Some years ago I chucked a piece of seasoned Osage Orange wood in a metal lathe and machined both a nut and bolt 1 inch diameter X 10 inch long, with threads, just to see if it could be done and make a "desk display piece".
The wood had such a tight grain that it machined nicely, both external threads on the bolt and internal threads on the nut. I gave it to my Dad and customers would always pick it up and run the nut up and down the bolt. Over the 20 years it was on his desk, I would guess at least 2,000 customers did that.. It's now gone somewhere, I surmise it's still working, for who ever has it. On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The last time I cut down some of this hedge, I was able to sharpen the > blade. But, I was using a much better and larger chain saw. I don't know > about its mineral content, but it is a bright yellow inside when alive and > it mellows to a chocolate brown when it ages/seasons. It is SUPER dense > and heavy. > > Don Snook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Floyd Thursby [mailto:buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 6:53 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hedge wood was RE: OT Latest track > > Problem with all the chainsaw "advise" is that that osage orange wood is > hard as hell when green and when it dries it basically cannot be cut with > much of anything, even carbide blades. That's why it makes great wood > planes and things like that, if you get it when it is workable. > > I can't remember if it is like teak with lots of mineral content or if it > just hard and dense. > > --FT > > > On 10/10/16 6:14 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > Keep the chain sharp, and keep it well lubricated. A dull chain heats > > up fast, a poorly lubricated chain heats up fast. > > > > Hot chain stretches, runs loose in the blade guides, which makes the > > chain wobble so it doesn't bite into the wood at the correct angle, > > which dulls the blade more quickly.... descending spiral of success. > > > > Sharp teeth, properly tension ed on the blade and properly lubed [if > > your saw has an "automatic chain lube feature" it's seldom getting > > enough lube for wood as hard as Osage Orange.] I much prefer the > > manual chain lube equipped saws. > > > > Best advise I can give you on when to sharpen your saw is to look at > > the chips coming out of the cut. When your saw is razor sharp and > > freshly sharpened, look at those chips.. use them as the "benchmark" > > look, as the teeth dull, the saw will work harder to do less work and > > the chips will tell you "time to stop and sharpen the teeth.. > > > > Osage Orange is one of the hardest woods to machine.. it's grain is > > close and tight. Good luck. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> If you don't have one, get a file to sharpen that chain. Must be the > >> right diameter and you need to know the angle (you can get cheap, > >> easy guides that attach to the file). It only takes a few minutes to > >> sharpen a chain and a sharpened chain will cut like new. I learned > >> this the hard way after several FL panhandle hurricanes. If you > >> watch a real tree pro, they will have the helper sharpen the chains > >> every hour or so. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > >>> Donald Snook via Mercedes > >>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 5:16 PM > >>> To: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com>; > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com > >>> Cc: Donald Snook <d...@snooklawllc.com> > >>> Subject: [MBZ] Hedge wood was RE: OT Latest track > >>> > >>> I don't have any yet. I just about ruined the chain on my chain saw > >> cutting off > >>> some of the larger limbs. This wood is HARD and dense. I am trying > to > >> cut > >>> off as much as I can to thin them out and maybe I'll be able to get > >>> them > >> cut > >>> down later. My 5 year old son's favorite activity now is having a > fire. > >> I have a > >>> fire pit and for the last few weeks we have a fire every weekend > >>> burning > >> all > >>> the small sticks and limbs that I have collected over the last few > years. > >> I had > >>> several logs from a hedge tree I cut down 4-5 years ago next to my > shed. > >>> Along with the hedge logs, I had some logs from a sweet gum tree and > >>> a maple. The hedge logs were solid and dense whereas the gum and > >>> maple logs were soft and half disintegrated. > >>> > >>> Don Snook > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Floyd Thursby [mailto:buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:49 AM > >>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Latest track > >>> > >>> Speaking of osage orange wood, how'd those chunks work out? > >>> > >>> --FT > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/10/16 11:23 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: > >>>> If we could have a big storm that would knock down a couple of > >>>> hedge > >>> (Osage Orange) trees I would be pretty happy about that! > >>> > >>> -- > >>> --FT > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > --FT > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
