Nice bio, welcome aboard.  If time and technical inclination permit, I
would love to pics of toys that have survived generations of abuse.  I make
a lot of toys and some of them are starting to come back for repair as the
toddlers grow into larger children.



On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Jesse Walker 
wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Thanks for the bio, I enjoyed reading it.  That's an impressive piece of
> live oak!  How many growth rings are there per inch?  What cross section of
> the tree was the board taken from?
>
> I made a mallet out of live oak, and it has held up better (in timber
> framing abuse) than my previous ash or bodark ones.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jesse
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