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   user-211435 | Oct 29, 2006 01:30am | #1

   I've done this.  But I am hoping that someone has a great tip.

   After it is completely dry, it is easier to remove.  I ended up pulling off the big pieces, the carefully picking off everything else.  Some of it was really stubborn!

   Hal

   http://www.rivercitywoodworks.com

    

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   jigsawjohn | Oct 29, 2006 03:49am | #3

   Hal J:

   Love your web site, you do some stunning work.

   Thank you for the responce I am trying to pick off the bark one little part at a time, tried a wire brush it didn't do much but i will over come one way or another.

   We have another post you might be able to help with as well. Need to make some ebonized maple that I can cut smaller after ebonizing they will become pin stripping in a segmented bowl ( the reason they will be recut) .JigSawJohn

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   user-211435 | Oct 30, 2006 04:14am | #6

   One of those little picks used to get the meat out of a Crab or pecan works pretty well too.  Just shapen it a bit first.

   Sorry to hear about your lung.  Bummer, man, that really sucks!  I hope you feel okay now.

   Hal

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   user-211435 | Oct 30, 2006 04:15am | #7

   Why don't you use Wenge or black Ebony? 

   Hal

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   jigsawjohn | Oct 30, 2006 04:41am | #8

   Have been using ebony but I am finding that softer woods next to the ebony section gives some problum with density differance when sanding, so I thought I'd try dieing maple since it is closer to the other woods.

   I do appreciate all of the imput I am getting gives me room for thought.JigSawJohn

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   oldbeachbum | Oct 29, 2006 02:51am | #2

   would a draw knife help?  It would seem as though it would be easy to control that tool.

   ...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.  -Mark Twain...

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   fuzzy | Oct 29, 2006 03:30pm | #4

   John,

   Make sure you wear a good mask while you are doing this. As I recall from my reading, there can be some nasty stuff living under that bark that can make you more than a little bit sick if you inhale it, including molds and fungus.

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   jigsawjohn | Oct 30, 2006 01:58am | #5

   Thank you very much I have lung problums as it is. It seems to have come from maple spore desies, (turning spalted maple) I had part of a lung removed a few years back.JigSawJohn