Re: Wood Data Base
great find curt Bill - Original Message - From: CURTIS GEORGE To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: Wood Data Base http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/ Good morning Everyone, while doing some research on a wood that Ive not heard of before Paulownia I found this web site. Ive been reading it for over an hour now, and every topic (wood) is detailed and has a lot of information that Ive not seen on other web sites. I guess you can say, So far that Ive read, I really like this site. So Im passing the word on to you all. (this web site is worth keeping for reference material.) at least in my book. (happy reading everyone.) ;-) C.A.G. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Wood Data Base
Curtis,Like Bill said - "Great find!" - thank you for sharing.I did want to add/point out (in case you have not seen it yet) that on one of the ages I saw where they said, for US residents, the US Forest Service will identify "mystery wood" for you - up to 5 ID's per year. I don't remember exactly where on the site I saw it. But as we all read through the site (which will take HOURS) - I'm sure we'll discover lots of neat useful info.I have "Bookmarked" the site - a definite "Go To" site for woodworkers!Thanks again!Mac -Original Message- From: Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> Sent: Jul 6, 2014 11:29 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wood Data Base great find curt Bill - Original Message - From: CURTIS GEORGE To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: Wood Data Base http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/ Good morning Everyone, while doing some research on a wood that Ive not heard of before "Paulownia" I found this web site. Ive been reading it for over an hour now, and every topic (wood) is detailed and has a lot of information that Ive not seen on other web sites. I guess you can say, So far that Ive read, I really like this site. So Im passing the word on to you all. (this web site is worth keeping for reference material.) at least in my book. (happy reading everyone.) ;-) C.A.G. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Wood Data Base
That third one would "stump" the "experts"!MacFrom: "Okla Mike (Liltwisted)" <legacym...@iglide.net>
Sent: Jul 6, 2014 1:19 PM
20 years ago when I was making pens, I would use any
wood I could come across. My 3 favorites:
toobough Fir (AKA 2X4)
Road kill (mimosa log found on side of road)
Grape stump ( I wrote it with the grape vine)
Wonder if that would be 3 of my 5 for the year? LOL
Mike
OK
On 7/6/2014 11:37 AM,
mwfos...@earthlink.net wrote:
Curtis,
Like Bill said - "Great find!" - thank you for sharing.
I did want to add/point out (in case you have not seen it
yet) that on one of the ages I saw where they said, for US
residents, the US Forest Service will identify "mystery
wood" for you - up to 5 ID's per year. I don't remember
exactly where on the site I saw it. But as we all read
through the site (which will take HOURS) - I'm sure we'll
discover lots of neat useful info.
I have "Bookmarked" the site - a definite "Go To" site for
woodworkers!
Thanks again!
Mac
From: Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au>
Sent: Jul 6, 2014 11:29 AM
Great find Curt
Bill
- Original Message
-
From: CURTIS GEORGE
To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills
Sent: Sunday, July
06, 2014 9:14 PM
Subject: Wood Data
Base
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/
Good morning Everyone, while doing
some research on a wood that Ive not heard of
before "Paulownia" I found this web site.
Ive been
reading it for over an hour now, and every topic
(wood) is detailed and has a lot of information
that Ive not seen on other web sites.
I guess
you can say, So far that Ive read, I really like
this site. So Im passing the word on to you all.
(this web site is worth keeping for reference
material.) at least in my book. (happy reading
everyone.) ;-)
C.A.G.
