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Title: Old furniture (now with pics)
Post by: selinoid44 on February 26, 2011, 05:48:30 PM

I have had a old head board and foot board from a bed just waiting to be cut into turkey calls and strikers. I made my first striker out of it today. The wood is very hard and red-ish brown in color. I'm not sure what it is. The guy I got the bed from was my neighbor and he was 96 at the time, I believe it was 2006. He and his wife collected old antique furniture, in fact we have a beautiful old hutch that he gave us. It wouldn't suprise me if that bed was 100 plus years old. All of which was turned on a lathe. Anyway I now have a awesome striker and will probably make a commeretive pot-n-striker just to have sittin on the old hutch.

Title: Re: Old furniture
Post by: M,Yingling on February 26, 2011, 06:37:00 PM

Cool :icon_thumright:

Title: Re: Old furniture
Post by: redarrow on February 26, 2011, 07:11:01 PM

MAN,you just sawed up a 14th century King Louis Somebodys bed thats worth a couple hundred thou. I seen it on Antique Road Show. :toothy12:

Title: Re: Old furniture
Post by: neal on February 27, 2011, 09:05:02 AM

Quote from: redarrow on February 26, 2011, 07:11:01 PM
MAN,you just sawed up a 14th century King Louis Somebodys bed thats worth a couple hundred thou. I seen it on Antique Road Show. :toothy12:

:TooFunny:

I was kinda thinking the same thing! Wonder what it was worth?

Can't wait to see the call!

Title: Re: Old furniture
Post by: Roostem33 on February 27, 2011, 11:42:49 AM

That is cool, can't wait to see pics.!!

Title: Re: Old furniture
Post by: jv on February 27, 2011, 12:51:08 PM

Would love to see before and after pictures

Title: Re: Old furniture
Post by: selinoid44 on February 27, 2011, 03:56:05 PM

You want pics? :icon_thumright:
This is the bed. I'm not sure what finish is on this thing but it's a smooth, hard very dark, almost black finish.
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/004-3.jpg)
The foot board after I cut one dowel out of it.
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/003-5.jpg)
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/005-2.jpg)
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/006-1.jpg)
And I think the wood is a South American Mahogany. Here is the striker I made. I can't wait to get some calls out of it.
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/002-6.jpg)
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/001-4.jpg)
And just for kicks I wanted to show off our hutch. My wife wont let me cut it up. Imagine that! :TooFunny:
(http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/selinoid44/flush%20draw%20calls/007-1.jpg)

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