oneatatime wrote on Oct 4^th, 2025 at 2:48pm:


Never heard of Ruger using salt.

Nice looking wood Joe.   
When I got out of the Army I worked at a wood product firm that specialized in Douglas Fir columns. One day we unloaded a few box cars filled with with 16’ and longer 2x4s onto racks with short pieces between each layer that went into a 50 foot long kiln.  I think they cooked for 3-4 days.  Some came out really warped despite the way they were stacked to prevent as much warping as possible.  They ended up having all the knots cut out anyway with long enough pieces being run through a finger joint glueing machine.  My only kiln dried wood exposure. 
How many times have you moved your wood stash Joe.

The trees I worked on in Anderson and Chico, Calif.  Cut em in the winter,bring back to Idaho and sticker and load up in a cabin and seal it up. go one year to let the wood stabilize and keep the grain tight.then can be mover where air can circulate. Third year put up in the rafters of the barn till they cure out. go slow and have tight grained wood. Taught from Don Cantwell...an old logger and Ed Preslik both very well known for there gun stocks in Chico,CA. I did paint the end grain.....

Rick. 
You got us confused. I looked up resorcinol and see it is good for acne.

Thanks Bud. I missed most Puyallup matches this year due to a bad back.  Hope to be back shooting at John’s next match.

Joe, That piece looks like a candidate to make a nice candle holder for your end table!