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  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 21828
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #1

    Frightening piece of wood post

    Looks like a cat got stuck in a lumber milling machine.

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    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
  • capncarl
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 3738
    • Leesburg Georgia USA
    • SawStop CTS

    #2
    Seeing critters in a piece of wood is a neat thing. I Occasionally see something interesting when sanding and planing wood. A piece of cherry I was using to make a Tiny Table had a streak that looked like a spinal x ray. I named it a Haunted table. A piece of Pink Dogwood I was carving today revealed a bug. The dining table I made for my wife out of old pine barnwood had pistol bullet imbedded in it that I found when planing the top boards.


    Photo of a bug in my Pink Dogwood

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    Photo of a pistol bullet in pine barnwood

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    • JamesDean19
      Forum Newbie
      • Nov 2024
      • 24

      #3
      Jurassic Park kind of thing! Lol. Imagine if you get a mosquito preserved on the wood with dino blood. Lol

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      • pearson
        Forum Newbie
        • Mar 2025
        • 30

        #4
        Originally posted by LCHIEN
        Looks like a cat got stuck in a lumber milling machine.

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        I feel sorry for poor cat. I can see why it made you pause before running it through your tools. I’ve had a few boards like that too — they look innocent on the outside but you’re never sure what’s hiding inside until you cut into them. Sometimes it works out fine, and other times it’s full of twists or cracks that make the job twice as hard. That’s also why I keep a tile tracker stuck to my tool bag — I get distracted by problem pieces and end up leaving tools behind otherwise.
        Last edited by pearson; 09-22-2025, 02:52 AM.

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        • LCHIEN
          Super Moderator
          • Dec 2002
          • 21828
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999

          #5
          Originally posted by pearson

          I feel sorry for poor cat
          haha. He looks like he got stuck in a milk carton.
          Loring in Katy, TX USA
          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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