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numbskull 01-28-2017 02:13 PM

Doing the Recycling
 
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Wife always nags me about it. I told her I'd get to it today.

numbskull 01-28-2017 02:17 PM

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It's hard being such a good husband.:hihi:

pbadad 01-28-2017 04:14 PM

Repurposing is always great. My first lures came from a room divider out of pine. Made nice DANNYS.

ProfessorM 01-28-2017 06:04 PM

Your quite the catch
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numbskull 01-28-2017 07:26 PM

Beech. Only the second plug I ever made out of it. Forgot how nice it is. Feels like a trip to Downes and Rader coming up.

ProfessorM 01-28-2017 08:34 PM

I burned lots of beech in my wood stove for a good year. Looked like it would have been nice to turn. How is the weight? I am thinking darters.
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Slipknot 01-28-2017 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by numbskull (Post 1115910)
Beech. Only the second plug I ever made out of it. Forgot how nice it is. Feels like a trip to Downes and Rader coming up.

I have some 1" if you want to save half your trip there
Nice stuff
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numbskull 01-29-2017 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ProfessorM (Post 1115916)
I burned lots of beech in my wood stove for a good year. Looked like it would have been nice to turn. How is the weight? I am thinking darters.
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Burn the beech, fish the plastic.
Sounds like you. :rude:
It is very similar to maple. My sample size is limited but I'd say it felt like it fell in between soft and hard maple (which is a good place to be) and the body I turned weighed a bit less than a similar body turned from a heavy birch blank.

Skip, thanks for the offer. I might take you up at some point for needles but most what I need now is 5/4 and 6/4.

ProfessorM 01-29-2017 08:35 AM

Let me know what you find there as I might want to try some larger size stock in the future for darters.
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