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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:09:37 PM EDT
Friday night, I was at a friends house BSing with him in his shop. I glanced down at his wood pile next to the wood stove, and a piece of firewood caught my eye. After a closer look, I talked him out of it, and asked him to save a few more larger pieces when he cuts up the rest of the log.
During the initial shaping with the chainsaw, I discovered the center was rotten, so that limited my choices. But, I did find a piece that was large enough for a small gravy ladle. Beautiful wood, with lots of fiddleback and birdseye. I managed to burn up the flex shaft on my Dremel tool (due to the hard knot in the bowl of the spoon), but it was worth it. Nice to get lost in a a small project like that over the weekend, with the radio on, out in the shop.      
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:14:29 PM EDT
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Damn!...
So what you are telling us is that you spent your weekend playing with your wood?... Honestly, that is very cool!, You have skills. 
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:21:37 PM EDT
[#2]
Nothing new about that..... 'cept this wasn't actually MY wood..  |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:22:35 PM EDT
[#3]
You can create something like that and not build an AR?
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:33:22 PM EDT
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SSSAAAAWWWWWHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:40:26 PM EDT
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lol, never said I couldn't.... just don't know how. |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:46:16 PM EDT
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I am impressed .... and overcome w/ extreme envy.
I can barely play w/ 'my wood' for more than a few minutes and I am done.  |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 2:48:47 PM EDT
[#7]
Holly crap thats looks nice....
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Posted: 2/12/2006 3:03:49 PM EDT
[#8]
He's a closet hippy!
Next he'll tell us about the milk and cheese he gets from his goats. 
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Posted: 2/12/2006 3:42:06 PM EDT
[#9]
Wow! Your wood looks awesome!
 Great job ODT.
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Posted: 2/12/2006 3:48:50 PM EDT
[#10]
Very nice OdT!
What did you finish it with? That kind of talent should be able to make wood stocks for an AR. That would blow some minds! |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 4:03:22 PM EDT
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Since this will be used with food, hot & cold, the only finish on it is vegetable oil. I wanted to stain it a bit darker, but I didn't want it tainting the food taste any, so it's 'el natural'. (cooking oil is common for sealing wooden spoons, cutting boards, or other wooden kitchen utensils) |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 6:05:22 PM EDT
[#12]
That is very beautiful, ODT.
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Posted: 2/12/2006 6:34:21 PM EDT
[#13]
I'll take a set.
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Posted: 2/12/2006 7:13:59 PM EDT
[#14]
Olive, peanut, etc. oil? |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 7:25:03 PM EDT
[#15]
That was going to be my question. I've read and been told many times that spalted wood should never be used with food. The fungus that caused the black figure will supposedly make you sick. But then I've made several cutting boards with purpleheart and its supposed to be a gastro-intestinal irritant. Very nice piece though. You do good work. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 5:14:23 AM EDT
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Thanks. I honestly don't know and haven't heard of that..... I'd think that if there was serious health risk, the amount of the black stuff that went through my lungs over the past couple days would have shown some signs. But, maybe I should do a little googleing before puting it to use. Thanks for the heads up. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 6:39:34 AM EDT
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You're an asshole 
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Posted: 2/13/2006 6:51:44 AM EDT
[#18]
Could be worse.
And, you're lucky I didn't hear my phone last night! 
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Posted: 2/13/2006 6:53:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/13/2006 7:19:45 AM EDT
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So, do you macrame too?
  Seriously, that's really good work - all that from a WECSOG Dremel? |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 8:10:22 AM EDT
[#21]
Found this:
Safety Alert: When making a tabletop that will come into contact with food -- such as this butcher-block -- be sure that the woods you use for the top surface are food-safe. One wood to avoid, for example, is spalted maple. The spalting is caused by a fungus that can be toxic. It came from this article: Butcher Block tables I used to have a reference that listed all the dangerous woods and their toxicity. I do know that a good dust collection system or respirator should be used with the exotics and several of the common woods. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 9:06:30 AM EDT
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Well Einstein looks like you built yourself a nice implement for beating the kids.
ETA - Way to fuck up a nice piece of firewood. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 9:39:24 AM EDT
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Funny you should mention that, cause this one looks a lot like the one that belonged to my father, which landed on top of my noggin more than once, when I was caught rubbernecking the TV from the dinner table.  Anyhow, thanks for the link XD_Fan. I did a few more searches, and am left with this summary of the threat; "....that the evidence is anecdotal, mainly from one individual's apparent allergic sensitivity, and not based on an epidemiology study." (quoted from one of the pages I found) Most all the information I could find was based on respiratory problems in individuals, that came from breathing the dust created when working the spalted wood. Didn't find much on using it for or with food. Anyhow, there's lots of stuff in the grocery store marked as "food" that's hardly even close to food.... I consider the spoon low-risk by comparison. If I'm wrong, you'll read about it in the paper.... "Man dies - Chokes on his own wood!" Read all about it!
