Just a little Fix....

[BigJim]

Just a little FIX for my terrible addiction. This beautiful pallet of wood...about 2000 lbs includes some mighty fine wood:

bocote,zebra,east indian rosewood, ziricote,curly maple,birdseye maple,padauk,purple heart, Gabon ebony, black limba, jatoba, wenge, che chen, macassar, indian ebony, morado, chocta cocke  and I'm sure i left off a couple.

I just can't help my self and tend to get carried away.  I guess I better get it cut up and sell it      


 

Hard to tell, but this is a two foot high pile of planer shavings. Real purdy with the pink colored chocte cocke over the black gabon!  My friend "Preacher" in the photo.

 

BigJIm

[Cwilder]

Looks good Jim

[Ricker]

Is that a company issued beard "Preacher" is sporting???

Good lookin pile of wood there Biggin.

There should be lots of fine works or art comes out of that pile of wood!

Bisch

[cacciatore]

Keep it,they will become hard to find!

[ishoot4thrills]

Awesome!

[nineworlds9]

Awwww...

[BigJim]

The majority of this wood is ear marked to be listed on our web site as riser blocks and veneers.

Whole bunch of carrying and cutting....and itching/sneezing.

You know Ricker, I have always toted a beard, but one day when preacher came over to do some work (had been awhile ) I noticed he had let his beard grow out...took him a while. I thought..Hey, I can do that and in just a few months, my beard was longer. We are both a little sensitive about loosing hair due to a poor string release!

Bigjim

[drewsbow]

Awesome pics Jim , you have a great eye for wood    :rolleyes:

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jim,  Looks like you are set for campfires for a bit!  

[Troy D. Breeding]

I bet after having to shell out all those Franklins if you reached for your wallet again it would bite.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

That's enough wood chips to glue back together for another riser or two bro. Ya need to mix up all those chips with epoxy into a dough, and put em in over sized bread pans and bake em... Exotic wafer board!  

I'll bet that load left a hell of a mark on the old wallet.

[cmh]

Z-z-z-zebra    

[BigJim]

I was really having fun picking them out, but felt bad for all the boards that I had to leave behind...not the ones that wouldn't make the cut, but the ones that fell out of the budget.

A rough estimate mind you, but I would guess that there was enough wood on that pallet to supply risers and veneers for over 600 bows!

The pain is that only 2/3rds of the wood is dry enough to use. Probably 6 months for a chunk of it and up to 2 years for some of the bigger ebony pieces.

There were blocks of Indian ebony that were 3"x 4" x 5'. Had I not downsized them, they may not be dry for over 5 years.

Hey Kirkll, that might be a good idea. I can call it the particle bow. Too much wax in those shavings though. Oh well. Today I added some bright yellow shavings and some black and white too.

BIgJim

[pdk25]

Beautiful wood, Jim.

[Trux Turning]

Wow that's a good looking pile!!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I didn't think about the wax bro...   :eek:   that would be a bad scene.

but if you swept up the wax stuff first and put the good stuff in card board boxes to dry a bit. i'll bet you could come up with some cool looking stuff with those planer chips and epoxy. After you baked your wood loaves, you probably have to go back and do a vacuum impregnation to stabilize it. Might be fun to play with.... In your spare time of course...  

[Sixby]

Yea, I bet Jim don't know what to do with all that spare time!!!

Man that bunch of wood has me drooling. Are you putting it up for sale as you go or are you going to do a bunch first?

God bless, Steve

[D]

Steve that was the same thing I was wondering.  Good looking stuff Jim.  Ya bringing any of it to the Tennessee Classic next weekend.  Look forward to seeing ya there even though you have no idea who I am..lol

[BigJim]

Kirkll, I have some spare time next tuesday between 5: and 10: but I'm going to squander it away with a pig hunt...maybe  

Yes, going to be putting it  up for sale. Thing is, I spent most of yesterday downsizing about a 1/3rd in to riser blocks but a lot of that will have to dry. However that little pallet of wood is just a small portion of what I have had in the "WOOD ROOM" for years.

We are currently trying to figure out how to handle this as far as web site goes. I want to list riser blocks and veneers with pictures so they can be bought from the site. This will help to increase  my PIG hunting time.

I do enjoy talking with my customers, but that can be very time consuming when I have to return a call, figure out what they want, find, cut, take pictures, then call and finally take order...that is if I got it right the first time.
I'm sure I will still have to do some of that, but  the on line stuff should help...besides, not only do the pigs require attention...so does my dog..she truly needs me  

I hadn't planned on bringing any wood to the Classic, but if you would like me to, give us a call or email by Wed morning and I'll be happy to.

I have been including a size able box of scrap to bring to the show.

thanks, bigjim