my family and friends look at me the same way to. Beautiful would!
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| Author: | mcgr40 [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:12 am ] |
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Some Tennessee walnut I rescued from a guy cutting iti into gunstocks |
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| Author: | mcgr40 [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:18 am ] |
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That didn't work the way I planned. I wanted to add this pic of hondo rosewood from guatemala I cut. I just had nobody to show these pieces to, so I was posting them here. When I show wood to my friends and family, they look at me oddly. I thought tge walnut was the best eastern black I had ever seen, so I talked(paid) the gut to stop cutting it into gunstocks. The hondo rosewood is really beautiful, me thinks. I still need to cut the sides for the HRW. |
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| Author: | micahmed [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:58 am ] |
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| my family and friends look at me the same way to. Beautiful would! |
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| Author: | CharlieT [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:45 am ] |
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Oh my...those are gorgeous, Mike (wiping the drool off my keyboard).  None of my friends or family have any appreciation for wood either, so I feel your pain. |
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| Author: | Bryan Bear [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:57 am ] |
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mcgr40 wrote: When I show wood to my friends and family, they look at me oddly. Must resist urge to make joke about showing your wood. . . oops. That walnut is wonderful, I wish I could stumble across some of that! |
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| Author: | joe white [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:11 pm ] |
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Reminds me of the time my wife had all her lady friends over. They were talking about my guitar building adventure and my wife excitedly asked if they wanted to go downstairs and see Joe's wood. There was a brief silence followed by a roar of laughter, my wife turned the prettiest shade of red! None of my family or friends "get" the wood thing either. I need some new friends. 
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:14 pm ] |
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My wife is same , but when she fusses I mention the LARGE amount of quilting ,material in her sewing room and she usally shuts up
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| Author: | mcgr40 [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what I cut this week |
Always been proud of my wood, this walnut especially, as it was a 4 inch flitch the guy had sold a couple of gunstocks from on the ebay- but I could see it had the pith right in the center of it and would make two perfect quarters for sets- assuming there was no misery hiding inside or a million other things that could go wrong do- Surely it is purdier at guitars than gunstocks. |
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| Author: | CharlieT [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:34 pm ] |
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The term "wood porn" comes to mind.  mcgr40 wrote: Surely it is purdier at guitars than gunstocks. Indeed! ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") I have a beautiful billet of claro walnut that was sold as a rifle stock billet. I plan to use it for a higher purpose. 
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| Author: | mcgr40 [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:55 pm ] |
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Gunstocks should be crotch walnut, save the stable quartered stuff for guitars. I thought it was a public service I was performing. I don't see anyway to make a bookmatched shotgun. My wife has never offered to let any of her firends see my wood. I will ask her why tonite. I muchly enjoy that story. Thanks for the validation. |
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| Author: | cphanna [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:05 pm ] |
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That is a nice score on the walnut. It would have made nice premium gun stocks, too, but what the heck. You'll get more individual pieces out of the stash than the stock maker, and it ought to make some beautiful instruments. I love black walnut in all its forms--even the plain figured stuff. |
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| Author: | CharlieT [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:04 pm ] |
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mcgr40 wrote: My wife has never offered to let any of her firends see my wood. I will ask her why tonite. Don't ask the question unless you're prepared to hear the answer. 
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| Author: | mcgr40 [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:10 pm ] |
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anybody who collects wood already has a pretty thick skin |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:21 pm ] |
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Beautiful walnut! My wife appreciates beauty in natural material, just no the amount of financial return that it generates for us! I find that most people are interested in this...to a point. Then their eyes start to glaze over and I stop. With very few people do I ever get to the interesting parts. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:07 pm ] |
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WudWerkr wrote: My wife is same , but when she fusses I mention the LARGE amount of quilting ,material in her sewing room and she usally shuts up SNAP! |
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| Author: | Chris aka Sniggly [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:06 pm ] |
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I've actually been caught playing with my wood................... 
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