Now What Could THIS Be???

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Bree

Bree

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Package arrived today and lo and behold there was wood in the package. I wonder what it could be? Well actually I know exactly what it is but can you guess??

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Must be the USPS delivering to the wrong address again .......I'll PM the correct address to you ... :biggrin:
 
Well time to see what's behind curtain #1...

Tony called the shot right out of the blocks... it is Desert Ironwood from the desert outside of Tucson Arizona. My friend is a locomotive engineer and he went out and tracked down a fallen branch. He had a devil of a time cutting it and ended up using a circular saw. The burn marks are proof of his cutting woes.

It definitely is stinky when you cut it!! I will probably start bandsawing some tomorrow. I had to give it some insecticide treatment first just in case there might be any nasties in the bark or sapwood. No wood comes in without being clean or getting treated!!

Great job Tony and everyone else who said it was DIW!

I hope some nice pens come out of it... ya never know what's inside!! If the heartwood is boring... I can always make some nice ironwood mushrooms!
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1dweeb said:
Hard to cut judging by the picture.
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It's very hard and heavy stuff. I will be cutting it with a Timber Wolf 3/4" blade. It's cut through equally tough stuff including DIW albeit not as thick as this DIW. I just slow down as I cut. I try not to push it too hard or it overheats the blade and doesn't help the cut.

I'll try and take some PIX.
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Didn't you say you were sending some to those who guessed correctly??:biggrin:

My brother gave me a chunk he found in a guys fire wood pile. The guy and my brother didn't have a clue what it was or where it came from, or how it got in the wood pile. We don't have it around here. I have tried several times to drill a hole through pieces of it but haven't succeeded without a blow out. Next time I will try one lathe now that I have the set up tp do it.
 
PaulDoug said:
Didn't you say you were sending some to those who guessed correctly??:biggrin:

My brother gave me a chunk he found in a guys fire wood pile. The guy and my brother didn't have a clue what it was or where it came from, or how it got in the wood pile. We don't have it around here. I have tried several times to drill a hole through pieces of it but haven't succeeded without a blow out. Next time I will try one lathe now that I have the set up tp do it.
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Put some tape around the bottom... you won't blow out strapping tape. I feel very confident of that. I use tape whenever I have a questionable or very high value blank.
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Well I took the small piece of branch and cut it into a 5 1/2" section and about a 3" section. I cut the 3" section into Sierra size blanks... not hard to cut but pretty stinky to be sure. I took some PIX and here they are.

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Darn things look like Honduran Rosewood burl!! LOL!!
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Oh I did get a sixth blank out of it but I forgot it when I took the PIC.
 
First pen is done made from the last blank on the right. I have taken PIX and will post in a separate thread tomorrow. I am going to send the pen to the engineer to give to his conductor friend who has property with the Ironwood trees. Maybe I can get more.
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Bree said:
First pen is done made from the last blank on the right. I have taken PIX and will post in a separate thread tomorrow. I am going to send the pen to the engineer to give to his conductor friend who has property with the Ironwood trees. Maybe I can get more.
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YOU....are SOOOO Smart :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
Well how about this dudes and dudettes... I made an acrylic for the policeman that lives next door awhile back. He came over tonight wanting some refills as he has been using his pen every day.

Anyhoo... I showed him the DIW pen and the wood. I also showed him some of my Hawaiian wood including my curly Koa stash. So he commissions me to make a DIW Cigar from some of the uncut wood for a freind in Arizona who is retiring from law enforcement. And then he wants me to make 2 pens for his mom and dad out of the Koa.

I thought that was pretty cool and unexpected. I like to support our LEOs so I told him that I would do it.
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Policeman ... nextdoor ... wants pens for fellow LEO's, AND Mom and Dad ... hummmmm ... sounds like love to me! Next weekend he will bring Mom and Dad to meet you!

Either way, it seems you have made quite an impression with your 'stash' of wood ya got there, Bree. The wood also has made quite an impression with your fellow IAP members as well! :biggrin:
 
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Fred said:
Policeman ... nextdoor ... wants pens for fellow LEO's, AND Mom and Dad ... hummmmm ... sounds like love to me! Next weekend he will bring Mom and Dad to meet you!

Either way, it seems you have made quite an impression with your 'stash' of wood ya got there, Bree. The wood also has made quite an impression with your fellow IAP members as well! :biggrin:
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Love love love... I am too old for that stuff. I am turning wood now!!
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