More Pecan Wood . . . Maybe

[Dave Hoskins]

Tomorrow morning going over to a friends house to see about cutting up some wood off of another pecan tree that has come down. Not sure yet what shape the wood is actually in yet. Won't until I cut into it. Here's to hoping. The wood I brought in a bit back has been rained on enough and so forth to hopefully have some nice spalting to it. Going to try cut some of that on Wednesday. Can't Tuesday due to doctors appointments. One late morning and the other late in the afternoon.

 

[Ted Calver]

Looking forward to seeing some pics of that wood. Pecan is scarce around here, but the few pieces I found were really nice.

 

[Chuck Ellis]

Here's hoping you get some spalting.... spalted pecan is some of the prettiest wood I've ever seen...

 

[Dave Hoskins]

Pecan is one of my favorite woods to turn. Has nothing to do with it being the State Tree of Texas, either. Just a great looking wood and not too difficult for turning.

 

[Mike Stafford]

I love turning pecan. People complain about it being hard. I never found it to difficult to turn.

 

[Dave Hoskins]

Sorry guys. Pecan Wood Project postponed until Thursday. My right knee is screaming at me this morning so me thinks it would be crazy running chainsaws today. Thursday my friends, Thursday. That is unless my knee falls out and I am waiting for the superglue to dry real good on the piece of wood I stick in it's place.

 

[Darren Wright]

Rest up. Make no bowl before you can roll.

 

[Steve Kniffen]

Visited an old man who had a sawmill about 60 miles from home one day. We were talking about all the different woods he had available and he invited me into his shop. Several years ago someone gave him a big pecan tree that spalted before he got it cut. He sawed it into lumber and dried it but no one wanted to buy it for some reason. So he paneled his shop in it. Shop was 40x60x12 and there was maybe 20 sq ft of wall that was not covered in this beautiful wood.