My favorite coffee cup, an orange FHC mug, has finally cracked. I'd love to buy a new one. But, there's not one in the store. Will they be...
I really doubt those white keys are solid ivory. More than likely they have a thin layer of ivory laminated onto something really stable like...
Dogwood is very hard. It makes great wooden mallet heads and gluts (a large wooden wedge used when splitting logs into quarters.) If you know...
Wondering about that top wood. Mulberry bark has small horizontal marks. I don't see those. Could it be Osage Orange? Buck County, PA is in...
All of the old tobacco barns around here were made with the stuff. It makes great sheathing for a shed or shop.
Not really. There's a fair amount of spread in how twisted it can get. Some of it can be fairly straight. I was told used heartwood from Gum...
Oh, Man. you're leading a great life. That tree is a plague. I've cut up and split way too much of it. It's a quick-growth tree. This area...
It makes great splitting stumps and anvil bases. Buddy of mine does a lot of woodworking by splitting with a Froe. I gave him one of these 20...
Do you ever get critters in between those rows? Looks like it would make a prime nesting spot for a fox. Gorgeous stacks.
I will spend that wisely. =) By the way, the 5:1 ration of attaboys to ohchits is for the workplace. With the wife the ratio is much...
That's Eastern Black Oak. The yellow pigment under the bark is the giveaway. My uncle used to call it "Yellow Oak." Although that one has a...
Copperheads are nasty. They're territorial. And, they like to cluster up. If it's chilly they'll get in a ball. If you're in the woods and...
That's impressive. They blended right in.
Oak roots aren't deep, however. The fans may be big. But, if you dig around those and cut them the actual stump will pull easily. There's no...
Poplar makes nice boards. A lot of tobacco barns were built with it around here. A chainsaw mill would pay for itself pretty quickly if you have...
I've burned tons of Sweet Gum over the years. And, I hand-split it. The biggest trick is to stack the rounds for a year. After that they pop...
I split it all by hand; about 4 cords a year. Love it.
That last pic, bottom right round has a big old blue stain from a nail. That was close. I normally only see that AFTER I've dinged a chain.
This is why I really advocate stripping the bark from Red Oak where the sapwood has already turned punky. This piece of bark is off of a Red Oak...
Get the bark off. When that sapwood gets punky like that on Red Oak the bark will be hiding all manner of bug grubs. Once the bark is off it's...
