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pdtpuck wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:sometimes you guys are a huge buzzkill

edit: OK, I'll do it. Just dotted over to Google Images for a funny pic of a lathe accident and... none of them were funny. eep. squared.

Thanks for piquing my curiosity.

*shivers*

Random Douchebag wrote:

pdtpuck wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:sometimes you guys are a huge buzzkill

edit: OK, I'll do it. Just dotted over to Google Images for a funny pic of a lathe accident and... none of them were funny. eep. squared.

Thanks for piquing my curiosity.

*shivers*

I tried telling you, but did you want to listen? No, just randy being overly precautious. A lathe is no joke.

pdtpuck wrote:

Random Douchebag wrote:

pdtpuck wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:sometimes you guys are a huge buzzkill

edit: OK, I'll do it. Just dotted over to Google Images for a funny pic of a lathe accident and... none of them were funny. eep. squared.

Thanks for piquing my curiosity.

*shivers*

I tried telling you, but did you want to listen? No, just randy being overly precautious. A lathe is no joke.

My dad was a pattern maker in a machine shop and told me some nasty stories. Thank God it never happened to him. Especially while he used a lathe for "government work."

The Beav wrote:

pdtpuck wrote:

Random Douchebag wrote:

pdtpuck wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:sometimes you guys are a huge buzzkill

edit: OK, I'll do it. Just dotted over to Google Images for a funny pic of a lathe accident and... none of them were funny. eep. squared.

Thanks for piquing my curiosity.

*shivers*

I tried telling you, but did you want to listen? No, just randy being overly precautious. A lathe is no joke.

My dad was a pattern maker in a machine shop and told me some nasty stories. Thank God it never happened to him. Especially while he used a lathe for "government work."

Grandfather, Uncle and cousin on my dad's side were all pattern makers for Chevy Grey Iron. Grandpops was the very last wood pattern maker in the shop. He had some horror stories for sure. He could also sharpen knives better than anyone I've known and try as he might, he couldn't teach me to do it like he could. I can whet a blade pretty good, but he would shave the grey bristle off his cheek with my Swiss Army knife when he was done. It's one of the lasting memories I have of the old man.

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

meme wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

i'd love to see a couple pix. when you get a chance that is

The Beav wrote:

meme wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

i'd love to see a couple pix. when you get a chance that is

You do know you're asking FUIGB to post pictures, right?

The Beav wrote:

meme wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

i'd love to see a couple pix. when you get a chance that is

You do know you're asking FUIGB to post pictures, right?

meme wrote:

The Beav wrote:

meme wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

i'd love to see a couple pix. when you get a chance that is

You do know you're asking FUIGB to post pictures, right?

that hadn't occurred to me. but i would like to see some. guess i'll just do a search.....

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:Once, a long fuckin time ago, I posted a pix. Fear not.

Mulligan wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:Once, a long fuckin time ago, I posted a pix. Fear not.

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

jmy wrote:

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:No pics yet, but the wood-drying kiln that's been occupying my free time is coming together. If there's anyone left here for whom wood (from a tree, I mean; which reminds me: anyone know if Super Gay is doing OK?) brings on wood then you'll appreciate my ecstasy at finding a trove of clean hardwood pallets. Red, white, and (I believe) black oak, hard maple, beech, birch, and ash. All just a bit too wet for furniture, but close enough that a DIY dehumidifier kiln will turn this into the raw material for counter tops, a proper woodworker's bench, horse for draw knives, etc. Yes, very stoked.

Interesting. I'd like to see it. My dad has been chasing down trees and having them sawed into planks. He's been stickering them and waiting for them to dry, but this might speed the process. I've found some sizeable pieces of lilac and rosebud, which might make some interesting small projects, but the pieces are too small to treat like larger lumber. I was thinking of kiln drying them in the oven, but this might work too.