Black Walnut

Remember, if you have flat black walnut, you can always use it for accents in ring glued bowls, or you can use it for staves in a stave glue-up. The air dried walnut is always blacker than commercially available. (at least in my experience) But I don't keep spring wood-- I use it in the smoker. Phil

Yeah........we have billboards about those Walnut Bowls down in Tennessee.

The stuff (walnut) does stink, even dry. Walnut dust has a peculiar stifling quality about it.......and a very bitter taste, A dust mask only helps so much. I some problems with this particular piece wanting to tear out on the inside of the bowl. I still think its nice wood, though. But, I don't turn very much of it.........maybe there's a subconscious reason.

Barry

Which is logical, smell and its cousin taste being chemical senses. You'd need a mask to filter organics to keep that at bay.

don't turn very much of it.........maybe there's a subconscious reason.

I *could* be subconscious. %-) I haven't noticed any smell after it's finishes and the smell while turning it doesn't bother me at all. 'Course, being a nurse, I may be slightly less distressed by smells than some. ;-)

Dave in Fairfax

The town, if I remember in Mo. is Lebanon. Drove past it a couple weeks ago. I was thiking about stopping in and seeing if I could buy a few pieces of the wood. Anyone know if they sell?

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The Pilgrims had rifles AND pistols? Lot of good they'd've done them if the locals hadn't shared and shown them how to GROW food (to say nothing of not just killing "them damn immigrants"..

So when Iraq has their constitution, since they already have a sh*t load of rifles and pistols and RPGs and ...., then they'll be safe and secure?

Afgahnistan probably has more rifles per capita than any place else in the world. As I recall, they have a constitution as well. How's that working so far?

Personally, they'll, to quote "Moses" (ok so Charlton Heston really isn't Moses but it sounds good) "have to pry my trebuchet from my cold dead hands!". Once you get it dialed in a trebuchet is an extremely effective self defense weapon.

What a fool you are. " It's Tommy this and Tommy that ...."

Fortunately for you, there are people with weapons who risk themselves every day, else you wouldn't be able to spout such twaddle.

The billboards I have seen are coming back from Gatlinburg towards Nashville. I believe the billboard may be near Lebanon, TN (talk about your coincidences). The bowls of this type I have seen are laminated from smaller pieces of wood and very mass produced and much the same shape.

Barry

Extremely effective maybe..........but not very concealable.

Barry

Moses but it sounds good) "have to pry my trebuchet from my cold dead

self defense weapon.

Well, a treb actually is an offensive weapon, unless you're being chased/attacked by a castle.. *g*

Never bring a treb to a gun fight... rofl

"Gun control is the ability to hit what you're aiming at with the first shot"

Mac