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12 August 2019 at 3:59 pm #598574
No, this is not normal. I have worked with Walnut quite a bit, and you get everything you mentioned, but not in the amount you mentioned. What you describe, and the amount of it, is generally only in old or decayed wood. The checking, cracking, and tension you mentioned sounds like improperly preparing the wood for drying. The ends should have been coated as they will dry out before the rest. The tension sounds like kiln-dried wood, dried too quickly. Don’t give up on Walnut because of one bad batch. It works beautifully with hand tools and looks great.
10 February 2016 at 8:23 am #134687From “The Woodwright’s Guide: Working Wood with Wedge and Edge” by Roy Underhill, “…nose augers required a centering starting hole gouged into the surface of the wood before they could begin cutting. Once down into the wood, these augers require steady pressure…”
5 July 2015 at 3:35 pm #128230I like the wooden screws. Here is one I completely recently out of Walnut. I know Walnut is a little high grade for a shop project, but this particular Walnut sat out in a barn for too many years and became wormy, making it useless for furniture grade projects. I think it makes for a beautiful vise though. Wooden screws are beyond my means so I used threaded rods which I welded nuts onto and inset into the handles which I turned on the lathe. The back of the vise has nuts inset to complete the mechanics.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.8 April 2015 at 8:07 am #126335After researching it further, especially how the wood start reddish orange when freshly cut, darkening substantially over time to a reddish/purplish brown to nearly black, I believe this is Padauk. It is just curious that it would have been found in the rough with a stack of rough Walnut. Thanks for the help.
29 March 2015 at 5:24 pm #126065Attached are some close-up pictures of the wood freshly exposed. It starts off light in color and darkens quickly, to the point it is the dark color you see in the finished project, within a week’s exposure.
As to some questions: By locally grown I am referring to southwest Missouri, I do not notice any aromas while cutting the wood, and it has not been stained. The only finish on it is shellac sprayed from a can.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.10 December 2012 at 2:56 pm #4477I am using an old Disston saw I got at an auction. The teeth were in bad shape and, for that matter, still are after sharpening them. Would you suggest filing them all down and starting over? Or I could always just buy a new saw, but I like using old tools. I like the history.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.9 December 2012 at 10:22 pm #4443This is my first attempt at working with hand tools and I am finding it very enjoyable, although, somewhat frustrating at how difficult it is to handle what seems to be such a basic exercise. Such as cutting with a handsaw, especially when it comes to ripping. My rips, and to some extent my crosscuts, all angle in to the left. Unsure what I am doing wrong there.
Pictures of my first dado joints made by hand. Overdid it on one that was originally too tight. By the time I finished it had some gaps.
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