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i've never used one always been the type of guy to use my belt sander or i have drums for the drill press too

great job deb... those spoons came out great lol my 3 year old cant take his eyes off them toys i think he wants them... thanks for sharing deb

interesting reading thanks for sharing the link i'd seen on another site about this article but hadnt found it yet

awesome work bill it turned out great

close call there clayton i always wanted to get one of those board stretchers for cases like that i'll be damned if i can find one thou LMAO glad to hear that your frames came out ok blame

its very hard where you can dent pine with your finger nail you cant on hedge and the longer it is around the harder it gets i've actually cut some thats been around drying for over 20 years and without carbide tipped chains we wouldnt of got it cut up. that carbide chain cost $98 and we only used it on 4 logs when we were done i dont think it would of cut green wood without being resharpened!!!

here is an osage orange mallot i made on the lathe the wife uses it to cut thru frozen hamburger lol

hi Bill welcome to t he village! pull up a chain and enjoy . theres alot really cool people here. Blame

hi christina there is a post oak in the white oak family its a hard wood works good but has alot of shrinkage while drying. its one of the few oaks that last next to the ground . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_oak http://www.noble.org/Ag/PlantOfMonth/postoak/index.htm The Leaf The Bark The Boards Post Oak would be sold under "white oak"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_occidentalis The Leaf The Bark The Boards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus_pennsylvanica The Leaf The Bark The Boards

This is whats called the Shagbark Hickory here we also have what is locally called River Hickory which has larger nuts there about 3 times the size of the normal hickory nut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickory The Leaf The Bark The Boards The Nuts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_negundo The Leaf The Bark The Boards This a very rare piece usually you wont find that much red in any piece of the tree but in a burl which are very common

its softer then black walnut and has a very oily feel to it tends to gum up blades with pith so if your going to cut alot you'll want to clean the blades of you saws with pith cleaner or some thing along that lines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage-orange The Leaf The Bark The Boards These Pieces have aged abit when fresh cut hedge is bright yellow

also known as white walnut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_cinerea The Leaf- The top is Black Walnut- Bottom is Butternut - Notice the larger leafs The Bark The Boards

personally i've cut them out on the lathe , scroll saw and used a hole saw and found that its easier to cut them out using the hole saw after i cut them out i used a bolt to chuck them in my drill and turned them on my disk sander just make sure you cut slowly otherwise it takes out big chunks when cutting blame

i like that green looks better then the yellow

great job bill-g did you make the frame? blame

hi bill-g no worries glad your here and welcome aboard blame

your welcome i'm glad your seeing stuff that you want to find to use blame here is the only pic i can find of the autumn olive

here is the full list of all known oaks worldwide, (most likely incomplete) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quercus_species Northern Red Oak or Champion Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Red_Oak The Leaf The Bark middle aged Older tree Sawn Boards Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_red_oak The Leaf The Bark size=150]Eastern Black Oak[/size] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_velutina California Black Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_kelloggii Scarlet Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_oak Pin Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_oak Shumard Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumard_oak having trouble finding pics for the leaf bark and boards but i will fill them in as i find them blame Note: All Images are copyrighted by there respective Owners

interesting use of parts... amazing job blame

ok most common is the Black Mulberry(defined by color of the fruit) but Red Mulberry is the only native species to the US. mulberry is not commonly sawn for commercial use. and its closest relative is osage orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry The Leaf The Bark wood pictures http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/mulberry.htm

i guess this is not a native US specie. it was brought over from Europe in the early 1900's as a decorative planting (wasnt aware that the early settlers did landscaping either lol ) ok so this is actually a bush not a tree but i felt its note worthy. the US gov sees this as an invasive species now but 20 years ago they sent them out to be planted by the 1000's. but you wont find much that is usable for anything more then pen turnings or stoppers since most doesn't get bigger then 2" around but i know of a piece that is 6" around and maybe 3.5 to 4 ft long that i will be harvesting soon when green it shows varying degrees of color from a chartreuse yellow in the sap wood to very dark brown in the core and in some cases even black its very wild grained very hard but takes glue very well since its a porous wood. on the lathe it cuts easy but tends to dull tools quickly. On the table saw it tends to fray a lot. one thing about this wood is it tends to curl alot while drying even under weight its been a few years since i have worked with any but i'll try to dig up some pictures of some i have sawn up. the leaf the bark NOTE: above images are copyrighted by there respective owners