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Look what crawled out of the log
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:48 am
by Gene Howe
Spiders in my Mequite.
This will make a unique humidor top panel, don't you think?
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:57 am
by dusty
Neat grain pattern. Yes, it will make for great discussion.
Question about your mesquite: Does the resulting sawdust look and feel more like metal dust than saw dust. I tried to work with some of the mesquite I have and it did a job on one bandsaw blades and created some very unusual sawdust.
It was not part of the plan but I now have one bandsaw blade dedicated to mesquite.
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:12 am
by Gene Howe
Yep, it's pretty grainy, like granola or sand.
My blade is a 1/2" 4 TPI, Bi-metal blade from Suffolk Machinery. So far, It's cut a yield of about 50 bf of Mesquite. Still going strong! And, It too, is dedicated to Mesquite.
My jointer is a 40 year old Craftsman 6" and nothing has ever bogged it down before. Mesquite does, though.
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:03 pm
by jcraigie
That is an awesome grain pattern, it will indeed make a beautiful lid.
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:56 pm
by JPG
dusty wrote: . . .
Question about your mesquite: Does the resulting sawdust look and feel more like metal dust than saw dust.
. . .
Those are metal filings left over from yer metal cutting that the mesquite shook loose!:D
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:57 pm
by JPG
jcraigie wrote:That is an awesome grain pattern, it will indeed make a beautiful lid.
Awesome indeed(not to mention VERY unique). Glad YOU discovered it so as to create something also unique from it!
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:26 pm
by cv3
What a unique piece of wood. That will make a great top.