Shop full of blanks!

[Jim Ketron]

Well My shelves are running over I have Ambrosia Maple Blanks all over the shop, and I still have a pile to cut up and seal! most all of these blanks have some nice markings along with a little curl. They should make for some nice turning stock! I plan to keep some for myself and sell some on ebay to help the tool fund out a little. I will be posting a few on ebay at a time in the next few weeks. I have many large sized bowl blanks along with a few smaller ones from 20" down to 7" round:D So if any of you all are interested, my ebay ID is jkketron and you can just search for ambrosia maple to find them.
Thanks
Jim

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[Jim Becker]

Well, blankety-blank!!! :) Nice bit of turning stock you have there, Jim...'hope you like to turn ambrosia!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Dang Jim if I would have known you were running short on storage space I could have rented a U-Haul when I was in Virginia and stored some for you here in Kansas.:eek: :D Looks like a good bit of turning wood there. I will be watching ebay.

[Joe Tonich]

Whatchootawkinabout? LOOK at all that floor space. Just remember to put em on pallets.....

[Dennis Peacock]

Hey Jim.....

How are you identifying a tree that has ambrosia??? I'd like to know if there's a way to tell the difference between a maple without and one with ambrosia.

[Corey Hallagan]

Yup, nice stock pile Jim! You have been busy!

Corey

[Jim Ketron]

Hey Jim.....

How are you identifying a tree that has ambrosia??? I'd like to know if there's a way to tell the difference between a maple without and one with ambrosia.

I have only found The markings in Silver Maple. Some of this wood came from my neighbors yard there was 2 trees same size about 30' appart one had lots of Ambrosia and the other one didn't have one mark!
so it's just a hit or miss thing just like finding red in Box Elder!
There is no way that I know of to tell, untill you cut the tree to see.

[Michael Stafford]

There you go bragging again! Man gets a couple pieces of wood and has to show off.....:p Wow, Jimbo, seeing them all in one place at one time really gives you an appreciation for how much work you did! Good luck!;)

[Adam Howard]

Nice haul, Jim.

Sent you a PM>

[Curt Fuller]

Jim, you must be the Paul Bunyan of Virginia. You come into more pretty wood than anyone I've ever seen. Can't wait to see what comes from that stash.

[Mark Cothren]

Now I'm no expert on blank cuttin', I'll admit... but I just gotta say that those couple of dark brown ones you have hanging on the wall seem just a little thin to me...:cool:

Nice work Jim! Hope you sell a bunch of them on e-bay! You wouldn't hurt my feelings if you posted a few of them for sale in the classifieds here on SMC so I don't have to out-snipe Travis on e-bay...:D

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Oy, that's a nice wood stash, Jim! Saay.... Ya gots any o'dat about 4" in diameter by about... oh... 8" long or so? :)

[Wes Bischel]

Yowsa!

Whatcha waitin' for man! Get turnin'!!

I can imagine small people will need to stay out of the shop for a while - or be lost in all of the curls!!:eek:

Wes

[Jim Ketron]

Oy, that's a nice wood stash, Jim! Saay.... Ya gots any o'dat about 4" in diameter by about... oh... 8" long or so? :)

I have not cut any that size but I have some cut offs that I plan to cut in the next few days I will see what I can do;) I will have lots of nice pen blanks and stopper blanks too! got to do something with those pretty cut offs I don't like to waste good wood!

[John Timberlake]

Great looking wood. Hope to see the finished bowl soon.

[George Conklin]

:( Ah man!!! I'd love to take you up on some blanks , but every time I get some from out of state, they crack almost instantly as soon as they get a whiff of the 0% humidity. It doesn't matter how they're sealed, they're doomed:mad:

I had a guy send me a beautiful piece of walnut. It was coated in sealer and in an air tight postal bag. Within minutes of opening the bag, the blank developed a big ol' honkin crack:mad: .

Sorry to vent. Living in the desert has some disadvantages

[John Miliunas]

Dang, great haul, Jim! Can't speak for the chunks you sell, trade, give away or otherwise don't use but, I'm sure the "keepers" will turn into magnificent pieces!!! :) :cool:

[Ernie Nyvall]

Nice bunch of blanks Jim. Hope you do well in he auction.

Ernie