January 31, 201313 yr Normally I don't scan rough cut lumber for foreign objects but I think I'll start! A friend recently gave me a pickup load of rough sawn, air dried black walnut. Last night I was planing some for a couple of projects when the light reflected on a shiny spot. This picture was taken after the bullet was removed and the board planed to the final thickness. The "bullet path hole" was not visible when the planer exposed the metal. Fortunately, it was a simple .22 with no jacket. Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
January 31, 201313 yr Looks like that squirrel got away.Glad it was a lead bullet and not a nail.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
January 31, 201313 yr Wow, I am like you Lew, I know I should but I rarely give it much thought. Maybe I need to invest in a metal detector.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
February 1, 201313 yr Thanks for the reminder Lew. Glad you spotted it. GregSite hosthttp://www.thesawdustfactoryga.com/
February 1, 201313 yr I can tell you from experience that square nails will put the whammy on a set of planer blades. Been there, done that, changed the blades.Ron DudelstonSite AdministratorAbove and Beyond WoodWorks
February 1, 201313 yr Those inconsiderate farmers that stapled their fencing to the trees sure weren't thinking of us, were they? Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
February 1, 201313 yr I've dug plenty of bullets from my wild harvested lumber. Copper jacket bullets won't do your tools any harm.It's the darn steel spikes that trespassers drive into my trees to climb 'em when they are poaching deer that sticks in my resaw's craw.
February 2, 201313 yr I myself have had to work around nails from wood that was given to me. band saw's don't like metal of any kind with a wood blade in it. even brass tubes thin as pen tubes will dull them right up. Charles NichollsSite Hostnicholls61@att.netProud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRAhttp://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks
February 28, 201313 yr Speaking of bullets or pellets I believe this is actually a pellet as it is too small for a .22 or mybe an aluminum nail? it's non magnetic for sure.after digging at it to see if it got any bigger under the wood, I found that the piece popped right out and was about as thin as a dime and no bigger than a medium size piece of rock salt so it was probably the end of a pellet or .22 but definitely lead as it was tarnished just like lead thats the first frag i have ever found in a piece of turning wood. I will make a shallow bowl or plate with it but it just wont be food safe because of the spalting it caused. Charles NichollsSite Hostnicholls61@att.netProud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRAhttp://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks
February 28, 201313 yr Author Hope it was soft enough so as not to damage your tools, Charles!Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
February 28, 201313 yr Take one hockey sticks of a pellet gun to drive it into wood very far.I have such an air gun and it wasn't cheap.
March 1, 201313 yr I had a kid at school on the lathe when I heard something that didn't sound right. The tool went flying and the bowl he was working on was bouncing across the floor. When we checked it he'd caught on a bullet in the wood, the poor tree had been murdered. I kept it as a sample, I think I've still got it around somewhere.
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