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Posted: 2/13/2006 9:49:25 AM EDT
[#24]
Nice wood
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Posted: 2/13/2006 10:08:29 AM EDT
[#25]
IBR-32
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Posted: 2/13/2006 10:14:56 AM EDT
[#26]
Hehehe, he said wood.
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Posted: 2/13/2006 12:25:54 PM EDT
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I'm just repeating what I've heard and read. Most of the articles and people also say that your food probably has a higher count of spores and bacteria than the wood you using. You are very correct about the dust being a big issue. I meet James Krenov several years ago. He told me one of the big reasons he does not use power tools very much is the severe reactions he has to wood dust. I know over the years Maple dust has become an irritant to me. My eyes look like I've been on a two bender if I don't run the dust collector full time when I'm working it. Still a great looking spoon though. 1GR is just jealous. All he can do with firewood is make a fire. And he has to use gasoline to start it at that. Hmmmm...that explains a lot of the eyebrow stuff now. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 12:47:09 PM EDT
[#28]
Thanks XD, I'm glad that you brought it up, since I'd never even heard of it. Always good to know of any health or safety risks!
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Posted: 2/13/2006 12:53:17 PM EDT
[#29]
Stand by for pictures. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 4:11:56 PM EDT
[#30]
Yes, but will you have eyebrows in the pictures?
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Posted: 2/13/2006 8:43:08 PM EDT
[#31]
Someone has 1GR confused with SARS. WTF? 
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Posted: 2/14/2006 9:04:42 AM EDT
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OdT, here's what I use for a dust collector
 Most of stuff ends up in the can but some of the stuff still manages to get pulled on through into the bags. Only thing I don't really have good dust control on is the sliding chop saw. The can inlet has a 90 elbow so you get a nice spiral flow for good separation. |
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Posted: 2/14/2006 9:07:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2006 9:52:52 AM EDT
[#34]
Cool setup! Whats it cost and how much space does it take up? I don't have any dust collection setup, except for those annoying bags on the portable power tools, and a broom. My woodworking experience is pretty limited.... just the occaisional nessesity, and I've done some rifle stock work. (usually buy 90% inletted blanks and finish them from there.) So, I don't really have the setup a real woodworker would want.... just normal carpentry tools, and a few Dremels. (I'm a builder by trade). I do have a few more projects in mind for this winter, and am starting on a benchrest pistol stock project today after I clean up the mess from the spoon.  But as much fun as the spoon was, I'm thinking of a few more ideas that I think would be fun to turn out. Maybe a dust collection system would be wise at some point...Hopefully 1GR will post a pic or two of his recent project. Not to mention that he's a god with metal fabrication, he's also no slouch on the home improvement stuff either. He actually does some very nice work..... in spite of his personality.
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Posted: 2/14/2006 12:06:13 PM EDT
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OdT
I orginally got the idea from another woodworker that I used to work with. Delta and other have made a lid that fits on a trashcan for some time. While poking around looking for one I ran across this first stage separator kit and bought one. Makes a huge difference in the working conditions in the shop. I don't have to wear a mask went sanding and have even made a floor sweeper out of PVC to clean up the crap on the floor. Only problem I've had with it is the times when I've not had a tight grip on something and it gets sucked out of my hand and into the can! I know 1GR is pretty handy. He has posted some very nice looking work here in the past. I'm just trying to get him to post more pictures of neat stuff that I can then copy. ETA: 1GR has personality issues!? 
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Posted: 2/14/2006 12:42:42 PM EDT
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That sounds like my kind of setup. If I keep this stuff up, I'll need to do something. I usually just open the shop doors and window.... but this time of year is too damned cold for that old trick.
Do you know anything about dyeing/staining woods? On the bench pistol I mentioned before, I bought some poplar wood for it, due the green colors it has. But after working with it for a few minutes this afternoon, I don't think it's green enough for what I want. Have you ever seen green woodstain, or made any of your own stains out of anything? I know it's possible, but I don't know how. Clothing dye maybe...? Here's a peek at what I'm starting on, with the new fore-end roughed out. I'll do the grip panels next, hopefully tomorrow.  
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Posted: 2/14/2006 12:50:37 PM EDT
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Depends on how green you want to go. Aniline dyes are used for toys since they're non-toxic. They come in a lot of different colors and wood tones. You'll have to play with them a bit to get the right color. Poplar takes stains very well.
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Posted: 2/14/2006 12:57:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2006 5:03:45 PM EDT
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In washington you boys see a piece of wood like that and think "Oh! A spoon!"
Texans see wood like that and think "BBQ, Beer, Babes!" A bunch of slack jawed tree-huggers. TRG |
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Posted: 2/14/2006 5:06:31 PM EDT
[#40]
Welcome to the tree murdering capital of the world... enough wood for all purposes. 
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Posted: 2/14/2006 5:09:59 PM EDT
[#41]
Sure thing, SpoonBoy. TRG |
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Posted: 2/14/2006 5:34:40 PM EDT
[#42]
Don't you have some sage or rocks to harvest, or some (valentines day)phone calls to make to a lost love or something? Jealousy is an ugly thing. |
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