April 11, 20179 yr Popular Post A number of years ago when I was at your house dropping off some stuff you had 3 slabs that were given to you from that guy who ran a reclaimed wood business that you didn't have a use for. I took them home and they sat out on the side of my house covered with tarps until yesterday. There were 2 shorter slabs of the same wood and 1 long slab of a different wood which I cannot remember what they were. The 2 shorter slabs had a lot worm holes in them so I had to trim them down and ran them through the planer. The long slab was in great shape and had some great grain. Now I got to figure out what I am going make out of them. Edited December 6, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston tags added
April 11, 20179 yr Author 13 minutes ago, John Morris said: I'm on my mobile so the images are small, are those caverns I see? There were no live bugs/critters in the 2 smaller slabs. But I did have to cut out a fair amount of the chewed up wood. It has a very cool look and I hope to be able to make it work out.
April 11, 20179 yr I'm wondering what worms did that and did they do it before or after the wood was dry.
April 11, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, HandyDan said: I'm wondering what worms did that and did they do it before or after the wood was dry. It looks like what we call "Grub Worms". I see that a lot in standing dead Madrone.
April 12, 20179 yr Author 49 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said: It looks like what we call "Grub Worms". I see that a lot in standing dead Madrone. Yes. The wormy wood is Madrone. I had a few boards of Madrone before that were really nice to work with. It is a type of Mahogany.
April 12, 20179 yr 2 minutes ago, Allen Worsham said: Yes. The wormy wood is Madrone. I had a few boards of Madrone before that were really nice to work with. It is a type of Mahogany. Allen, I do not think madrone is a mahogany, unless you are thinking of the types of mahogany in the western US. Madrone and mahogany have different family names. Maybe I am wrong...
April 12, 20179 yr Author 15 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said: Allen, I do not think madrone is a mahogany, unless you are thinking of the types of mahogany in the western US. Madrone and mahogany have different family names. Maybe I am wrong... You are correct and I misspoke. There are similarities in appearance as both have unique reflective properties in the light and are similar in color. Madrone is used quite a bit for making furniture as well as carving. It is great wood to work with.
April 12, 20179 yr Madrone it is, I remember those slabs well, I knew they had worm holes in them, they were air dried, not kiln so the buggers had plenty of time to work since the lumber was processed. The fellow I got the lumber from specialized in salvaging beetle kill in our local area mountains. I do hope you get some good stuff out of it Allen, glad to see it getting some attention! You made some beautiful projects from the last batch you had, I can't remember what you made but you texted me some images of the project, and I was blown away and jealous, and regretting I let you run off with the stuff! I don't think it was Madrone though, it was something else, the first project that is.
April 12, 20179 yr Wow that is some beautiful wood. Can't wait to see what you do with it I'm sure it will be spectacular.
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