WSSI Max size ?????

Steven Penner

Steven Penner

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I have checked the website of WSSI and not found this

Is there a practical limit to the size of pieces submitted for stabilization ?

Does this change with different materials ?
 
I think they can stabilize a full sized rifle stock, just dont quote me on that. Most people just cut their wood to usable sizes and send them in. Hint, dont cut the blocks oversized by very much. Ya pay by the pound.
 
Has anyone been able to contact WSSI recently? I have tried to contact them to ask some questions but cannot get replies to e-mails or phone calls.

SDS
 
I haven't had any communication either - but boxes of stabilized wood keep coming back just fine.

Rob!
 
I figure enough of you guys trust him for me to trust him. I just don't trust myself to do everything right on my end. I've never shipped to them before and don't want to send something that won't work or do something I shouldn't that would complicate things.

I may just have to package up a small order and see what happens.

Thanks,
SDS
 
At one time they said they could stabilize a piece 2 inches thick by 9 inches wide that was 52 inches long. At least this is what I remember with Mike at the Spirit of Steel Show several years ago. Need to check with him though to see if changes have been made. Mike
 
Just my opinion, but I don't know if the stabilization process would soak in very deep, if you sent a huge piece. Myself, I like the send pieces as small as possible, in order to insure that the process soaks in as deeply as possible.
 
I have sent seveal pieces 2" X 6" X 6" and after cutting them into scales the stabilization goes totally through.I have been very happy with everything I have sent them.
Stan
 
I have had Mike stabilize 12X6X4 blocks of afzelia. They were stabilized all the way through.
Stacy
 
SDS said:
I figure enough of you guys trust him for me to trust him. I just don't trust myself to do everything right on my end. I've never shipped to them before and don't want to send something that won't work or do something I shouldn't that would complicate things.

I may just have to package up a small order and see what happens.

Thanks,
SDS
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i thought the same way, and still no return call, and my wood is hear waiting, i guess i'll just send out this week and cross my fingers!:(


anyone know the approx. turn around time for WSSI
 
mdoyle said:
He told me it would ship out within 10 days of his receipt...
Matt Doyle
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excellent, i need it back for some pieces im doing , that need to be done before oct. somehow i thought it would take months.
thanks
andy
 
Call Mike in the later afternoon ,Iowa time. He is in the plant working a lot during the day. He has so much work and such that he doesn't always answer emails. He usually returns calls, and if he is in the office, answers the phone.
Stacy
 
Stacy's right the last time I talked to Mike he said the best time to catch him is between 4-5PM CST.
 
mdoyle said:
He told me it would ship out within 10 days of his receipt...
Matt Doyle
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Don't bank on that Matt, especially if you're having any coloring done. I sent a large batch of blocks (several months ago now) to be done clear and a large batch to be done chroma-brown. The clear showed back up in about 4 or 5 wks, and the brown, if I remember, took over twice as long.

My experience with him is that he works everything as fast as humanly possible but he will not sacrifice quality control by being hasty.

End result is definitely worth the wait :thumbup: Mike is fantastic at stabilizing !

Just mark everything well, each piece, with your initials. I think white paint marker is the preferred method. And specify exactly what you want done in the paper work. I mark my blocks with paint marker and then separate the batch's in my packaging according to process (color's wanted, etc.)

Like Ranger Rob said, send them...... and before you know it........ they'll be showing back up at your doorstep :)
 
Danbo said:
Just my opinion, but I don't know if the stabilization process would soak in very deep, if you sent a huge piece. Myself, I like the send pieces as small as possible, in order to insure that the process soaks in as deeply as possible.
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I bought a slice of a birch burl stump from WSSI at a show years ago that was 2" thick and about 18" by 30" around....a kind of egg shaped burl slice. It's stabilized all the way through very nicely. I don't have a photo of that original slice, but I've made many handles from it.
 
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