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indian george

indian george

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My neighbor cut down my Butternut tree. He is the one that wrecked the fence. If any of you Bubbas need a stump to mount a anvil, post vise or Etc. Come over and we will cut on off for you, before it ends up for firewood.
 
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Would you save me a 32" hunk for my post vise?

Hmm, maybe I should make that 33-34". The vise mount appears to be 32 1/4 from the ground.
 
Doubt it. Butternut is very soft of a wood. It ranks very comparable to the hardness of pine or some cedars. It would only be useful if it isn't too oily to stabilize (I don't know much about butternut) and it doesn't have that great of a grain pattern. It's a comparable grain to elm and ash mixed.
 
Butternut is one of the favorite woods for carvers (because it's not too hard and holds detail well).
 
go mike is right about Butternut. It's related to Walnut, but it's much less dense. Working with it is a bit of a pain because it is stringy and fuzzy when cut and sanded.

Here's a pic of a Butternut/Black Walnut jewelry box I made for my wife. The sides and rim of the top are Butternut and the top panel is some Black Walnut from a section near the base of the tree. Wild grain, huh?

What you can't see is the multitude of feathery sections on the Butternut. It's easy to cut and shape, but sanding it really stinks. Use it for an anvil base.

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:D Thanks
My shop teacher hates them,
He was once holding a big truck piston to be melted into crap aluminum trinkets, and I asked him, "Was that in a urinal?"
"No..."
"Then why is it pissed in?"



That is a nice box, it is walnutty.
 
Butternut is also known as white walnut. Used in older timesfor gunstocks and furniture.
 
Lot's of woodturners ( and bowl makers ) use butternut for lathe work and it can be quite nice when finished, nice workmanship on the box. Bill
 
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