Not your usual firewood!

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Bob Gleason
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Not your usual firewood!

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At 72, I've finally decided to start using, instead of saving, some of my nicer wood. Time to use some. Today's resawing.
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Wow, that's some of the nicest Koa I've seen. Can't wait to see it transformed into an instrument!
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Beautiful Bob. You surely live in a wood paradise.
I've turned one call from the Koa. I'll post in pic in a couple of days, dipping lacquer finish now. It has some really nice curl in it.
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Bob

Beautiful - just beautiful.. Hard to tell dimensions - is there enough for a back and a top?

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Yes,there was enough for 2 all koa guitars. However, a decision had to be made. I have some killer guitar sets, but almost out of exceptional uke sets. I ended up cutting it into 7 tenor uke T/B/S sets. I always hate to do that, but since I make ukes and guitars, sometimes i have to.
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Bob a couple pics of the first Koa duck call.
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Kevin-Nice work! I love seeing my scrap put to good use. I'm a vegetarian, so make me up a carrot call! Enjoy your hobby.--Bob
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Bob Gleason wrote:Kevin-Nice work! I love seeing my scrap put to good use. I'm a vegetarian, so make me up a carrot call! Enjoy your hobby.--Bob
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Wow! I spent all these years working with sawdust, finishes, and a host of deadly chemicals. I obviously picked the wrong profession. I like to garden, so I could easily have a whole host of cool building materials basically for free. Amazing post. Thanks, Bob
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