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lego1970 · 03-12-2011, 01:02 PM

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I know some mills won't touch it because it's hard on equipment, kinda like Osage Orange (hedge). .

Don't underestimate the osage orange - good straight sticks 7 to 8 foot long and four inches diameter plus are worth a bit to traditional bowyers. They like it green, just seal the ends in wax. You can often make more money looking at value-added purposes like musical instrument making and bow making.

As an aside, I had what we call a 'stationary engine' here, a single cylinder Lister running a belt-driven cement mixer and a generator for a couple of years before we got power up. When a mechanic took it down for maintenance before selling it on, we discovered the piston was carved from a block of red gum (a local timber sometimes trees of 2000 yr age). It had worked flawlessly for two years I know of.

That's pretty cool. I'll have to check out Red Gum. One of my Parents friends is great with making small wood working crafts such as cars, working padlocks, and even a hand mixer for the kitchen with working gears made out of wood. He's always showing my exotic pieces of wood that he buy's from around the world. Some of that stuff he shows me doesn't even feel like wood.

Like you said there are some bow makers and fence post people that will take Hedge but otherwise seems like most mills around here won't touch it, nor will loggers. While I lack the connections, I personaly have never been able to make a dollar off of hedge other then for firewood. I only use a maul to split firewood so somtimes it's more work then it's worth. Plus most of the people I sell firewood to are people in apartments or homes that only burn wood for aesthetic reasons and don't know or care whether it's cottonwood or osage orange. Matter of fact most of the people I sell to would probably rather have cottonwood just because it throws out a better looking flame. Most of the homeowners that burn for actual heat either cut it themselves or buy cords of wood from guys that have the equipment to split in that volume. I have a lot of respect for the Osage Orange and if I was a tree, it's what I would want to be. Regardless if it's female or male, the tree will make you draw a little blood climbing it, but then it will allow you to tie into the smallest of limbs....even dead. It's as tough as nails, disease tolorant, prickly, obnoxious, hard on saws, makes a mess of yards, and even after you kill it, it will last a century just standing there. It's just a tough ole tree.

lego1970 · 03-12-2011, 01:06 PM

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Those are neat pics Katoranger.

X2! Those are very nice photos, Allen.

Spud

I am sure he scanned more, but he just sent out those two to me.

Keep them coming. I love pics from the 40,s, 50's 60's, and early 70's. I love stopping at old truckstops (a dyeing thing in itself) and looking at pics on the walls from when the interstates were being built, or pics of a towns past and present. Neat stuff.

Weldangrind · 03-12-2011, 03:16 PM

See the error that occurred when I was playing solitaire?

lego1970 · 03-12-2011, 03:55 PM

Wow, I play freecell and solitare quite a bit and never seen that before. I wonder which one is the imposter and which one is the real one :?: Maybe that family of cards is into cloning.

Barnone · 03-16-2011, 10:13 PM

Weldangrind · 03-16-2011, 10:20 PM

Nope, didn't need to see that. Thanks anyway.

FastDoc · 03-16-2011, 10:24 PM

8O

midlifekrisiz · 03-16-2011, 11:23 PM

officially now blind

Weldangrind · 03-16-2011, 11:31 PM

Me too. Gouged my own eyes out.

FastDoc · 03-17-2011, 12:01 AM

I had insomnia to begin with. Might as well PLAN on being up all night now.

Weldangrind · 03-17-2011, 12:21 AM

You're a doc, Doc. I bet you've seen worse. 8O

Time for a new pic. This is my buddy Rob after he and I thrashed our way up a mountain in Jamaica. Man, that was three years ago now.

FastDoc · 03-17-2011, 01:04 AM

That is one Happy picture!

FastDoc · 03-17-2011, 01:05 AM

And yes, I have seen worse. Almost on a daily basis...

FastDoc · 03-17-2011, 12:46 PM

Not my pic but a pretty shot from one of my fellow Maule pilots in Alaska:

lego1970 · 03-17-2011, 09:33 PM

Barnone, that's disturbing, yet awesome at the same time.

Weldngrind, You have anymore pics of Jamaica? That sounds like a neat trip. Did you go to Kingston? I'm curious what Kingston looks like.

FastDoc, Do you ever get the chance to take any weekend or week long trips in your plane? That would be so cool to fly in somewhere for a few days.

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Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Me too. Gouged my own eyes out. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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lego1970 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri. United States Posts: 505	Wow, I play freecell and solitare quite a bit and never seen that before. I wonder which one is the imposter and which one is the real one :?: Maybe that family of cards is into cloning.
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FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	I had insomnia to begin with. Might as well PLAN on being up all night now. __________________ Happy to serve.
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Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	You're a doc, Doc. I bet you've seen worse. 8O Time for a new pic. This is my buddy Rob after he and I thrashed our way up a mountain in Jamaica. Man, that was three years ago now. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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03-17-2011, 01:04 AM	#567
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	That is one Happy picture! __________________ Happy to serve.
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FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	And yes, I have seen worse. Almost on a daily basis... __________________ Happy to serve.
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FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Not my pic but a pretty shot from one of my fellow Maule pilots in Alaska: __________________ Happy to serve.
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03-17-2011, 09:33 PM	#570
lego1970 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri. United States Posts: 505	Barnone, that's disturbing, yet awesome at the same time. Weldngrind, You have anymore pics of Jamaica? That sounds like a neat trip. Did you go to Kingston? I'm curious what Kingston looks like. FastDoc, Do you ever get the chance to take any weekend or week long trips in your plane? That would be so cool to fly in somewhere for a few days.
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