LUCKY Curly Ash!

4570tc · Oct 14, 2024

I have been gathering parts for another build. Stock wood was the last thing I needed. Went to an old friend who used to build MLs. He had a BEAUTIFUL band sawed blank of the prettiest Curly Ash I have ever seen! well I ended up with the blank!
HAPPY??? Dancing Happy!!!!!

AwwNaww · Oct 15, 2024

What finish do you intend to use?

springfield art · Oct 15, 2024

I'll bet you almost fell over onto your ash! I'm sure it will be one beautiful project!

wiscoaster · Oct 15, 2024

How's about a pic? I have a purple ash tree might not survive Emerald Ash Borer. It's getting trunk injection treatments now, but if they don't take, it's a gonner in about two years. I'm thinking of keeping one or two of the branches that might be of suitable shape and size for planing into rifle blank stocks. I don't really know what to expect or what to look for wrt selecting which.

Clark Badgett · Oct 15, 2024

OP got a nice piece of ash

4570tc · Oct 18, 2024

AwwNaww said:
What finish do you intend to use?

I am old school and still have new bottle of chromic acid (magic Maple) and have used it on other woods including ash.

4570tc · Oct 20, 2024

AwwNaww said:
What finish do you intend to use?

my go to stain is Magic Maple, and I will use Tongue oil finish.

Captjoel · Oct 21, 2024

Just so you know, Magic Maple stain (Chromium Trioxide) will turn your stock green after time when exposed to sunlight. I would opt using another stain.

I used aqua Fortis followed with an application of nut brown stain on this curly ash stock.

sdilts · Oct 21, 2024

The ONE time I used Magic Maple Stain the stock turned green.

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