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Started by Magicman, February 04, 2013, 10:17:37 PM

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Magicman

I moved in on a fairly large framing lumber saw job this morning, and we knocked out a whack of 2X4's & 2X8's.  Just before quitting time, the customer walks over to his truck and brings back a "log".   :o  Since he was not planning on building a camp fire, I am figuring how to clamp that stick.


 
Yup,  Bois d'arc, Bodark, Bodock, Osage Orange, hedge apple, horse apple, Maclura pomifera.


 
Absolutely Beautiful.  I got prepared just in case that stick decided to ride in the operator's seat.   :o


 
And the framing lumber job is not bad either.   ;D

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DanG wood gots some bright color....WOW!

Good job Magic, I wish we had that species around here.


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Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on February 04, 2013, 10:25:51 PM
By the way, the last man I looked at through a screen, I was confessing my sins.  :)

DanG, I'll bet that took awhile!   ;D ;D ;D

MM you look pretty spiffy in that Husky hardhat and screen, satin jacket and white shirt...the gentleman sawyer's attire.   :)
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The name  Bois d'arc is French meaning a wood used for archery bows.  Deviants of that French name include Bodark and Bodock.  OSAGE ORANGE  has its Latin name (Maclura pomifera)
 given in honor of William Maclura, an American 
geologist (1763 - 1840), and in recognition of the grapefruit-size (3" to 6" in diameter), inedible,
 spherical, bumpy pommes or apples it produces.

Before the development
of barbed wire, the tree was planted in the Great Plains and the East to develop a hedge row fence; stems 
and branches would grow as much as six feet in one year.  When planted close together and pruned, its 
branchy-ness and spiny thorns make a nearly impenetrable, natural hedge to any animal larger than a
rabbit.  During President Roosevelt's "Great Plains Shelterbelt" WPA project starting in 1934, over 200
 million trees were planted to control soil erosion.  A thornless variety is available today for horticultural 
plantings today.


The color is indeed beautiful when first cut, but the golden yellow will age to a russet brown color with high luster over time.  The root wood and bark, and to a lesser extent the
wood itself, have a great amount of yellow coloring that can be extracted in hot water and used as dye. 
Native Americans used this coloring.  In WW I, the dye was used for khaki coloring.  An extract from the
 pommes called elemol has been found to be as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitos.


This is probably the most naturally decay resistant species in North America.

The wood is 30% heavier than oak, so it is difficult to saw.

Early uses of the wood by the European settlers was for wheel rims and hubs.  It lasted a long time.
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And on a firewood btu chart that someone posted Osage Orange was the number one firewood for btus, much better than oak or maple.
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Almost looks like Pacific Yew Wood. I love Yew it is dark orange with red streaks and is very rot resistant. It is also great for making bows. Anyways looking good!
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Magicman

Regrettably I do not have a lathe, but I would (wood) love to have a pen made from that wood.  It is stunning to say the least.
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What I have cut has been bad to have cracks and splits.  Are those lines in the board future splits?
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    When I was young I remember there was a hedgeline of them along a road. They were bushy like trees that were perhaps 15-20' tall, if I remember right. We called the fruit "monkey balls". ;D

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MM, I'll turn you a pen from it. Next time I see you, you can get me a blank.
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Doc, anyone you know use the extract from the hedge apples to keep mosquitoes away?    Sounds interesting.
My sawyer "stole" some Osage Orange that we had laying around to make turkey calls.  He convinced me that I would never do anything with it and being the nice guy that he was I should make it a perk of the job.  He made some nice calls.
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There's a bit of bodock in my area. I saw every scrap I can get, when I finish, there's nothing left but sawdust and bark. Most of it goes to duck and turkey calls, a few pens and bowls. Even the small pieces are made into felling wedges, better than plastic or metal.
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GDinMaine

If you don't mind sharing a secret?  How do you clamp that short little log on the mill to open the first face?  I'm new to these tricks and would love to learn that. 

I have a 3.5-4' piece of cherry that I had intended to have milled for years.  Now with my own mill I don't dare try as I'm afraid I hurt something or someone.
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Just a note about firewood:  All hardwoods have the same BTUa per pound.  Softwoods sometimes have slightly more heat per pound when they are resinous.
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Quote from: GeneWengert-WoodDoc on February 05, 2013, 02:36:23 PM
Just a note about firewood:  All hardwoods have the same BTUa per pound.  Softwoods sometimes have slightly more heat per pound when they are resinous.


"roughly" the same btu per pound. According to http://firewoodresource.com/firewood-btu-ratings/
It would take 156.2 pounds of shagbark hickory to make a million btu's.
It would only take 143.7 pounds of bodark for the same amount of heat.
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Same per pound if at the same moisture content, I believe.

Not comparing by volume, as in a cord.
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Striking wood MagicMan.  Great backstory Gene.

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That's the first type of wood I ever milled on my LT40. Marty Parsons pulled it from his log pile to use while training me. The color is amazing.

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Nice lumber. ;D
No doubt osage is very rot resistant. But I would doubt if it's more so than some of the cedars or Pacific yew. I have seen half carved out western red cedars left behind or abandoned by natives in the 19th C. Still in tact. The government has a term for these culturally significant trees. They call them "culturally modified trees" or CMT's. ;D
Also, yellow cypress, as long as it's in tact when it falls will last and last just laying on the wet ground in the mountains.
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Magicman

Danny, yes, the dark streaks are cracks, but the wood between the cracks seems very solid.

Thanks Terry, I will get with you about a pen.

GDinMaine, there was no clamping secret.  That "log" was 31" long.  I raised one manual side support and somehow the log clamp was able to tighten down on it.  I made  a couple of passes before flipping it over and continuing the saw through.  The clamping was the reason that I had the helmet on, and I also made my customers stand away just in cast that thing got loose.  I was not comfortable.

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Here is a pen and pencil set I made for a fella that used to post on here by the name of IL BULL. Haven't heard from him in a long time. He sent me some Osage and it had this burl wood in it.


 

I just looked at the pen blanks he sent me the other day. Still a vivid yellow, been in a box. My wife said it was the ugliest wood she has ever seen. :D

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