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Pipe Box

Mar 1, 2009
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This box was made for a Native American relative. The handle is a white tail deer antler that was picked up alongside the road. All wood was salvaged from a subdivision site burn pile and...


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Re: Inexpensive furniture woods

The local farm auctions are great sources for all local species at great prices. Some of it has been drying for years. I also got frustrated with watching hardwood going up in flames in the local developments and built my own chain saw mill. Between those sites, down trees found while hiking or hunting and cleaning treetops after the loggers I've built a nice supply of highly figured wood that commercial loggers pass by. Granted some of it is highly reactive when cut but the effort is worth the effect on my finished product. Since most of my projects are gifts the personal effort in harvest adds to the projects value as a gift.

posted: 7:25 pm on February 4th