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American Chestnut

Hey Folks,

I may have found a source for some old resawn american chestnut. Has anyone worked with this wood before? looking to make some necks or fretboards out of this stuff. I haven't seen the wood yet so I thought I would get your opinions.

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Quilted Walnut??

Hi all, new to the group and to wood in general. Always took it for granted since I was never crafting anything from it, until now. I recently picked up a 6 foot 1x4 of walnut from Menards awhile back. Took it home and resawed it and cut it down to a

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Drying wood

Over in the main group Fernando mentioned problems with unstable wood, which got me to thinking... Iv got a lot of sycamore and some cherry that has only recently been felled, which Id love to use (its free!), but its wet. So whats the best way to dr

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