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**kodman1** · 08-23-2019, 08:04 AM

Do you have any mesquite slabs? I'm wanting to build a 7' mesquite table.

**SetDaHook** · 08-24-2019, 08:06 AM

Man, I am so jealous!! That's some beautiful wood for future tables, benches, or whatever. I make live edge furniture, fireplace mantels, etc. for customers, and it's hard to find a mill that is reasonable and has the stuff I want.

If you ever want to sell some slabs, let me know!

**cubera** · 08-24-2019, 09:15 AM

How about a pic of the mill itself.

**High_Water** · 08-24-2019, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cubera

How about a pic of the mill itself.

Here it is.

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**BayouBonsaiMan** · 09-01-2019, 12:04 PM

Very sweet piece of machinery! Thanks for posting!

**jm423** · 09-08-2019, 04:58 PM

Are you going to put in any provision for drying other than stickering and let nature take her course? As above here you have a potential gold mine on your hands (but keep hands out of it!!)

**High_Water** · 09-09-2019, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jm423

Are you going to put in any provision for drying other than stickering and let nature take her course? As above here you have a potential gold mine on your hands (but keep hands out of it!!)

Right now I have most of my wood stacked in a shipping container that I'm using as a makeshift kiln with a dehumidifier and fans set up. Its not ideal but it works fairly well and the stuff I have cut seems to be drying well with not much checking. My plan is to one day build solar kiln in a better location similar to the Virginia Tech kiln (https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/...20-030_pdf.pdf)

**High_Water** · 09-13-2019, 02:04 PM

First pic is mesquite, other pics are a mystery. They both came from the same stack of logs out of the Austin area and I was told most of it was mesquite but there could be some cedar or cypress mixed in, bud I didn't think those beetle larvae would affect cedar or cypress like that and it looks too light to be cedar or mesquite. Maybe the fungus that caused the spalting makes the wood lighter in color as well, not sure. Any ideas?

**SetDaHook** · 09-22-2019, 08:16 AM

I've had some mesquite with spalting that looked just like that last pic. What kind of moisture content are you getting using your shipping container set up?

**High_Water** · 09-23-2019, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SetDaHook

I've had some mesquite with spalting that looked just like that last pic. What kind of moisture content are you getting using your shipping container set up?

So far I've gotten readings in the mid teens for the pine, and high teens in the oak.

09-13-2019, 02:04 PM	#18
High_Water Registered Users-pm+ Join Date: Jun 06 2017 Location: Port Neches, TX Age: 31 Posts: 226 Rep Power: 930215	Mesquite and Mystery First pic is mesquite, other pics are a mystery. They both came from the same stack of logs out of the Austin area and I was told most of it was mesquite but there could be some cedar or cypress mixed in, bud I didn't think those beetle larvae would affect cedar or cypress like that and it looks too light to be cedar or mesquite. Maybe the fungus that caused the spalting makes the wood lighter in color as well, not sure. Any ideas? Attached Images

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08-23-2019, 08:04 AM	#11
kodman1 Registered Users-pm+ Join Date: Sep 16 2005 Posts: 876 Rep Power: 17680361	Do you have any mesquite slabs? I'm wanting to build a 7' mesquite table.

08-24-2019, 08:06 AM	#12
SetDaHook Whoever invented work couldn't fish Join Date: Oct 21 2010 Location: Onalaska, TX Age: 65 Posts: 2,493 Rep Power: 21481113	Man, I am so jealous!! That's some beautiful wood for future tables, benches, or whatever. I make live edge furniture, fireplace mantels, etc. for customers, and it's hard to find a mill that is reasonable and has the stuff I want. If you ever want to sell some slabs, let me know!

08-24-2019, 09:15 AM	#13
cubera Registered Users-pm+ Join Date: Mar 09 2005 Location: Utopia/Pasadena, Texas Age: 77 Posts: 8,786 Rep Power: 21489458	How about a pic of the mill itself.

09-01-2019, 12:04 PM	#15
BayouBonsaiMan Registered Users-pm+ Join Date: Apr 14 2009 Location: Sugar Land Posts: 1,456 Rep Power: 20367150	Very sweet piece of machinery! Thanks for posting!

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jm423 Registered Users-pm+ Join Date: Sep 18 2011 Age: 82 Posts: 1,116 Rep Power: 4723169	Are you going to put in any provision for drying other than stickering and let nature take her course? As above here you have a potential gold mine on your hands (but keep hands out of it!!)

09-22-2019, 08:16 AM	#19
SetDaHook Whoever invented work couldn't fish Join Date: Oct 21 2010 Location: Onalaska, TX Age: 65 Posts: 2,493 Rep Power: 21481113	I've had some mesquite with spalting that looked just like that last pic. What kind of moisture content are you getting using your shipping container set up?

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