Hello, All!
I recently found some timber washed up on the beach here a NS Mayp0rt I decided to take the pieces home to see if anything could be done with some such type of driftwood. The stock was 3.5X3.5, which I took to be unusual for modern timber. The crosscuts on the timber were EXTREMELY primitive and rough. I also noticed very fine pinholes by the hundreds in the surface of the wood. The surface was gray and rough sawn. I took it home and decided to shave off 1/16 with the table saw and lo and behold I found hundreds of small compartments made by, what I gathered were some sort of wood-boring barnacle type creatures. The compartments were 3cm in diameter average and beautifully spaced, they were, however enforced with a coral like material and my planer blades suffered pain as they revealed a beautiful red oak, possibly a century old. When crosscut, the mini "habitats" only penetrated the first half inch of the surface. Inside the heart of the wood was a beautifully preserved, undiscolored core. Break--1 love this new2group and have had some gr8 adv1ce come thru. H0wever, we have a little pr0blem, the 0--- guy has added our gr0up to its cRXX psting lst and is here to stay (my grmar and spelling are c0rrect, but if srches for certain words are initiated... please understand) It is best practs to remn wpns tite on this and/or these 1nd1v1duals. ABS0LUTELY D0 N0T ENG~GE these
1ndiv1duals direct1y and abs0l@t1y D0 n0t resp0nd t0 th1r p0sts. Nuf sed, out. Further inspection revealed that these pieces of wood had been shot at with some musketball firing device. The impressions intrude =BC inch of the surface in some cases. Now I want to make a lamp that will stand 2 feet tall. What would be the best method of boring through such long pieces of hardwood? I would like to tunnel through the center of the hardwood without disturbing the shallow pockets that have infiltrated the surface, if you get my drift....w00d. : )Good Day! B088Y