Texas ebony posts

A new contractor came in yesterday and wanted 6" by 5' turned posts. He had brought the material and they were Texas Ebony. Nice and dry, fairly straight and not too badly dinged up. I am always a sucker for anything new so I said for $100 each I would turn them. Just a straight post as close to 6" diameter as material will allow. It was slow going getting the first one trued up enough to get the speed up but I finally made it. Finished post was 6" and the splits added to the charm. Really turned out nice and rustic. Not signs of allergic rash this morning so I will do the next one today. He wants me to do some 10' ones but some how they will have to be milled a lot straighter so I can balance them. FYI . Before they were turned the material was called telephone pole after turning it is known as Texas Ebony.

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Art Ransom
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OK.. had me going there. I am in San Antonio, and from time to time I see small pieces of wood that come up from the valley and they are "Texas Ebony".

When I read you were turning a post, I was floored. I haven't ever seen a piece of this stuff longer than 24" you could actually turn anything out of that was nice.

A telephone pole... you must be like me. A Texan born and raised. Gotta getcher turnin' wood where you can.

I still think you should put a pic up on your site of one of your posts, though.

Robert

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nailshooter41

All right, are you talking about actual telephone pole wood, as in wood that has been used as a pole to hold up phone and or power lines? As I understand it, this wood, and railroad ties for that matter, are soaked in creosote to prevent rot. Irrc, creosote is a known carcinogen. You may want to look up a MSDS online for creosote, or phone poles, before you turn this wood for long...

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gpdewitt

I'd really like to see these. Any chance of getting a picture posted somewhere?

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Bob Becker

Posted posts on my site. See

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Art Ransom

I'm quite impressed. They "turned" out quite nicely.

Reply to
Bob Becker

I'll bet my favorite hat that that is not Texas Ebony.

Ron Robinson East Texas

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Ron Robinson

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