Chapter Meeting, and his came home with my wife while he was dropping off blanks...

Be easy to pop the sprocket off and get the number. Use the number to find out what you are dealing with.

OR

Purchase a sprocket of your choosing, then purchase a bar and chain.




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Hoping my stuff is well on the way(maybe delivered?) to my pen swap partner!
I did receive mine. And I took a few photo's of it, with the bonus blanks that accompanied the parcel. I must say,...

Sent my PM to Tangoman

Don't need to send one to BSea, considering he is a 'partner'(we carry his PR blanks on my website).......




Scott (weirdness) B

Scott(SDB777), United States, 2 pens, overseas=yes



Thanks Bob for pointing this out to me! Almost overlooked this one, an I would have been bummed!

Technically, Eastern Red Cedar in the States is also a Juniper or "Juniperus virginiana". As I have never handled any 'cedar' from your country, I can't comment on the 'hardness' between the two...

Unfortunately, work kept me from glueing up anything this past four days, so I stacked a bunch of rings off the RingMaster today and glued them. Well, I I didn't feel like mowing the lawn today(wife...

Previously, I had this bowl wearing a two inch pedestal that was made from PR casting I had laying around, it didn't 'work' well with the piece. So I took the advise given to me and used a different...

Tired of just cutting chunks of wood for everyone else to have fun with! Time to use some of those pieces I've obtained from swaps and such... So I went out in the garage(shop) and spun up a few.
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I have no idea what a 'fire brumby' is, but it sounds gnarly!


Thanks for the kind words!!

Scott (too hot to turn) B

It's true....I'm addicted to spalt!
I am getting ready to start making Eastern Red Cedar beams soon. Everything will be 8-1/2"sq x at least 8'lengths for a 'post-n-beam' frame. It'll be the frame...

Here's the video of the cutting, [edited=both videos are loaded]



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXkqOa9JHG4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUKiWtJ1zVEF1JXdGyQ76fPw


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Today was awesome, at least until it got too warm for me. Ever notice how the heat just sneaks up on ya? One minute everything is going okay, and the next you can find any more breeze and shade! ...

Even with the air conditioner running in the garage(wife has a portable unit that vents out the garage door), it still is kind of hot. Got it from a humid/hot 56%/95*F-heat index of 106*F, down to...

Those Executive long clickers are an excellent way of showing off a blank! Are you casting vertical or in a flat mold? There is a unique swirl happening in these!!
Very interesting name you gave...

I'd be interested in seeing a detailed pictorial showing your method....

I only put this out there due to the overwhelming responses in the penturning area by folks saying my photo's are...

Thanks for the kind words....


Scott (I am humbled before the true masters here) B

I think my head just got too big to fit through the doorway....how will I ever get to the bathroom, or back to the lathe?

Thanks for the kind words....it's all in the timber, I just found what...

Alaskan Yellow Cedar burl! Woohoo!!!!

This stuff is also one species that carries a few 'common names'....but { Cupressus nootkatensis } can never be anything but awesome(at...

Next up! How many names can a species be given before it gets confusing? Easy.....a LOT!!

This is a chunk of stuff I have very little of, so it isn't offered on the website, and I'm keeping what...

I use the photo's with different EV settings. A camera has a limited amount of 'range'(seeing from light to dark), and the eye eyes' range is huge. The processing tries to bring the camera lense...

Straying from CA lately, having issues with burning, puffy eyes....so I went back to using friction polish, and then wax.


Scott (no more burning eye) B