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woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Monday Moss May 17, 2021 21:55:25 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 7 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 17, 2021 21:55:25 GMT -5 Maury Mountain moss on rock pile!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 16, 2021 10:48:22 GMT -5 RWA3006, amygdule, and 8 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 16, 2021 10:48:22 GMT -5 Love the color of this cast.

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 16, 2021 10:45:13 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockjunquie, and 12 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 16, 2021 10:45:13 GMT -5 Headed back to Hampton Butte in a few days, would like to find more casts and ones like this one!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 8, 2021 12:26:54 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockpickerforever, and 7 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 8, 2021 12:26:54 GMT -5 Had a bit of time this morning so I whipped out this one of a limb cast from Hampton butte.

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 8, 2021 12:15:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 8, 2021 12:15:21 GMT -5 May 8, 2021 12:03:47 GMT -5 RWA3006 said: That brown wood is lighter than it usually looks. Did you bleach it or leave it in the sun? I do believe I did indeed did bleach it!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 8, 2021 9:40:48 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockjunquie, and 7 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 8, 2021 9:40:48 GMT -5 nice little piece of Blue Forest Wy. wood.

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COPROLITE May 5, 2021 12:37:31 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockpickerforever, and 3 more like this

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May 5, 2021 7:43:10 GMT -5 1dave said:

May 4, 2021 19:45:00 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

Funny story on that ... it's petrified wood that I dug up. When I pulled it out of the ground it was damp and the dirt stuck to it badly and I couldn't really see what it was like. The photo was taken after I hosed off all the dirt and could see it better.

Turned out it was poor quality and not solid at all, in fact it was more like semi-petrified dirt so I set the crate out of the truck until my next trip to the area a couple months later.

I pulled up to the exact same spot I found it and tossed it back within inches of where I found it.

We have to do that to keep the earth from tipping over - like the Island of Guam nearly did several years back.

How do people this dumb get elected?

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	COPROLITE May 3, 2021 13:49:29 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 3, 2021 13:49:29 GMT -5 May 2, 2021 20:57:35 GMT -5 RWA3006 said: What does this one do under black light?

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Saturday Pet Wood! May 1, 2021 16:37:39 GMT -5 RWA3006, hummingbirdstones, and 3 more like this

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May 1, 2021 16:34:00 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

Bob I love your Saturday pet wood videos. I hope you continue to favor us with one every Saturday for a long time to come.

I need to go out and collect more to have something to work with!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 1, 2021 16:24:04 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 7 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 1, 2021 16:24:04 GMT -5 The video does not show the grain of the wood as well as I would like so here is a still of one face!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! May 1, 2021 9:48:08 GMT -5 Fossilman, RWA3006, and 8 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on May 1, 2021 9:48:08 GMT -5 Well let me try this again!! Stinking water oak

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Saturday Pet Wood! May 1, 2021 9:45:02 GMT -5

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<img src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/bbcode/video-preview.png" video=" <figure class="wp-block-video"></figure> " alt="Video Preview" size="large"> More Stinking water oak! We too three loose pieces off of the top of a vertical log and reburied. Maybe someday some one will find it but I have my doubts.

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! Apr 25, 2021 20:51:39 GMT -5 RWA3006, 1dave, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Apr 25, 2021 20:51:39 GMT -5 Apr 25, 2021 18:27:07 GMT -5 RWA3006 said: Bob, do you use your drag saw to cut most of these big ones? mostly, but I do have a 30 inch circular saw.

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! Apr 25, 2021 17:28:28 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Apr 25, 2021 17:28:28 GMT -5 lapping getting there!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Saturday Pet Wood! Apr 24, 2021 9:23:20 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Apr 24, 2021 9:23:20 GMT -5 getting this piece of Oak root ready to polish. It is about 4 inches wide!

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Thunderegg Thursdays Apr 22, 2021 9:24:34 GMT -5 Fossilman, RWA3006, and 7 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Apr 22, 2021 9:24:34 GMT -5 Richardson's RAnch

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Slab Repair Apr 18, 2021 20:42:46 GMT -5 RickB, rockjunquie, and 4 more like this

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Apr 18, 2021 18:32:21 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

I guess I'd want to repair it too seeing how it was already polished and all. Looks good as new.

I will start from scratch on the polish. I will lap it down then sand and then polish. It will be better that way!

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Slab Repair Apr 18, 2021 17:18:23 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones, Rockindad, and 1 more like this

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Apr 18, 2021 16:08:40 GMT -5 Rockindad said:

Looks like you might have done this before once or twice. Curious if you run into issues commonly on the larger slabs similar to what I've encountered many times with new wood slabs as they dry out- splitting. Maybe this is not an issue because the replacement of the organic materials with the minerals occur over such a long period of time?

Anyways, glad this looks like it will be a successful save.

Naw, don't split like real wood does, but it can be brittle and will shatter pretty easy! Not my first rodeo for sure!

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Slab Repair Apr 18, 2021 15:54:11 GMT -5 RWA3006, RickB, and 4 more like this

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Was working on one of my tractors but ran out of parts so figured I may was well get started on the repair. I start by covering a scrap piece of counter top material with freezer paper, lay out parts of slab and make sure it is clean and no chips, apply the epoxy, pull together with strap clamp, remove excess epoxy and now till let it cure for a few days and then I can lap it down and start the sanding and polishing all over!

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Saturday Pet Wood! Apr 18, 2021 10:06:04 GMT -5 RWA3006, 1dave, and 2 more like this

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Apr 17, 2021 22:54:59 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

Bob, would it be practical to glue some kind of a rigid backer onto the backside, like carbon fiber, perhaps?

I have put fiberglass mat on the back of several slabs. This opalized stuff is real brittle. I should have done this one. I was alright until I dropped in on the grass too hard.