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Author Topic: Would you like a little walnut with those nails  (Read 15453 times)

Offline Carl Middleton

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Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« on: May 16, 2009, 06:21:24 PM »
Milled 750 bf walnut and went through 8 blades :o >:( I couldnt believe it every log had 2 or 3 nails in it. Thats after I pulled out a dosen or more. That was more nails then I've hit in the last 3 years. It did make some nice 9/4 slabs 22" wide ;D

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 11:10:00 PM »
I dont know what it is with people and hardware in walnut trees but I think its the walnuts more than any other tree that I find nails.   :(

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 04:41:09 PM »
I think walnut trees are magnetic...they collect metal!!!

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 08:46:40 PM »
The builder I stayed late for last thursday for the walnut called today and ordered a 1000 bf more of walnut and 1000 bf of cherry too ;D Looks like it was worth getting to sawlex late after all  ;)

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2009, 10:41:00 PM »
Sometimes those kinds of things really pay off.  Good for you!

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2009, 10:49:48 AM »
I had about 1500 feet of cherry nad walnut cut, when ziiiiinnng!!!! A little walnut contained a hidden fence....oh well, I wanted a 15 minute break to sharpen teeth and square and swedge...maybe an hour break????? ;D

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2009, 02:49:49 PM »
Thats what I mean. Walnut atracts medal

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2009, 08:04:55 AM »
Hello everybody! I like Walnut. The Little Walnut  is easily found in nurseries, garden stores and other plant dealers and distributors. It can be propagated by Bare Root, Container and Seed. It has a  Slow ability to spread through seed production and the seedlings have Medium vigor.  Note that cold stratification is not required for seed germination and the plant cannot survive exposure to temperatures below -3°F. Little Walnut has Medium tolerance to drought and restricted water conditions.

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2013, 04:36:55 AM »
When i was a child my grandmother would drive nails in the pecans trees on our land. She said they neede the iron? Im wondering if poeple did that with other nut trees?

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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2013, 09:03:15 AM »
The branching pattern of walnut trees makes them attractive for tree houses & deer stands.  When I suspect metal (such as fence wire hanging out of a log), I switch to a bi-metal band saw blade.  They are expensive, but they do chew through nails and wire with no problem.  They use them for breaking down pallets.  Here's a walnut log with fence wire I milled.  The grain of the wood sort of wraps around the metal, though I'll have to go to a wide drum sander to surface the boards.



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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2013, 11:23:08 AM »
If you just had a few more nails you could sell the wood for ebony.
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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2013, 11:26:08 AM »
I just cut 750 BF of walnut for a regular customer and can proudly say its the FIRST time not hitting hardware in customer owned walnut!    ;D
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Re: Would you like a little walnut with those nails
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2013, 12:22:53 PM »

 Ya just jinxed yerself, BIG time, Kirk.  ;D ;D