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   roc | Oct 11, 2009 04:36am | #1

   Hey you are all set to make some reproduction European furniture ! They always seem to have lots of little holes. I think I have this right when I say the bug eggs were in the wood from the tree, hatched and in busting out made the holes.

   Not sure but this will give you something to read until the people in the know come along. By the way the photos are way out of focus and seem to be identical.

   I will be so bold as to say large photos like yours are like looking at a map through a paper towel tube. And large info size files are causing probs in the over all Knots site..

   You can reduce the size to the point the whole photo fits on the screen by using a photo editing program. I am on a mac and use Preview program. Click " adjust size " in tools pull down menu. Set to ~ 640 x 480 and ~ 50 KB

   Someone else said just click on the photo and select small or medium. Must be for windows/PC. That person has kind of disappeared so not sure what that was about. If you are there maybe you can help MichaelDavid.

   comeonback,

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

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   WillGeorge | Oct 11, 2009 04:42am | #2

   Little worms made the earth worth planting Veggies on!

   I for one would use it.

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   BrianDerr | Oct 11, 2009 09:07am | #3

   Not sure if I'm one of those 'in the know', but my MO is I figure that once the boards are sufficiently dry, the bugs can no longer utilize it and that whatever holes (probably caused by beetles) must have been dug when the wood was as at a much higher moisture content. Bug ACTIVITY is what you want to watch for.

   I dried some Myrtle and saw little beetles walking around, accompanied by little piles of dust and small holes. Now that the wood is dry, no more beetles, no more little piles, the holes remain. Something in me doesn't like bringing damaged wood into the shop, either. I think I just need to get over it, as long as it's clean and dry.

   Speakig of critters, I just heard another rat in the attic. Dammit!

   Brian

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   roc | Oct 11, 2009 08:07pm | #5

   >just heard another rat in the attic. Dammit!<Sounds like WillGeorge has several snakes. He may be willing to lone you one for a while :http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=47559.20Of coarse we need to plan for the next eventuality :Any one have a mongoose that will travel ?rocGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   Edited 10/11/2009 1:08 pm by roc

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   Jimurock | Oct 11, 2009 05:21pm | #4

   Powder post beetle attacks dry wood (though it tends to avoid ultra-dry).  A couple of years ago my wife bought a carved finished Indian screen made of a species of rosewood supposedly impervious to insects, and the darn thing was humming with them.  The pest-control company claimed that eradicating the problem was possible, but not cost-effective, unless you did it yourself.  I threw it on the bonfire.  Other beetles prefer different levels of moisture.  It can be difficult to tell them apart.  Here's a page with some info (there are lots more under powder post beetle): http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/powderpostbeetles.htm

   Jim