View Full Version : Walnut from Modesto!
Chris Padilla
09-08-2004, 2:37 PM
Some of you might recall Mark Rios selling off pretty much all of his woodworking stuff and this included some cool walnut he got from a downed tree near his property in Modesto, CA.
Most of it are shorts but there some very pretty figure and color in quite a bit of the tree.
I also hauled away some large chunks that I will resaw up later on and dry but it'll be a bit before I get to those pieces.
A lot of this is the root ball and so there is some interesting stuff.
Interspersed within the walnut are some maple planks (10/4, 10' long, 8-12" widths). I didn't do a 100% proper stickering process as I ran out of sticker type material and time quite frankly. Nothing is sealed whatsoever and I doubt I'll do it since it is mostly shorts. We'll see what comes of it.
Should be fun when I get to slicing up those trunks.... :D
Dick Parr
09-08-2004, 3:34 PM
Very nice Chris. You should get a lot of good wood out of that. Looks like lots of turning material there. :D
Chris Padilla
09-08-2004, 3:37 PM
Too bad I'm not a turner!! :eek: :rolleyes:
Kurt Aebi
09-08-2004, 3:54 PM
Chris,
Now you too can buy a [I]Spinny Thing[I] and join us converts on the DARK SIDE!
Really, though, NICE SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!
Some awesome pieces you got there
Jim Becker
09-08-2004, 4:44 PM
Too bad I'm not a turner!!
I was just going to say that those root-ball thingies are a turner's nirvana. My address is... :p :D
Chris Padilla
09-08-2004, 4:48 PM
There is a fairly square-block of walnut on top the stack there near the shed window...I'm bringing that to the CSBBQ!! :D Maybe Ken can turn me a goblet or something!! :D
Michael Stafford
09-08-2004, 5:22 PM
Good looking wood and a mighty cute junior woodchuck you've got there!
Dan Mages
09-08-2004, 7:32 PM
Ooooh. That walnut looks wonderful!! Nice score!
Dan
Steve Jenkins
09-08-2004, 8:05 PM
The last pic is absolutely great and the wood ain't bad either.Steve
Steve Clardy
09-08-2004, 8:30 PM
Nice haul Chris. Looks like it was cut with a Bandmill.
Steve
Michael Perata
09-08-2004, 9:52 PM
Chris
I was out on Hwy 132 heading to Modesto on Friday and passed an orchard being rooted. Must've been 30 acres of mature Walnut. Sigh!
Chris Padilla
09-09-2004, 10:18 AM
Nice haul Chris. Looks like it was cut with a Bandmill.
Steve
Nope...he used his Griz BS and then the large chunks it was a chainsaw and when that wouldn't start, it was a bigfoot 10" circular saw coupled with a Makita sawzall!! :eek:
I should be able to muscle those chunks through my MM20.
Chris Padilla
09-09-2004, 10:20 AM
Chris
I was out on Hwy 132 heading to Modesto on Friday and passed an orchard being rooted. Must've been 30 acres of mature Walnut. Sigh!
Mike,
I must've been blind because 132 is what I took coming back from Modesto. My truck couldv'e taken on a bit more walnut! :D Perhaps we should go visit this walnut orchard?? :D
Ken Salisbury
09-09-2004, 10:39 AM
Maybe Ken can turn me a goblet or something!! :D
If I was gonna be there I would be glad to do that. However, I will not be able to make the BBQ due to a prior comittment.
Larry Browning
09-09-2004, 2:41 PM
Hey Chris,
Why not take a couple of those chunks and cut them up into pen blanks and bring them with you to the BBQ to donate to the FPP? I am bringing about 200 walnut and cherry blanks. The more the merrier.
Larry
Chris Padilla
09-09-2004, 2:51 PM
Can do, Larry. What is a typical pen blank size? 3/4" all around by how long? 6"?
Larry Browning
09-09-2004, 3:59 PM
Can do, Larry. What is a typical pen blank size? 3/4" all around by how long? 6"?
That is the size I mostly made. I also made a few that were 7/8" square. I think 6" length is pretty standard. But I had a couple that were only 5 - 5 1/2 that I think are acceptable.
Larry
Chris Padilla
09-09-2004, 4:08 PM
Okay, I'll sort through my neat stack (groan! :) ) and pic out some slabs and rip 'em up and crosscut 'em! :)
nic obie
09-09-2004, 4:47 PM
Chris,
It looks like you did pretty good.
Chris Padilla
09-09-2004, 5:10 PM
Thanks for the comments, everyone.
I'm looking forward to resawing those trunks on the MM20 but it'll be a bit before I get around to it. I think there will be some awesome figure in them. As always, I'll keep the forum informed when the time arrives! :D
Steve Clardy
09-09-2004, 5:48 PM
I'll be bringing a lot of pen blanks also. Several hundred,:)
along with my Eureka system to demo, and--------drumroll----
another doorprize!!!!:eek:
Steve
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