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Yeah, and I've got some stuff to prove it!  

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Waddy

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Y'all don't use your scraps and shavings to smoke meats? I did a thread on the MIMF about that around 8-9 years ago. ya ain't lived 'til you've had rib eye smoked over BRW.

 Really!


I also always have a small box for tossing little scraps(I mean, even the tiniest) of exotic woods into. I have a wait list for people wanting these. they make all sorts of things with them. One lady sent me a photo of a gun rack, with guns, that she made. It looked like a normal gun rack with a few riffles, but then I realized the light source was a small table lamp! It was on an end table! The gun rack and guns were the size of a pack of cigarettes! All done with scraps I'd given her. I give the boxes away for the shipping costs, but I'm also sure i could sell this stuff, as there's enough demand for it.

FOOD!! Finally a subject a Texas boy can relate to!

So, what woods have you found that worked especially well? Or especially bad? I wouldv'e never guessed RW. My rule of thumb is any fruit or nut bearing wood makes good BBQ. Pecan, hickory, oak, peach, pear, apple...

Of course, for grilling steaks and the like, everybody knows nothing can touch mesquite!

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Wes McMillian
Santo, TX
http://www.wesmcmillian.com

[QUOTE=Bob Garrish]I should find out the pricing on ebony dust. There are days when I could shovel it out of the Fadal.[/QUOTE]

WEll, Bob, I would think you could sell it by the film canister, baggie, whatever, for inlay. Not every luthier knows how to make ebony dust/very fine shavings for inlay

Anything works, really. Even chicken over mahogany is great. I'd avoid the known trouble makers, like cocobolo and pau ferro and such, though.

mesquite is so yesterday... <g>

I have a small bag of 1/2" maple plane shavings that I use to make spiral peg hole bushings for violins. Smear HHG on them, stick them in the peg hole, take a waxed peg and twist it in the hole to set it against the walls of the existing hole. Don't bother to make it flush. It trims flat with a chisel after it dries.

I use plane shavings to fill gaps in my binding on the sides of my guitars. Since the sides are quarter sawn, they blend right in. I know, I know, I'm not supposed to have gaps but sometimes I get them anyway.

I can't imagine sell the stuff on ebay though.

I know most of you blokes are probably unfamiliar with Huon Pine but it has a natural insect repellant in it's oils.

Shavings are great to chuck in your clothes cupboards to keep away moths and silverfish.

Bob

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

[QUOTE=Terry Stowell]

[QUOTE=Bob Garrish]I should find out the pricing on ebony dust. There are days when I could shovel it out of the Fadal.[/QUOTE]

WEll, Bob, I would think you could sell it by the film canister, baggie, whatever, for inlay. Not every luthier knows how to make ebony dust/very fine shavings for inlay

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I'd do it if it weren't a hassle. Anyone that wants dust (ebony, IRW, sometimes BRW) just send me a film canister and enough postage to get it back to you (seriously). Tips appreciated.

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Bob Garrish
Former Canonized Purveyor of Fine CNC Luthier Services