Re: Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread Bill Bulkeley
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

Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread mwfoscue
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

Re: Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread mwfoscue
That third one would "stump" the "experts"!MacFrom: "Okla Mike (Liltwisted)" 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

Re: Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
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. -

Re: Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread Bill Bulkeley
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

Re: Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread Okla Mike (Liltwisted)
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

Re: Wood Data Base

2014-07-06 Thread Dexter Bland
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