At 01:23 PM 1/14/98 -0600, Ron Nossaman wrote: >Hi Jim, > >I've got to agree with you on the first observation. It's sad to waste >"pretty". There's little enough of it to go around, and too few IMHO, who >are equipped to appreciate it. My condolences. <snip> >Too bad we can't unsaw used lumber to re-use the "pretty" in a more >appropriate place. > >Ron > >>et al; >> I was planing down some scrap pinblock for a project and noticed some of the >>most beautiful birdseye maple that I have ever seen in one, actually two, of >>the layers. As I was planing away, crying the whole time that I had to lose >>this stuff <snip> >>Jim Bryant (FL) Ron, Jim -- If this pinblock scrap material is undrilled (unused), might it be possible to send it through a bandsaw twice, and end up with usable birdseye veneer? The Shopsmith bandsaw does a great job of cutting thick veneers, using the fence. They're smooth and even as can be. Best, Susan Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn 365 useless things." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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