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Jim Jakosh
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Swan and Stork Eggs
Our guild got another request from the John Ball Zoo for some wooden eggs. They wanted 8 Swan eggs ( 2 1/2" x 4" ) and 4 Stork eggs ( 1 3/4 " x 3" ). Maybe the birds have been neutered?????? Anyway , I turned them out of fresh cut hard maple.. It turns real nice and I have made over 100 gallons of chips so far from their projects with the lathe and chain saw!!!!!!!
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
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Nice that you help the zoo and the birds.
Ron
so now your layin eggs jim ? what next 😂
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Yes, that is nice, to help out. What do you do with all those chips?
The Other Steven
Nicely done. I wonder if those are to get them to try to hatch them to get them in a parental mood. My grandmother use to put old eggs back into the nest for older hens to see if they would try to incubate them and maybe start laying again (no idea if it actually worked).
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
Interesting, eggs. Maybe they are to be placed in an exhibit with artificial birds. In any event, the zoo knows a good thing when they see it, or him in your case.
Nice of you to help out, 👍
Nice of you to help out, 👍
Thanks for all the nice comments.
Hi Stephen, I usually burn the chips out in my fire pit but it is way to dry to have a fire these days. I might look for a person that might need them for bedding
Hi Stephen, I usually burn the chips out in my fire pit but it is way to dry to have a fire these days. I might look for a person that might need them for bedding
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
so jim how much pain is it to crap a maple egg !😂
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Dry cool!
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Thanks Ryan !!
Hi Larry. They are pretty big. The birds must have big holes!!!!!! It is real fun to whittle these down from slices out of a log...no pain at all!!!!!! I don't need much of an excuse to turn anything on that Galaxi!!!!!
Hi Larry. They are pretty big. The birds must have big holes!!!!!! It is real fun to whittle these down from slices out of a log...no pain at all!!!!!! I don't need much of an excuse to turn anything on that Galaxi!!!!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Yep, ya laid an egg with this one Jim.
Our neighbor does horses, and they have no interest in any of my chips or dust for bedding. It used to be a big no, on Walnut, now they don't want any of it. Hay or straw is all they use, no more wood chips. We just till in some into the garden, and it mulches out nicely, but to get rid of bulk, it's fire time.
I've considered getting a wood burner to use it up, but no place to really put one in, shop or house. So much work to vent and a chimney/fireplace it doesn't make economic sense. The propane burner I have in the shop works fine, and is really efficient. I'd be going stone age to go back to fire days. Though you would get points for cool with a nice smoky wood fire to sip on your coffee in the woodfire warmed shop.
Our neighbor does horses, and they have no interest in any of my chips or dust for bedding. It used to be a big no, on Walnut, now they don't want any of it. Hay or straw is all they use, no more wood chips. We just till in some into the garden, and it mulches out nicely, but to get rid of bulk, it's fire time.
I've considered getting a wood burner to use it up, but no place to really put one in, shop or house. So much work to vent and a chimney/fireplace it doesn't make economic sense. The propane burner I have in the shop works fine, and is really efficient. I'd be going stone age to go back to fire days. Though you would get points for cool with a nice smoky wood fire to sip on your coffee in the woodfire warmed shop.
Hi George,
I had a guy bring some big bags yesterday and picked it all up for chicken coop bedding. Now I have an outlet for chips if it is too dry to burn them out in the fire pit. I used to burn chips in my wood furnace in the barn but they fell beneath the grates and burned in the ash pit so I quit that !!
I had a guy bring some big bags yesterday and picked it all up for chicken coop bedding. Now I have an outlet for chips if it is too dry to burn them out in the fire pit. I used to burn chips in my wood furnace in the barn but they fell beneath the grates and burned in the ash pit so I quit that !!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
The shape of swan eggs are very intersting....never saw them until now.Good turning!!
...woodicted
Thanks Ivan. I'm not sure they are the exact shape. I just made cardboard templates and turned them to fit!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
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