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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 22, 2019 0:02:45 GMT -5
Last spring I found this long dead osage tree while clearing a new trail. I saw the potential in it so I brought it home.  I cut it in half lengthwise with a chainsaw.   See the snakey grain lines? That's what caught my eye in the woods. Today I removed the outer layer with a draw knife and got to solid wood. I sanded it and smoothed out the back with an angle grinder with a chainsaw disc. I sealed it with shellac.  The snakey grain looks amazing. The hard work is done. I'll have to wait until I get another day off to finish it up. Any guesses on what it's going to be? Woody, you can't guess š  |
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Post by duff on Dec 22, 2019 4:52:13 GMT -5
No idea but good eye! It will look great whatever it ends up being
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Post by nvg on Dec 22, 2019 6:50:12 GMT -5
Mounting post for Euro skull mount? Whatever it ends up, is going to look awesome-beautiful piece of wood.
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Post by HighCotton on Dec 22, 2019 7:44:07 GMT -5
Iām not sure!?
This I know.
As much as you love your Osage orange, I developed a true hatred for the wood back on the farm.
Many moons before I was a thought my long gone relatives decided that Osage made excellent fence posts. While this is a fact, it was a royal pain for me and my trusty fence pliers.
Those out there that have tried an emergency repair in freezing NW Indiana winters, prior to herding the cows that got out of a busted barbed wire section back in... know what Iām talking about.
Somehow, that looks too pretty to be a fence post!?!?
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 22, 2019 8:08:31 GMT -5
Mounting post for Euro skull mount? Whatever it ends up, is going to look awesome-beautiful piece of wood. Nope, but that is a good idea! I might hit the woods after deer season and look for another piece to use for that. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 22, 2019 8:12:26 GMT -5
Iām not sure!? This I know. As much as you love your Osage orange, I developed a true hatred for the wood back on the farm. Many moons before I was a thought my long gone relatives decided that Osage made excellent fence posts. While this is a fact, it was a royal pain for me and my trusty fence pliers. Those out there that have tried an emergency repair in freezing NW Indiana winters, prior to herding the cows that got out of a busted barbed wire section back in... know what Iām talking about. Somehow, that looks too pretty to be a fence post!?!? I know your frustration. They are like steel posts. When we built are house my wife picked out a decorative wood post for our mailbox. A few years later it rotted at the base and fell over. I told her it was my turn to pick out the post. I cut a forked osage trunk and used it. That mailbox post will still be there long after I'm gone. |
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Post by Russ Koon on Dec 22, 2019 11:32:47 GMT -5
Never worked with osage, but had a little experience with locust posts, and it sounds similar. Still have a faint scar under my chin where the barbed wire second strand hit me when the first strand that I was stretching as tight as possible with a crowbar broke and I fell forward onto the second strand. I expect those locust posts may still be there surrounding our garden patch. Seemed like if you really wanted a nail in one, you'd better pre-drill for it, and forget about using staples.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2019 12:15:16 GMT -5
Dying to know what you`ll use that for, but BTW, you`re very skilled and that is just goregeous.
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Post by jjas on Dec 22, 2019 12:58:54 GMT -5
I know people make bows out of it.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 22, 2019 13:24:56 GMT -5
I know people make bows out of it. You mean like Christmas present bows? š . |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 22, 2019 14:02:00 GMT -5
With Scrub you never know what the end project will be, but a bow was going to be my guess.
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Post by jjas on Dec 22, 2019 14:47:50 GMT -5
I know people make bows out of it. You mean like Christmas present bows? š . I was going for a longbow (which would be a nice Christmas present)... |
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Post by parson on Dec 22, 2019 15:29:49 GMT -5
That looks snaky enough to crawl away, better keep an eye on it!!
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 22, 2019 15:40:16 GMT -5
With Scrub you never know what the end project will be, but a bow was going to be my guess. I know but Iām not telling! š |
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 22, 2019 15:51:28 GMT -5
I know people make bows out of it. I make bows and other things from osage.   |
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 22, 2019 23:54:25 GMT -5
With Scrub you never know what the end project will be, but a bow was going to be my guess. It's been dead for too long to be used for a bow. The cracks are too deep. I would guess it's been dead for longer than I've been alive. Osage doesn't decay like other trees. It's amazing stuff. |
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Post by htownhunter on Dec 23, 2019 4:55:19 GMT -5
Could it end up being a bench.
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Post by genesis273 on Dec 23, 2019 8:22:56 GMT -5
Possibly a bow rack? Similar to mine?  |
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 23, 2019 8:56:25 GMT -5
Possibly a bow rack? Similar to mine? We have a winner!!! |
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Post by chewbacca on Dec 23, 2019 9:02:04 GMT -5
Scrub, that is a beautiful piece for sure. Nice work!
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