My shop is best described as a disaster that found a place to happen. It is to the point where I can use either my planer or bandsaw, or I can use my lathe. If I am using the lathe, the planer and bandsaw are inaccessible, if I can use the planer and bandsaw, the lathe is inaccessible.
I have been working on cleaning the shop for a few weeks now, with what limited time I have to do so (I do have a full time job, and would rather not burn all of my vacation days on shop cleaning!). To get them out of the way, I cut some blanks out of two logs I have had sitting for a month or three. One I know is Japanese Flowering Cherry. The other I have no idea. I do know that it has worm tracks in it. Lots of worm tracks. The tag on it just had 'H" on it. Pics of it below. It not only has worm tracks in it, some of the critters are in residence - soon to be evicted (at least the ones that did not meet the bandsaw blade). I have one more piece to microwave - then on to Anchorseal. In the picture of the cherry, the two at the bottom of the image are from the crotch end of the log I had. I tried to keep as close as I could there. The unidentified wood has an endgrain and bark shot. Seems to be a bit harder than the cherry, but I did not measure it. Cutting with the grain was easy. Across the grain it was not as easy - and this was a new blade before I cut the cherry.
I have been working on cleaning the shop for a few weeks now, with what limited time I have to do so (I do have a full time job, and would rather not burn all of my vacation days on shop cleaning!). To get them out of the way, I cut some blanks out of two logs I have had sitting for a month or three. One I know is Japanese Flowering Cherry. The other I have no idea. I do know that it has worm tracks in it. Lots of worm tracks. The tag on it just had 'H" on it. Pics of it below. It not only has worm tracks in it, some of the critters are in residence - soon to be evicted (at least the ones that did not meet the bandsaw blade). I have one more piece to microwave - then on to Anchorseal. In the picture of the cherry, the two at the bottom of the image are from the crotch end of the log I had. I tried to keep as close as I could there. The unidentified wood has an endgrain and bark shot. Seems to be a bit harder than the cherry, but I did not measure it. Cutting with the grain was easy. Across the grain it was not as easy - and this was a new blade before I cut the cherry.
