Any woodworkers?

Always good to have friends you can barter with. He gets a few free dove hunts on my fields every year so we both win.

 

thats great! Problem out west is the stuff I like using is not as common as in the east. There was a pic on a forum of a huge pile of walnut someone cut up for fire wood!!!!!! I almost cried...

 

The cherry I'm turning now came out of a firewood stack. Have some pecan and hickory saved from the smoker that makes real pretty turnings but the stuff is hard as a brick!

 

By the way, if you guys use friction polish I have a recipe I can share that will save you a bundle.

 

A live edge western maple slab for my kids new house. 48” at the butt and 36” at the narrow end. The picture doesn’t do the colour and figure justice.

 

I cant remember now if i got hickory or birch...but both are hard! Im thinking birch since theres not that many knots.

 

Here is the friction polish recipe for anyone interested. Sure beats buying it in little bottles from Hutt.

 

nice! saved for future use!

 

how did you get the burn in with sandpaper and not break the cloth? Mine usually heats up and snaps...

 

Just lucky I guess. I use this stuff, it holds together very well.

$19 Peachtree Woodworking Supply Boxed Multi-Roll Assorted Abrasive Rolls for Wood Turners, Wood, Metal Workers, Automotive Body Work in Assorted Grits, Includes 150, 240, 320, 400 and 600 Grit Rolls

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045WIZHO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_IxWpDbBYKWJSC

 

Current project: king size bed with integrated nightstands.

 

Those notes are oh so important!

 

ah I had some of that but ran out, was using some different stuff...

 

Loads up pretty quick as well. Willing to bet pretty much all the sandpaper rolls like this do. Heck, they are most likely all made at the same place with just different labels.