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OK all you cooks

asopasop Member Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2013 in General Discussion
Is there any particular type of wood "spatulas" are made from? Going thru a lot of good wood scrapes in my shop and thought I'd make up a bunch up rather than pitching.
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like bamboo ones.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Osage orange.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • jwhardingjwharding Member Posts: 2,897 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Osage orange? Never figured that. Is there any other use for it?
    Jw
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jwharding
    Osage orange? Never figured that. Is there any other use for it?
    Jw

    Fence posts for one.

    Did a quick Google after you expressed surprise.

    http://lumberjocks.com/osageman/blog/7733

    There are many others concerning utensils made from wood.
    Bamboo is good as well.
    Common sense dictates the hardest woods are best for this kind of a job.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    Pine
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Marc thanks. Just what I needed along with Osage Orange[:(] Very interesting though, just may go out and see if I can buy some[:)]
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    Pine

    [:0][:D]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asop
    Hey Marc thanks. Just what I needed along with Osage Orange[:(] Very interesting though, just may go out and see if I can buy some[:)]

    Got any hard rock maple/sugar maple.
    That is a good choice as well.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • CoolhandLukeCoolhandLuke Member Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fideau
    I like bamboo ones.


    Me too.
    We have to fight so we can run away.
    Capt. Jack Sparrow.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    Pine

    [:0][:D]
    well heck it's cheap enough that if it breaks, who cares, and it's got a great disinfectant quality to it.[:I]
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
    Years ago there was a small manufacturing business in Topeka, Ks. that had quite a business making 'crutches' from Osage Orange (hedge apple).



    Fuel wood, fence posts, game calls, smoking pipes, artificial limbs, crutches, insulator pins,
    wheel rims & hubs of farm wagons, railroad ties, treenails, machinery parts, archery, bows (Native
    Americans), dye from roots, planted for windrows and hedges.



    Osage orange was what the Indians used for their bows.
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  • pietro75pietro75 Member Posts: 7,048 ✭
    edited November -1
    I use bamboo. My parents catered for years and we used big paint stir sticks for stirring all the big pots. I still keep them on hand, rarely have a need for one though.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    Osage orange.Yep, also called Bois D'Arc (Bow-Dark) in the South. Harder than iron!!!!!!!!!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mr. Perfect[:)] I'll try the hard maple as I have a lot of that as leftovers. Had a great friend that farmed in Chenoa, Ill. sold the farm 10 years ago and moved into town. But shot many of pheasant along the hedge rows of Osage many years ago.
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A lot are made from maple.
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • SawzSawz Member Posts: 6,049
    edited November -1
    ash, hickory
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