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From firewood to ash shovel handle

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  1. Ashwatcher

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    That takes up too much stacking area...all you bud
     
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  2. Horkn

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    More like a sticky wicket.
     
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    Ahhh, sounds like you play the "Gentleman's Sport" as papadave calls it....
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    :Yar:.................again.....................
     
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    I've played it, have a set in the garage too. It can only be played as a drinking game at this house though.
     
    Horkn, Mar 6, 2016
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    So The Wood Wolverine, do you have some ash pan heads ready for these beauty sticks you've produced, or ya gonna slap on a standard ash shovel w/ a screw for attachment?
     
    Eric VW, Mar 6, 2016
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  7. The Wood Wolverine

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    This^
    Just too darn tired to do so. Been milling ash all day.
     
    The Wood Wolverine, Mar 6, 2016
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    Sweet! This milling thing seems to be your new vector?.... Any significant grain patterns to speak of?
    I'd say that milling would tucker out a fella, yes?
     
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    The Wood Wolverine, Mar 6, 2016
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    Turned out real nice:thumbs:
     
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    Very neat looking grain, Sir

    x2 on the rifle stock idea. We have some family heirlooms with stocks like that
     
    TurboDiesel, Mar 7, 2016
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    Pun-nee on an early Monday morn.... Nice one:thumbs:
    :rofl: :lol:
     
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  13. Life In Farmland

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    Amazing! They turned out great!
     
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    Finished one.
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    The Wood Wolverine, Mar 7, 2016
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    Now make 99 more and list them in the classified section :D
     
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    I'm on it, lol!
     
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    Fine finished product J :yes:
    I :tip:

    I'd be afraid to use it! It's too awesome looking:binoculars:
    :handshake:
     
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    Beautiful shovel Wood Wolverine! Don't let Babaganoosh see it though-- prolly be illegal to own one in New Jersey! :rofl: :lol:
     
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    I made a coupe more so if anyone is interested, hit me up. $20 shipped sound reasonable? I did just sell one and sent it while @ the UPS store (also shipping a saw). They charged me $12 to send it to OH!!!! So won't be using them again for these.
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    The one with the screw still in it was an experiment in finish recipe. With that one, after 3 layers of analine dye, I soaked a small piece of fine steel wool with boiled linseed oil and schmeared in in for about 15 minutes. After that dried, I used the same finish (Hope's tung oil varnish). Needs another coat IMO, so still experimenting. It really accented the grain of the wood and the figured stripes got much darker.
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    Photographing tiger maple usually is best in natural sunlight, which I did not do. The flash does not do justice.
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    Remeber, these were firewood pieces so there is some "character" in them, and I'm far from an expert on a lathe. Gettin' better though!
     
    The Wood Wolverine, Mar 18, 2016
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    The one I made for my BIL:
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