Spiel Posted Saturday at 09:16 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:16 PM Started on this piece this morning for a long time customer/friend. It's a rare piece of stabilized Douglas Fir that had been hit by lightening. I'v made much progress on it thus far but it is proving to be a piece that will require much TLC if I'm to get it to completion. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted Saturday at 09:43 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:43 PM That there,is very cool. Looking forward to seeing that finished. Natures art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Willis Posted Saturday at 10:14 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:14 PM Holy smokes Spiel, that looks super nice, that's one of a kind, you'll never find another one like it. As misfish put it, Natures Art, so true. Personally I would have kept it for myself. I have a fair bit of Douglas Fir for projects and firewood, of course where I live it's only a few hours drive to the BC sawmills and a very scenic drive at that. Ya never know what you're going to see. I usually get big rounds but nothing the log splitter can't handle. I also get a lot of BC red wood cedar as well which is awesome no matter what one wants to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted Saturday at 10:41 PM Author Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:41 PM 56 minutes ago, misfish said: That there,is very cool. Looking forward to seeing that finished. Natures art. Thanks Brian. 25 minutes ago, Barry Willis said: Holy smokes Spiel, that looks super nice, that's one of a kind, you'll never find another one like it. As misfish put it, Natures Art, so true. Personally I would have kept it for myself. I have a fair bit of Douglas Fir for projects and firewood, of course where I live it's only a few hours drive to the BC sawmills and a very scenic drive at that. Ya never know what you're going to see. I usually get big rounds but nothing the log splitter can't handle. I also get a lot of BC red wood cedar as well which is awesome no matter what one wants to do with it. Thanks Barry, this piece is proving to be a bit of a PITA even though it's stabilized it by nature wants to tear out so I'm forced to go at it slowly and back fill as I go. More pictures added below in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted Saturday at 10:49 PM Author Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:49 PM So I went back at it this piece post dinner to make a little progress and I'm at a stall now until morning. Break outs are a problem along the burn lines slowing me down as seen here in the first two pictures. This piece will be the recessed hidden front reel seat hood in my seamless fore grip design, hopefully! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Willis Posted Sunday at 03:08 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 03:08 AM That must have been very discouraging at the beginning, but you obviously got beyond the bad and into the good. It looks awesome. Patience and perseverance in some cases pays off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted Sunday at 01:02 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 01:02 PM That blank has amazing character Chris. Don't think I have known you to give up on a piece so you will get there. Absolutely love it and can imagine how it will look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted 21 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 21 hours ago Made a little progress this morning. Unfortunately the seamless hood piece broke into 3 pieces as I was parting it off, which of course slowed down my morning progress. I did however manage to salvage it and get back on track. There is one chip out you can see at the top right seam that I can repair once the entire reel seat and handle is assembled onto the blank, it will never fail nor will it even be visually marred. It will take time though to get a (near) flawless finish on it as there's many micro cavities in the wood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Willis Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago Looks truly AWESOME Spiel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago Would epoxy in a pressure pot have helped to strengthen the blank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted 2 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 13 hours ago, HTHM said: Would epoxy in a pressure pot have helped to strengthen the blank? I could but it would be more effort and time than what's required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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