A while back I was a construction site where they were removing a number of trees. One of them in particular was a large and fairly straight Mesquite tree. The guys were going to cut it up for fire wood and that just kind of pushed the wrong buttons for me. After a little chatting with the superintend I convince him to let me have it.
This is the log and a few of the limbs.
After some clean up this is what I was left with.
The scrap was turn into mulch.
A quick trip to the saw mill left me with some beautiful slabs.
It is all back home.
and stored for an upcoming project.
It will be stored for a year to air dry out the sun and rain and then it will be kiln dried to the proper moisture content. I cut these slabs at 2 1/2 inches for stocks and to be able to re-saw for a few other projects.
A short video of the process.
Mesquite should make a nice stock. All the mesquite we have here is only big enough to make drink coasters out of.
I see where you’re going with that…..and I LIKE it…..(GRIN)
Nice sawyerin’! Beautiful grain and looks dense…”Cave Creek Toothpick Factory” material? Save some for me ’cause my FrankenFAL needs new furniture!!!
Shirley could use a new cabinet for the Red Cross display…
What ATF Form is needed for attaching this to a Class II weapon (at least its made in the USA).
I am thinking VG 1-5 presentation model,oh the irony.
I am glade I am note the only sick one here