Christopher K. Hartley
05-13-2006, 6:07 PM
Stu, your draw is :
Here is my entry for the swap meet. It is a little mesquite blank that came off a tree on my parents ranch. It is roughly 6.25" in diameter and 4" tall. The ranch is in Texas between Shiner and Yoakum. The blank was anchorsealed very quickly after cutting it off the tree so it is very green. The branch was cut off a healthy tree around April 7. Mesquite is extremely hard, very stable and all around a great wood to turn. From the same branch as this piece, I've cut a blank, turned the bowl, sanded and finished the bowl all within 24 hours. No cracks and no warping!
(See Pic) From Tom Jones
Joe, you may keep this wood or steal from the previous blanks revealed. Tell us what you want to do. (Stealing means you can switch your draw for anyone elses that has been revealed. Once a drawn blank has been stolen 3 times it can not be stolen again.) The number before the name is the number of times stolen.
Steal choices are:
(1) Red Bud Burl http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...3&d=1147531903 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38423&d=1147531903)
(1) aspen http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...2&d=1147315556 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38232&d=1147315556)
(2) catalpa http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...7&d=1147209165 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38157&d=1147209165)
(1) Live Oak http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...9&d=1147308565 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38219&d=1147308565)
(0) Sugar Maple http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...2&d=1147546227 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38442&d=1147546227)
(1) Box Elder http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...9&d=1147531589
(0) Elm http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...3&d=1147547341
(0) Sakura http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...4&d=1147549130
(0) Ash http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...5&d=1147550969
(0) Type ? ( name not given) 7 x 7 x 6 Some spalting in the sap wood. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...7&d=1147551457 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38447&d=1147551457) John names it Dunno wood.
(0) Mesquite http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38452&d=1147556266
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Here is my entry for the swap meet. It is a little mesquite blank that came off a tree on my parents ranch. It is roughly 6.25" in diameter and 4" tall. The ranch is in Texas between Shiner and Yoakum. The blank was anchorsealed very quickly after cutting it off the tree so it is very green. The branch was cut off a healthy tree around April 7. Mesquite is extremely hard, very stable and all around a great wood to turn. From the same branch as this piece, I've cut a blank, turned the bowl, sanded and finished the bowl all within 24 hours. No cracks and no warping!
(See Pic) From Tom Jones
Joe, you may keep this wood or steal from the previous blanks revealed. Tell us what you want to do. (Stealing means you can switch your draw for anyone elses that has been revealed. Once a drawn blank has been stolen 3 times it can not be stolen again.) The number before the name is the number of times stolen.
Steal choices are:
(1) Red Bud Burl http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...3&d=1147531903 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38423&d=1147531903)
(1) aspen http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...2&d=1147315556 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38232&d=1147315556)
(2) catalpa http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...7&d=1147209165 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38157&d=1147209165)
(1) Live Oak http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...9&d=1147308565 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38219&d=1147308565)
(0) Sugar Maple http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...2&d=1147546227 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38442&d=1147546227)
(1) Box Elder http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...9&d=1147531589
(0) Elm http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...3&d=1147547341
(0) Sakura http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...4&d=1147549130
(0) Ash http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...5&d=1147550969
(0) Type ? ( name not given) 7 x 7 x 6 Some spalting in the sap wood. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...7&d=1147551457 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38447&d=1147551457) John names it Dunno wood.
(0) Mesquite http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38452&d=1147556266
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