I have to pass up this wood...

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Dario

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While visiting my in-laws last weekend, I came across this wood (Huisache) just around the corner from their house but I have to pass it up (no chainsaw and no storage). :(

Base diameter is about 36" and would have yielded a few descent bowl blanks.
 

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I can only imagine the grain/figure in that one. I think I would have knawed off a piece of that, at least somthing for a pen. Comes with an aluminum can for an accent too.
 
Is huisache a nice wood? When we were in Mexico back in January, the guys running the orphanage had a big huisache "orchard" for feeding goats. I thought about trying to get some to take back, but settled for some of the darkest mesquite I'd ever seen.

Coming across Eagle Pass back into the States, the customs agent looked my stuff over VERY thoroughly since carrying firewood in your suitcase apparently makes you look suspect.
 
Dario I have a chain saw that has seen alot of mesquite and some huisache, Not too sure what the difference is. You can borrow my chainsaw if you want I think I have 2 sharp chains and a 20 in bar. That is too pretty a wood to pass up.
 
Lupe,

Sorry for the confusion. I do have a chainsaw but due to my recent move...it is in Austin now. I can bring it back to cut the wood but the wood maybe gone by weekend.

Another issue is storage and hauling. My new apartment cannot handle anymore and I am also afraid of over loading my only (aging but faithful and reliable) car (sedan).

I do appreciate the offer very much :) THANKS!!!
 
redfishsc said:
Is huisache a nice wood? When we were in Mexico back in January, the guys running the orphanage had a big huisache "orchard" for feeding goats. I thought about trying to get some to take back, but settled for some of the darkest mesquite I'd ever seen.
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Huisache is nice but I personally prefer Mesquite over it. Biggest advantage of Huisache is the color mix/swirl of light and pink wood. The base are usually nicely figured too because of the typical swirling trunk as you can see on this pic.
 
Lol, Dario you should have heard the various ways I butchered pronouncing huisache. I caught it the first time they said it, but the next day I was going to ask them if they had any cut into firewood where I could take a snag home for a pen. That's when the trouble started and they started laughing.

Cuales son esos arboles? wee-ache? weeche? hootchie?
 
el_d said:
A hootchie pen would be worth seeing, much less a whole tree of them...
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Lord only knows what "hootchie" means in their dialect, considering what it can mean here in Spanglish.


When I was there, I went to a grocery store with one of the Mexicans from the orphanage, and I pointed out the "Bimbo" bread stand. I explained to him why you don't say "bimbo" in America unless you want a good slapping. He got a huge kick out of that!

Not that it stops them. There's a bread truck here in Wake Forest I see riding around all the time with big, blue letters "BIMBO"
 
Dario,
got your solution...

1) Borrow that chainsaw with the nice blades.
2) Stop by th ePost Office for a bunch of flat rate boxes
3) Cut and fill, repeat as necessary
4) Tape up boxes, I'll send you the mailing labels:D
5) Keep a couple pieces for yourself;)
6) run to the PO, I'll kick in $10 for gas, plus the postage

no regrets for leaving the wood to be "wasted", no storage, it's all mailed out, no cost, I pay gas and shipping....

Sounds like a perfect plan, now get to it!:rolleyes:
 
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