Ian
Notorious member
50 years from now someone at a lumber dealer will have a story.
When I worked at the cabinet shop we got a random few bullets that turned up in knotty alder from the PNW, no doubt misses and pass-throughs, occasionally one would tear up the wide-belt sander. We had a nice cast lead .45 (probably a 45/70) in profile in one board from a wood order for a customer who wanted extra knots, a few knot holes in door panels if possible, and even a little bark edge here or there if we could work it in. We did, and I suggested we use that bullet board to make the panel over the kitchen sink. Boss wasn't crazy about it but we did it anyway and the couple loved it. How many people have a conversation piece like that? The tree had healed around the bullet completely and made a neat grain pattern and I imagine was quite a conversation starter among guests in the kitchen.
The broken glass and razor blade fragments we encountered frequently in Chinese plywood was considerably less amusing.
When I worked at the cabinet shop we got a random few bullets that turned up in knotty alder from the PNW, no doubt misses and pass-throughs, occasionally one would tear up the wide-belt sander. We had a nice cast lead .45 (probably a 45/70) in profile in one board from a wood order for a customer who wanted extra knots, a few knot holes in door panels if possible, and even a little bark edge here or there if we could work it in. We did, and I suggested we use that bullet board to make the panel over the kitchen sink. Boss wasn't crazy about it but we did it anyway and the couple loved it. How many people have a conversation piece like that? The tree had healed around the bullet completely and made a neat grain pattern and I imagine was quite a conversation starter among guests in the kitchen.
The broken glass and razor blade fragments we encountered frequently in Chinese plywood was considerably less amusing.