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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jan 25, 2009 - 11:53pm PT
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Word, Ken....Our BroMan Trent made a bunch out of walnut, too.
Awesome wood. Forever stuff.
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hoipolloi
climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Jan 26, 2009 - 12:12am PT
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SKinner - do you carve them? lathe? and is black walnut expensive??
questions questions questions..
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MOsucks
Mountain climber
Generally MO but I get out of here every chance
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Jan 26, 2009 - 12:21am PT
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hoipolloi
find someone cutting a tree down or trimming it up, that stuff will run you more than figured maple. Half or quarter the logs depending on size and let em dry once they air dry. Coating the ends with paint can help prevent cracking. And by the way, hard maple makes good holds too.
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quartziteflight
climber
dirthy souf hoes throwing dirty souf bows!
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2009 - 09:06am PT
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Tami,
saftey smashfty...j/k. I'm pretty familiar with hazmat protocols and msds sheets..
So since you were a little hold monkey for a while how'd you all make the holds?
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Jan 26, 2009 - 09:29am PT
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Hoipolloi,
I ended up with a whole tree that was taken out and seasoned it myself. I kept it submerged in a pond for over a year. It is probably a lot less work to coat the ends in paraffin or paint to keep the ends from checking. I ripped the logs into various width slabs. I then cut the slabs into different sized blocks with a Skilsaw. The blocks were countersunk with a 7/8" drilled and drilled all the way through with a 7/16" bit. The blocks could then be mounted on a piece of plywood with a Tee-nut held in a vice. I bought a chainsaw wheel for my hand held grinder and shaped the blocks. A beltsander with a 40 grit belt was used to smooth out the rough edges and give them the final touches. I made close to 5,000 of them. I tried other woods but the black walnut was the most friendly. I never had too much problem with them getting polished. If they do you could lightly run them over the beltsander. Time consuming but worth it.
Ken
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