Walnut

[Tom Cooper]

I stumbled across a slab of walnut in my travels today, 2" thick, almost 20" wide tapering down to 10" X about 24" tall.

Just sittin around collecting dust, when I inquired about the wood, ole boy said "just get it out my way, tired of stumblin on it" , I says "ok" ( I did cut him some slack on his bill )

When I got home today I set the band saw up to rip some 2" blocks off and then rip them down again so I got a bunch of 1"X1"X3" blocks for turning measures.

Thought it kinda looked a bit funny so I turned one down and noticed

this




At this point I'm gettin a bit excited and thinking about the possibilities for this wood, calmed down a bit and got it wet and found

THIS



This grain is spectacular, I have not looked real hard at the rest of this wood, but the way it was cut leads me to believe that this grain runs throughout the slab.

It was a great day.

[Tim Crosby]

  Did you see this thread?

   http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=21420.msg203342#msg203342


 Tim C.

[Tom Cooper]

Thanks for the link Tim,

It was an interesting read for sure, I do know that I had to turn the lathe up to reduce the tear out associated with the grain.

It will be well worth the headaches when the finished product is completed.

[Kermit]

Your tools will need to be beyond scary sharp. It won't forgive you at all. And in my experience you can't rush working walnut with curl like that.

[The other DWS]

looks like it'd have made a prime pistol stock or two

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Looks a little like Mertyle wood to me.

[Tim Crosby]

Looks a little like Mertyle wood to me.

  I thought it light for Walnut, then I thought maybe it was sapwood. 

     Tim C.

[Tom Cooper]

Of course I am far from an expert in wood and can only go with what the individual told me when I picked it up, I also know that lighting can play havok with certain materials especially in terms of back ground.

Here is the finished measure with no stain, just finish



Here are the remaining 2" X 2" blocks out of the section that I sectioned

[David R. Pennington]

I have a piece of walnut root I chainsawed out of an old stump in my shop rafters. Looks like a lot of figure. If it doesn't split as it dries it might make a nice pistol someday.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Yup...that's walnut.

[The other DWS]

I agree with a pale colored Walnut.
 I have a yet to be finished stock (NON - ML rifle)  made of old (legal) myrtle,  its color is a lot more like raw maple--whitish blonde.  no red or brown tones