What is this? - Page 189

Gravdigr · 08-05-2018, 05:19 PM

I was gonna go with sand dollar.

Happy Monkey · 08-05-2018, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Winner!, Chalk it is. Not the shit your teacher used on the blackboard, the White Cliffs of Dover type of chalk.

I knew I'd seen something like that before. I just couldn't place it.

beauregaardhooligan · 11-13-2018, 05:43 PM

I finally got around to hooking this thing up to a little motor from a CD carousel tray and a solar panel.
Not *quite* the disco ball we imagined, but still kindaKewl.
https://youtu.be/Ij6ZHqTLSW8

Happy Monkey · 11-13-2018, 06:12 PM

Heh, I recently got a few of those. Haven't done anything with them yet.
Your contraption might work better with a good flashlight at night.

BigV · 11-13-2018, 10:07 PM

you could make the imperfect ones the star of a great kaleidoscope

xoxoxoBruce · 11-13-2018, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by beauregaardhooligan

I finally got around to hooking this thing up to a little motor from a CD carousel tray and a solar panel.
Not *quite* the disco ball we imagined, but still kindaKewl.
https://youtu.be/Ij6ZHqTLSW8

OMG, do you have a cat? /thinking mean to kitty thoughts.

Gravdigr · 11-14-2018, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Heh, I recently got a few of those. Haven't done anything with them yet.
Your contraption might work better with a good flashlight at night.

Laser pointer.

beauregaardhooligan · 12-07-2018, 06:43 PM

I couldn't find a good thread to post this under, so if someone has a better suggestion, please let me know.
We've been harvesting lots of ash for firewood lately thanks to the EmeraldAshBorer so we thought that's what this was. After cutting it down and running it through the log splitter, it is definitely not ash. The wood is super dense and very heavy, kinda red, almost orange, and it's so stringy it fights the logsplitter wedge almost to the end. Ash tends to pop apart as soon as the thick part of the wedge gets to it.
Also note the pic without the bark. The EAB leaves a distinctive, wandering track when it eats away the cambium. The bug that killed these trees leaves a radiating starburst type of track under the bark. The standing dead tree's bark will fall off in big sheets as a result, just like the EAB's victims.
These trees are long dead and perfectly seasoned for firewood, but without the leaves it's really hard to tell what it is.
Any ideas?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-08-2018, 01:09 AM

Bark Beetle?

BigV · 12-08-2018, 09:48 AM

beau, approximately where were these trees harvested from?

beauregaardhooligan · 12-08-2018, 11:37 AM

North central Ohio, close to CedarPoint.
They are very tall and very little branching, but they were in a wooded lot.
This one was just over a foot in diameter at the base, and probably atLeast 40, 50, or 60 foot tall.

Griff · 12-08-2018, 11:41 AM

I think maple.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-08-2018, 12:18 PM

Maybe Eucalyptus?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-09-2018, 12:53 AM

Reading about guitar building they say there is two kinds of Ash...

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Ash can come from various sources. You have hard ash, which has a lot of bite, almost like maple, but with more (and chunkier) lows. Hard ash is generally speaking on the heavier side. Swamp ash, on the other hand, is much lighter, with less compression in the tone. You will get an opener sound with lots of highs and upper mids that cut through the mix like a hot knife through butter. The difference between a billet cut from the top or the bottom of the tree makes a huge difference in tone. A high-cut piece of hard ash might be closer to the sound you’re looking for than a lower cut of swamp ash. This goes for all woods, but in my experience this is even stronger the case with ash than other types.

Gravdigr · 12-09-2018, 05:18 AM

Red oak?

08-05-2018, 05:19 PM	#2821
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11-13-2018, 05:43 PM	#2823
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	Update to post #665 I finally got around to hooking this thing up to a little motor from a CD carousel tray and a solar panel. Not quite the disco ball we imagined, but still kindaKewl. https://youtu.be/Ij6ZHqTLSW8

11-13-2018, 06:12 PM	#2824
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Heh, I recently got a few of those. Haven't done anything with them yet. Your contraption might work better with a good flashlight at night. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-13-2018, 10:07 PM	#2825
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	you could make the imperfect ones the star of a great kaleidoscope __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-07-2018, 06:43 PM	#2828
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	Identify this deadwood? I couldn't find a good thread to post this under, so if someone has a better suggestion, please let me know. We've been harvesting lots of ash for firewood lately thanks to the EmeraldAshBorer so we thought that's what this was. After cutting it down and running it through the log splitter, it is definitely not ash. The wood is super dense and very heavy, kinda red, almost orange, and it's so stringy it fights the logsplitter wedge almost to the end. Ash tends to pop apart as soon as the thick part of the wedge gets to it. Also note the pic without the bark. The EAB leaves a distinctive, wandering track when it eats away the cambium. The bug that killed these trees leaves a radiating starburst type of track under the bark. The standing dead tree's bark will fall off in big sheets as a result, just like the EAB's victims. These trees are long dead and perfectly seasoned for firewood, but without the leaves it's really hard to tell what it is. Any ideas? Attached Images

12-08-2018, 01:09 AM	#2829
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12-08-2018, 09:48 AM	#2830
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	beau, approximately where were these trees harvested from? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-08-2018, 11:37 AM	#2831
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	North central Ohio, close to CedarPoint. They are very tall and very little branching, but they were in a wooded lot. This one was just over a foot in diameter at the base, and probably atLeast 40, 50, or 60 foot tall.

12-08-2018, 11:41 AM	#2832
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think maple. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-08-2018, 12:18 PM	#2833
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe Eucalyptus? Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-09-2018, 05:18 AM	#2835
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Red oak? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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