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Re: Wood Data Base
Hay Mike how about those Dunnage pallets found on every military base around the world. Now there some nice wood in them pallets! Ive found blood wood, and purple hart + swamp oak... ;-) That's where I got my first woods, I just figured you might have done much the same. C.A.G. - Original Message - 20 years ago when I was making pens, I would use any wood I could come across. My 3 favorites: toobough Fir (AKA 2X4) Road kill (mimosa log found on side of road) Grape stump ( I wrote it with the grape vine) Wonder if that would be 3 of my 5 for the year? LOL Mike OK On 7/6/2014 11:37 AM, mwfos...@earthlink.net wrote: Curtis, Like Bill said - Great find! - thank you for sharing. I did want to add/point out (in case you have not seen it yet) that on one of the ages I saw where they said, for US residents, the US Forest Service will identify mystery wood for you - up to 5 ID's per year. I don't remember exactly where on the site I saw it. But as we all read through the site (which will take HOURS) - I'm sure we'll discover lots of neat useful info. I have Bookmarked the site - a definite Go To site for woodworkers! Thanks again! Mac blockquote -Original Message- From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Jul 6, 2014 11:29 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wood Data Base great find curt Bill blockquote - Original Message - From: CURTIS GEORGE To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: Wood Data Base http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/ Good morning Everyone, while doing some research on a wood that Ive not heard of before Paulownia I found this web site. Ive been reading it for over an hour now, and every topic (wood) is detailed and has a lot of information that Ive not seen on other web sites. I guess you can say, So far that Ive read, I really like this site. So Im passing the word on to you all. (this web site is worth keeping for reference material.) at least in my book. (happy reading everyone.) ;-) C.A.G. /blockquote -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . . /blockquote -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Wood Data Base
Hey mike slightly off topic (sorry) could you email me i have been sending you emails but im not sure if your getting them my computer crashed and i lost all my email addresses Bill - Original Message - From: Okla Mike (Liltwisted) To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 3:19 AM Subject: Re: Wood Data Base 20 years ago when I was making pens, I would use any wood I could come across. My 3 favorites: toobough Fir (AKA 2X4) Road kill (mimosa log found on side of road) Grape stump ( I wrote it with the grape vine) Wonder if that would be 3 of my 5 for the year? LOL Mike OK On 7/6/2014 11:37 AM, mwfos...@earthlink.net wrote: Curtis, Like Bill said - Great find! - thank you for sharing. I did want to add/point out (in case you have not seen it yet) that on one of the ages I saw where they said, for US residents, the US Forest Service will identify mystery wood for you - up to 5 ID's per year. I don't remember exactly where on the site I saw it. But as we all read through the site (which will take HOURS) - I'm sure we'll discover lots of neat useful info. I have Bookmarked the site - a definite Go To site for woodworkers! Thanks again! Mac -Original Message- From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Jul 6, 2014 11:29 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wood Data Base great find curt Bill -- -- - Original Message - From: CURTIS GEORGE To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: Wood Data Base http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/ Good morning Everyone, while doing some research on a wood that Ive not heard of before Paulownia I found this web site. Ive been reading it for over an hour now, and every topic (wood) is detailed and has a lot of information that Ive not seen on other web sites. I guess you can say, So far that Ive read, I really like this site. So Im passing the word on to you all. (this web site is worth keeping for reference material.) at least in my book. (happy reading everyone.) ;-) C.A.G. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Wood Data Base
Sure will On 7/6/2014 6:11 PM, Bill Bulkeley wrote: Hey mike slightly off topic (sorry) could you email me i have been sending you emails but im not sure if your getting them my computer crashed and i lost all my email addresses Bill - Original Message - *From:* Okla Mike (Liltwisted) mailto:legacym...@iglide.net *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 07, 2014 3:19 AM *Subject:* Re: Wood Data Base 20 years ago when I was making pens, I would use any wood I could come across. My 3 favorites: toobough Fir (AKA 2X4) Road kill (mimosa log found on side of road) Grape stump ( I wrote it with the grape vine) Wonder if that would be 3 of my 5 for the year? LOL Mike OK On 7/6/2014 11:37 AM, mwfos...@earthlink.net wrote: Curtis, Like Bill said - Great find! - thank you for sharing. I did want to add/point out (in case you have not seen it yet) that on one of the ages I saw where they said, for US residents, the US Forest Service will identify mystery wood for you - up to 5 ID's per year. I don't remember exactly where on the site I saw it. But as we all read through the site (which will take HOURS) - I'm sure we'll discover lots of neat useful info. I have Bookmarked the site - a definite Go To site for woodworkers! Thanks again! Mac -Original Message- From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Jul 6, 2014 11:29 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wood Data Base great find curt Bill - Original Message - *From:* CURTIS GEORGE mailto:curtgeo...@wowway.com *To:* Legacy-Ornamental-Mills mailto:Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 06, 2014 9:14 PM *Subject:* Wood Data Base http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/ Good morning Everyone, while doing some research on a wood that Ive not heard of before Paulownia I found this web site. Ive been reading it for over an hour now, and every topic (wood) is detailed and has a lot of information that Ive not seen on other web sites. I guess you can say, So far that Ive read, I really like this site. So Im passing the word on to you all. (this web site is worth keeping for reference material.) at least in my book. (happy reading everyone.) ;-) C.A.G. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
Re: Wood Data Base
Curt, The web page link did not tell all the story of the Paulownia tree. It was accidently introduced from Asia. The seed is a very fluffy seed that had been used as a packing material and the seed dispersed with the wind when unpacking crates on loading docks. The wood is much desired in Japan as it has been nearly wiped out there due to some disease there like the American Chestnut tree here in the US is almost gone. The wood is desired because of the wood properties. It has very small pores so it is very stable wood. Since it does not shrink/swell much or any with the changes in humidity, it was used to make ceremonial boxes that would fit together with great precision. It was discovered by a visiting Japanese businessman that trees were growing here and prime specimen trees garnered lots of $'s and so word spread and plantations were planted to make money to grow the desired wood. Problem is in the South, the tree grows too quickly and the quality of the wood is not what the Japanese craftsmen are looking for. In many places today, the tree is considered an invasive that needs controlled. DB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
