mike-or-ozzy
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Thanks Tim, I know that you know wood, when I get my camera skills back, I have some canes and other carvings to show you, keep making chips buddy.
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Timj
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I look forward to seeing your canes and other carvings. I didn't seal the bottoms of the legs yet because I ran out of linseed oil and didn't want to use the green AnchorSeal end grain sealer I use for my lumber milling. That tends to stain about 1/2" deep in cottonwood. Thanks and you keep chipping away too my friend.
Looks like fun. Will be a nice table to have around. My ex-father in law used to make all kinds of cool stuff with wood. Made a few tables whittling down for pegs and piecing it together. A one piece table is just awesome. Great work! Will be good for packing pipes or vapes. 
Timj
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Thanks @pipeline . I made a pegged legged bench a few years back when a Ash tree was killed by emerald ash borer beetles. So I'm familiar with that technique as well. I always wanted to try chainsaw carving. I used the bark from this very large tree as mulch for all my gardens. There is still a lot of bark left to mulch. Cottonwood burns very fast so it's good for starting a fire but not as a main fuel source. I try to harvest as much as I can so the tree lives on in another way.Looks like fun. Will be a nice table to have around. My ex-father in law used to make all kinds of cool stuff with wood. Made a few tables whittling down for pegs and piecing it together. A one piece table is just awesome. Great work! Will be good for packing pipes or vapes.
Timj
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Thanks pipeline. But, I don't consider myself artistic. I've never used the chainsaw to carve before. I made a branch,chair and two gnomes so far. I have carved several wood spirits using a rotary hand carver. I've also made some spoons using the same rotary tool. But, that is about all my carving experience. Oh yeah, I did carve a few small wooden boxes I've made using hand carving tools. Now that my old memory is coming back. I've also carved a few walking sticks.
That welcome carving sounds cool. F15 ? Do you still see traits from both parent plants?
mike-or-ozzy
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Really nice @Timj, you're cranking em out. I have an electric (corded) chainsaw for hogging out but it makes it very easy to ruin a piece of wood trying to get too close so that you won't need to chip away as much, haahaa. I've seen gnomes and things that have their knuckles on the top edge like they're climbing out. Check out Fred Cogelow if you've never heard of him.
Pretty slick. Getting better! Practice makes perfect. Just have to try, I see some talent there...Takes experience too, but you are making progress in woodworking skills!
Yeah the Sativa Candy Chunk has some of the original phenotype characteristics, its neat, but have also found some better individuals down the line. In 2017 found the Satica Candy Chunk original phenotypes and started planting more and selecting for those traits, but had to keep it in the mix to avoid bottlenecking the genetics. Made it stronger than the parent plants!
Yeah the Sativa Candy Chunk has some of the original phenotype characteristics, its neat, but have also found some better individuals down the line. In 2017 found the Satica Candy Chunk original phenotypes and started planting more and selecting for those traits, but had to keep it in the mix to avoid bottlenecking the genetics. Made it stronger than the parent plants!
Timj
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Sweet looking plants. I make some seeds and crosses too. I haven't spent that much time on any one cross though.Sativa Candy Chunk 'Original' phenotype
Parents were more like this one, which I like.
Timj
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I have a Stihl MS310 for hogging the big chunks off and a MS170 for the details. I ordered a smaller bar for the MS170 so I should be able to make tighter curves. I wasn't willing to pay $110 for the Stihl dime bar so I'm hoping the one I ordered will work. I used to have a corded electric for cutting bowl blanks inside during the winter months. But, I gave it away. I'll check out Fred Cogelow. Thanks mike-or-ozzy.
Timj
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I no longer burp once the bud has been cured. I store mine in canning jars with 58% rh boveda humidity packs. The jars are then stored inside a taped closed cardboard box and placed in a cool dark place.
Do you leave headspace for the Boveda packs?
I used Boveda for the first time last year and they worked great. I took a layer of flowers out of the top of the jars to allow some airspace for the boveda to work in. Is that what you did, or were the jars completely packed with no headspace?
I used Boveda for the first time last year and they worked great. I took a layer of flowers out of the top of the jars to allow some airspace for the boveda to work in. Is that what you did, or were the jars completely packed with no headspace?
