Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Oct 5, 2015 20:26:18 GMT -5
I remember that it stunk to high heaven.
I wonder if we didn't take a chunk of wood that had generations of people and dogs pissing on it.
Maybe all ironwood stinks?
Who knows.
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Post by orrum on Oct 6, 2015 6:29:24 GMT -5
Ironwood is poisonous if you burn it. It's also protected on all public land, don't cut it and you can't even pick up dead pieces. You can split it and cab it just like a rock! Makes beautiful csbs!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 6, 2015 7:52:29 GMT -5
Ironwood is poisonous if you burn it. It's also protected on all public land, don't cut it and you can't even pick up dead pieces. You can split it and cab it just like a rock! Makes beautiful csbs! what is Ironwood Bill ? Alder ?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 6, 2015 8:05:07 GMT -5
American hophornbeam? (Ostrya virginiana) I know we have ironwood in Michigan, but when I did a search, I found that lots of trees are referred to as ironwood.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 6, 2015 8:23:20 GMT -5
Agreed Rob. Hornbeam seems to be the likely one.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 6, 2015 9:28:07 GMT -5
As orrum said, it can be cabbed. Work it wet, just like cabbing a rock. Wear breathing protection when cutting and sanding, as the dust is toxic. It won't take a high shine, so a good grade of paste furniture polish is needed to bring out that glow. Mojave desert iron wood.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 6, 2015 10:31:56 GMT -5
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 6, 2015 14:11:02 GMT -5
My wife loves turtles and ironwood. Way back when at Quartzite and such shows, a lot of ironwood carvings from Mexico used to show up. She spotted this huge turtle carving one time and almost wrestled another gal over it. About 16 inches long and maybe 20 pounds or so. She as several and to me they have no odor at all but they sure are pretty wood. Here's her prize......Mel
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Post by orrum on Oct 6, 2015 22:58:26 GMT -5
Yep Don has it right James. This stuff eats chainsaws, table saws etc. Cut it with a hacksaw. Slowly cut it. Makes beautiful belt buckles.
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Post by snowmom on Oct 10, 2015 4:51:30 GMT -5
my mom lived in Arizona on the edge of the desert in a tent during the time of the depression and she talked about how highly sought after ironwood was because of its fuel value, burned like coal. Wonder how they cut it back then? Must have had sturdy bodies and very sharp axes? Or perhaps just fed branches into the stove as they were consumed?
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Post by orrum on Oct 10, 2015 5:38:48 GMT -5
Snowmom I imagine a crosscut saw or buck sa2 could handle it. It's the high rpm modern says that heat up n toast the blade.
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