In my spare time I cut blocks for a childrens charity. I get dunnage donated from my favorite woodworking store and process that into blocks of varying shapes and sizes. I cut the (very) rough timbers down to manageable size, then run it through the jointer to get a square corner.
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Until I get those first couple passes on the jointer, I have no idea what the wood actually looks like.
Sometimes I get a nice surprise!
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This is poplar, with an amazing royal blue stripe in a pink and maroon field.
In the past couple of years that I've been cutting blocks I've come across several surprises, almost always in poplar. I started saving some special blocks in my "hall of fame". My favorite is the one with all the colors. Sadly the pink tones are fading a bit with time. There will be new addition pretty soon.
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