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MemphisLogger

December 22, 2004, 07:19:52 PM
My proudest contract work for Santa this year . . .


Scott Banbury, Urban logger since 2002--Custom Woodworker since 1990. Running a Woodmizer LT-30, a flock of Huskies and a herd of Toy 4x4s Midtown Logging and Lumber Company at www.scottbanbury.com

Fla._Deadheader

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December 22, 2004, 07:29:20 PM

  How'd you do that ???  I LOVE them corners. NIIIICE job. ;)
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   First, it is ridiculed;
   Second, it is violently opposed; and
   Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

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oakiemac

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December 22, 2004, 07:34:14 PM
Good work! I'm sure some one will be happy with their present.
Mobile Demension sawmill, Bobcat 873 loader, 3 dry kilns and a long "to do" list.

TN_man

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December 23, 2004, 03:34:55 AM
Nice work UL :o I would be proud too!
WM LT-20 solar-kiln Case 885 4x4 w/ front end loader  80 acre farm  little time or money

sprucebunny

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December 23, 2004, 04:00:41 AM
That's Great. Looks like it took alot of planning and patience.  ;D
MS193, MS192 and an 026  Weeding and Thinning. Gilbert Champion sawmill

Patty

#5
December 23, 2004, 04:06:39 AM
Wow! That is really beautiful!  :o    

 Whenever we all gather at my folk's home, we girls always get a game of scrabble going. It is great fun. I swear my sister-in-law spends all her spare time looking up new words to win with!  ::)
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And when someone breaks our wings....
We simply continue to fly ........
on a broomstick.....
We are flexible like that.

Percy

#6
December 23, 2004, 06:56:43 AM
That is a happenin scrabble board Urby :o. You are a masterbuilder. I am way impressed/envious of your talents.
GOLDEN RULE : The guy with the gold, makes the rules.

MemphisLogger

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December 23, 2004, 07:48:27 AM
Thganks for all the kind words, but if y'all knew how many times I had to cut all them little pieces before they got right , you'd all be laughin' at me!  :P

There's 46 pieces of wood in it. The frame and dividers are made of the first Walnut and Cherry I ever sawed and dried myself--this Christmas is the first year I've been able to work exclusively with my "own" woods after 3 years of sawing and drying.  ::)

For the playing surface itself, I cheated and used a piece of 1/2 norwegian birch plywood. I screenprinted the lettering on the board with black lacquer and carefully dadoed and grooved it on the tablesaw with spacer blocks to accomodate all them little 1/8" Cherry strips.

I stopped keeping track, but I think I ended up putting more than 30 hours into it. It was a $300 commission, so I lost my butt on it but that's OK since the fella it's going to is kinda a hero to me--he was one of the main leaders of the anti-redlining/fairness-in-lending campaigns here in Memphis during the height of the civil rights movement.  :-*

BTW, I have the screen to print more boards, so if any other scrabblers out there want to take a shot at making their own boards, I can print you one on whatever species of plywood you like.     ;D  
Scott Banbury, Urban logger since 2002--Custom Woodworker since 1990. Running a Woodmizer LT-30, a flock of Huskies and a herd of Toy 4x4s Midtown Logging and Lumber Company at www.scottbanbury.com

Timber_Framer

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December 23, 2004, 09:28:50 AM
That's one sweet board, someone's gonna be blown away with that one!
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."

Larry

#9
December 23, 2004, 10:00:24 AM
Great work and attention to detail Scott.  Cherry and walnut always look nice together.  Somebody is gonna be a happy camper. :)
Larry, making useful and beautiful things out of the most environmental friendly material on the planet.

We need to insure our customers understand the importance of our craft.

Mark M

#10
December 23, 2004, 10:32:41 AM
Boy you southern folks sure have a lot of squares on your checker boards! I'd fer sure get beaten playing on that board!

Ga_Boy

#11
December 23, 2004, 02:28:04 PM
Scott,

Excelent work.  You should be very proud.



Mark
10 Acers in the Blue Ridge Mountains
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